The idea that the US had a divine mission to spread to the pacific ocean and beyond Consisted of area ceded by mexico in the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hildalgo the role of buffalo in the plain Indians' lives Passed by Lincoln, this act gave free land in the west which spurred trails leading west The discovery of steak in the east US gave life to cowboys going on _________ ceded from mexico to become an independent nation then was later annexed by a joint cession from the congress area shared jointly by US and great britian  

1. Manifest Destiny

The idea that the US had a divine mission to spread to the pacific ocean and beyond

2. Mexican Cession 1848

Consisted of area ceded by mexico in the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hildalgo

3. food, clothing, shelter

the role of buffalo in the plain Indians' lives

4. Homestead Act of 1862

Passed by Lincoln, this act gave free land in the west which spurred trails leading west

5. Cattle Drives

The discovery of steak in the east US gave life to cowboys going on _________

6. Texas

ceded from mexico to become an independent nation then was later annexed by a joint cession from the congress

7. Oregon Country

area shared jointly by US and great britian