Standard:
SSUSH7 Students will explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of the 19th century, and the different responses to it. 
b. Describe the westward growth of the United States; include the emerging concept of Manifest Destiny. 

Unit 2 Journal 7

Essential Question – How did Manifest Destiny direct the westward growth of the United States?


JOURNAL ENTRY 7
Titled: “Study Guide: Manifest Destiny”

  • Directions: Read each section of the study guide and answer the questions concerning westward expansion and Manifest Destiny. For additional help, read chapter 9 section 2 of your textbook.

Enrichment Video- Manifest Destiny Rap
Here's a little story I'd like to tell about the land that we love and know so well
it started small, not much to boast, just thirteen colonies on the east coast
as time went by Europeans moved west and took native land calling it conquest
why'd they do it , it's easy to see, an idea called Manifest Destiny
Georgia, 1828, the Cherokee nation was the center of debate
they did their best to assimilate but their land was some primetime real estate
so Andrew jackson laid the feud to rest and forced them to leave in the name of progress
over 15,000 faced their fears in what later became known as the trail of tears

by 1840, we cleared the east, of native peoples may they rest in peace
with guns and steel the whites had their way
now they set their sights on Californ-i-a
see Mexico, as we know it today
is only a piece of where it used to lay
back in the day it included L.A. but expansionists had something to say
according to them, it was part of god's plan to spread our culture all across the land
our democracy was simply the best so it's only right that we take the southwest
others spoke up said let's take it slow, we need to respect the rights of Mexico
but James K. Polk took the reigns, war broke out and more land was gained