EVENTS AND CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH U.S. TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
*Louisiana Purchase – in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson approved the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the U.S.
*Lewis and Clark Expedition – an expedition sponsored by Congress and designed to explore lands west of the Mississippi
*Manifest Destiny – the belief that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from “sea to sea” from the Atlantic to the Pacific
*Lewis and Clark Expedition – an expedition sponsored by Congress and designed to explore lands west of the Mississippi
*Manifest Destiny – the belief that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from “sea to sea” from the Atlantic to the Pacific