Underground+Railroad

=__**Underground Railroad**__= ===The underground railroad was a system that the slaves used to become free and get to the free states. One of the most famous people that helped out with the underground railroad was Harriet Tubman. Tubman used to be a slave but used the underground railroad to escape her plantation and after she escaped she kept helping other people become free. The underground railroad was very important back then to many slaves and there were many different routes in the system to help you get to the free states.===

= __**Manifest Destiny**__ = == Manifest Destiny was a idea that Americans beleived in betweem the 1830s and 1840s. This idea was that the United States had been chosen to control all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The current president at the time was a native north carolinian which was James K. Polk who strongly believed and supported the idea of Manifest Destiny. media type="custom" key="8395110" align="center" ==