AP—United States History S18

Review Notes - DBQ

DBQ Topic: Manifest Destiny

Name ___________________________________________________ Date ____________________

Instructions:
 Use the following parts of the Graphic Organizer to generate and organize your thoughts
regarding the essay.
 Be prepared to discuss these topics: Monday, March 26th
 Date of DBQ: Wednesday, March 28th

Part 1 - Instructions: Review the following questions and complete as part of the assignment.
1. Identify the following individuals, terms, and organizations from Periods 3-5:
 Manifest Destiny (defined)

 Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs on expansion West

 Louisiana Purchase

 Missouri Compromise of 1820

 Texas Annexation

 California Annexation

 Oregon Territory

 Missouri Territory

 Mexican War (1846—1848)

 Compromise of 1850

 William Ellery Channing (Abolitionist)

 Expansion of Slavery in the West

 John L. O’Sullivan (Editor, Democratic Review)

 Senator Thomas Corwin

 Senator Charles Sumner

 Whig Party (position on expansion)

 Democratic Party (position on expansion)

 Western Trails (Oregon, Mormon, California, Sante Fe)

 President James K. Polk (domestic/foreign policies)

 President James Monroe (domestic/foreign policies)

2. Create a T-chart and think about those events, groups, and individuals that favored westward
expansion and those events, groups, and individuals that opposed westward expansion.

3. Identify key arguments that would show how the period in United States history benefited the
United States and how this period had a negative impact on United States history.

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