Match the following events to their respective descriptions (2 points ) Manifest Destiny Acquisition of territory from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States A 2,170-mile route used by pioneers to travel to the western United States during Oregon Trail the 1800s Louisiana Purchase The 19th- century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent California Gold Rush A of mass migration to in search of goldbeginning in 1848

Manifest Destiny - The 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent.

Louisiana Purchase - Acquisition of territory from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States.

Oregon Trail - A 2,170-mile route used by pioneers to travel to the western United States during the 1800s.

California Gold Rush - A period of mass migration to California in search of gold, beginning in 1848.