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The Ideology of Manifest Destiny: Justifications and Criticisms
Analyze the cultural and religious arguments behind Manifest Destiny and the political criticisms raised against aggressive territorial expansion.
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Early Westward Expansion and Indigenous Removal
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Examine early territorial growth, the ideological justifications for expansion, and the policy and human impact of forced Indigenous removal.
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8 – U4.2.3Michigan Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeWestward Expansion – analyze the annexation of the west through the Louisiana Purchase, the removal of Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral homelands, the Mexican-American War, the growth of a system of commercial agriculture, and the idea of Manifest Destiny.
8 – U4.2.4Michigan Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeConsequences of Expansion – develop an argument based on evidence about the positive and negative consequences of territorial and economic expansion on Indigenous Peoples, efforts to maintain and sustain the institution of slavery, and the relations between free and slave-holding states.