STANDARD VUS.6f The student will apply social science skills to understand major events in Virginia and United States history during the first half of the nineteenth century by f) explaining how Manifest Destiny and President James policies impacted the nation; K. Polk’s Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge desire to gain land from the The popular belief that it was Manifest Destiny to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific America’s America’s Atlantic to the Pacific ultimately led to provided political support for territorial expansion. a resurgence of regional interests. President James K. Polk, a Democrat, was elected on a Manifest Destiny platform. presidency, the United During Polk’s States acquired the Oregon Territory from Great Britain the Mexican Cession from Mexico. This acquisition of land led to renewed controversy concerning the expansion of slavery into new territories. This controversy led to the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the rise of the Republican Party.
STANDARD VUS.6f The student will apply social science skills to understand major events in Virginia and United States history during the first half of the nineteenth century by f) explaining how Manifest Destiny and President James K. Polk’s policies impacted the nation; Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge America’s desire to gain land from the Atlantic to the Pacific ultimately led to a resurgence of regional interests. The popular belief that it was America’s Manifest Destiny to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific provided political support for territorial expansion. President James K. Polk, a Democrat, was elected on a Manifest Destiny platform. During Polk’s presidency, the United States acquired the Oregon Territory from Great Britain the Mexican Cession from Mexico. This acquisition of land led to renewed controversy concerning the expansion of slavery into new territories. This controversy led to the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the rise of the Republican Party.
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