Transcript Aim: How did the United States express their interest to expand their

Aim: How did the United States express
interest to expand its territory?
Do Now:
 Take out the handout with the two maps of
the United States
 How has the United States already showed
signs of expansion by the early 1800s?
I. Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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President James Monroe
Europe & Latin America
Western Hemisphere
Sphere of influence
Colonies
James Monroe
II. Manifest Destiny
 Western expansionism
 Pacific Ocean
 God-given right