• Manifest destiny

• Mexican–American War
• William Walker
• The special virtues of the American people and their institutions
• The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west
in the image of agrarian America
• An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty
• Unstable republic
• Annexation of Texas
• States of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most
of Arizona and Colorado, and parts
of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.
• Mexico received $15 million
• Filibuster
• Organized several private military expeditions into Latin
America
• Presindency of Nicaragua
• He was executed by the government of
Honduras in 1860.
• Republic of Baja California
• Short-lived declared federal republic composed of two states
• Independence: January 10, 1854
• Disestablished: May 8, 1854