US History I Mr.

Pacelli
Manifest Destiny Mapping it Out
Using Google Maps, your assignment is to create an interactive and complete map of Manifest
Destiny. Your map must include specific dates, borders, icons dropped on appropriate locations,
and explanations identification and significance. You must include each of the following
events / people:
For each icon, you must include a picture / image to go with your written explanation.

Outline the border of

the Louisiana Territory (Yellow)
the Adams-Ons Treaty (Light Green)
the Texas annexation (Sky Blue)
the results of the Oregon Treaty (Dark Green)
territory acquired with the ratification of the Treaty of
Guadelupe-Hidalgo (Royal Blue)
territory acquired through the Gadsden Purchase (Orange)
Create a line to emphasize
the Rio Grande (black)
the Nueces River (black)
the Oregon Trail (Green)
the Santa Fe Trail (Brown)
the Mormon Migration (Blue)

gold rush
Fort Laramie Treaty
Stephen Austin
Sam Houston
James Knox Polk
John Slidell
Antonio Lpez de Santa
Anna
John OSullivan

John C. Frmont
Thornton Affair
The Alamo
Battle of Chapultepec
Wilmot Proviso
Black Hawk War
5440 or Fight!
Henry David Thoreau

You should have a minimum of three layers Politics; Migration; Economics

It may not be obvious WHERE on the map to put something (e.g., Wilmot Proviso),
but youll have to use your judgment based on the history.
Be sure that everything is labeled properly in your key and your map it titled.
Your icons must be the following:
Battles /

War

People
Everything

else