Objectives

Students will:

1. Describe Manifest Destiny.
2. Explain why large numbers of settlers headed for the Oregon country.
3. Outline how problems arose between the Mexican government and the American settlers in Texas.
4. Discuss how Texas gained independence and later became a U.S. state.
5. Tell how the United States acquired New Mexico and California.
6. Relate the reasons for the movements west to California and Utah.
7. Describe the 49ers process of mining for gold.