What does Manifest Destiny mean? Who spoke of creating an "Empire of Liberty?" List three big events associated with Manifest Destiny: What were three big destinations of early westward expansion? What four countries originally claimed the Oregon Territory? What campaign slogan and battle cry about the boundary of Oregon helped James K. Polk get elected? What battle was fought in San Antonio, Texas in which 130 Texans held out against thousands of Mexican troops? What future president fought in the Mexican-American War? What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War? What were people who rushed to California in search of gold known as? What war did Manifest Destiny help encourage?

What does Manifest Destiny mean? The idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

Who spoke of creating an "Empire of Liberty?" Thomas Jefferson did.

List three big events associated with Manifest Destiny:

- Texas declares independence from Mexico

- Battle of the Alamo

- Congress annexed Texas

What were three big destinations of early westward expansion? They are Louisiana, California and Texas.

What four countries originally claimed the Oregon Territory? They are Great Britain, France, Russia, and Spain.

What campaign slogan and battle cry about the boundary of Oregon helped James K. Polk get elected? Polk called to expand the entire Oregon territory. The slogan is "Fifty-four forty or fight!" which mentioned the latitude line of 54 degrees, 40 minutes of northern boundary of Oregon.

What battle was fought in San Antonio, Texas in which 130 Texans held out against thousands of Mexican troops? The answer is the famous Battle of the Alamo.

What future president fought in the Mexican-American War? Zachary Taylor and Ulysses Grant are 2 future presidents fought in the Mexican-American War

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War? The answer is The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement, between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, signed on February 2, 1848.

What were people who rushed to California in search of gold known as? The answer is The '49ers, who rushed to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.

What war did Manifest Destiny help encourage?  The answer is The Civil War.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

the two atomic bombs dropped on japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. the uranium bomb detonated over hiroshima on 6 august 1945 had an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of tnt.