Moving to west
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US History [1]
Test #5 (missing 235-259) The Frontier Lures Settlers American Mission ? 1840s begin to move westward and southward ?the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions,? John L. O?Sullivan Manifest destiny ? express their belief that the US? destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. Attitudes Toward the Frontier ? Attraction: Abundance of land in West. Harbors in Oregon Territory to help expand trade Had personal economic problems (Panic of 1837) Settlers and Native Americans ? Some Native Americans try to maintain traditions on new lands, some fought the whites off land, some advanced with the white culture