This 52 slide PowerPoint presentation covers Manifest Destiny and the expansion of the United States between 1836-1850 from Texas independence through the California Gold Rush and includes the following topics:- Manifest Destiny- Texas War for Independence (settlement of Texas, Santa Anna, Sam Houston, Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto)- issue of Texas statehood - Presidential Elections of 1836, 1840, 1844, 1848- Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Milla