Project about Manifest Destiny for US History.

1. Manifest Destiny
Gracie Custer

2. What is Manifest Destiny?
• A justification for spreading the United States
across America.
– People used it to justify western expansion and
the forceful movement of Native Americans.

3. Impacts
• Native Americans driven from their land
• War with Mexico over land
• Size of United States increased dramatically

4. Mexican-American War

5. Western Expansion

6. Mexican Cession
In green are the areas that the United States gained from the Mexican-American War.

7. Manifest Destiny Propaganda