Read the “Thinking about Traditions: Vanishing Ways of Life” section in your textbook. Answer the questions at the end of the section. is the belief that the United States is meant to control land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Explain the conflicts that manifest destiny/westward expansion brought for American settlers and the indigenous people, American Indians. What events led to the Mexican-American War? 1. Once committed to expansion the indigenous people were forced from their hunting grounds and from their homes. The Native Americans started revolutions to fight them off but it did not work as most had to make long journey's to "Indian territory's". 2. Manifest Destiny 3.It caused conflicts with United States and neighboring countries we were focused on the end goal manifest destiny and not concerned on how we went about achieving it What actions did Americans take to achieve manifest destiny. 4.Texan Annexation, The Boundary Dispute, The California Question, and Monetary Claims against Mexico