1/9/15 1 MANIFEST DESTINY Mr. McMurray Moving West • Jefferson: Louisiana Purchase of 1803 from France for $15 mil. • Meriwether Lewis & William Clark chart the course for westward expansion – “The Oregon Trail” • Accompanied by Sacagawea, Shoshone Native American • Worked as interpreter and guide
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MANIFEST DESTINY Mr. McMurray
Moving West • Jefferson: Louisiana Purchase of 1803 from France for $15 mil. • Meriwether Lewis & William Clark chart the course for
westward expansion – “The Oregon Trail” • Accompanied by Sacagawea, Shoshone Native American
• Worked as interpreter and guide
1/9/15
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Moving West • Manifest Destiny – literally means “obvious fate” referencing
the idea that Americans were destined or “pre-ordained” to settle West