Timeline: Manifest Destiny
Using the events in the box below create a timeline which outlines the growth of the United States in the 1800's.
Step One: Write down the dates (month, year) the events in the box occurred. You will find this information in
your textbook as well as in your notes.
Step Two: Determine if the event is a Territorial gain for the U.S., a Political gain, a Conflict, or other.
Step Three: Construct your timeline in a linear fashion. For this timeline there is no need to color code the line
itself we will not break the period of Manifest Destiny down into stages.
Step Four: Across the top or side of your timeline list ALL the Presidents during this time – starting with Thomas
Jefferson and ending with William McKinley. Presidents must align with your timeline. All events will be listed
at the bottom or other side of the timeline.
Bear Flag Revolt
Mexican American War
Trail of Tears
Spanish American War
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Trail
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Ghost Dance
Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Civil War Begins and Ends
Senecca Falls Convention
Battle at the Alamo
Texas Independence
Wilmot Proviso
Transcontinental Railroad
Texas Colonization
Gold Rush
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Texas Annexed by United States
California Statehood
Dawes Act
Minnesota Sioux Uprising
Mormons settle Utah
Oklahoma land rush