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Growth of the New Nation. US History, Unit 1 Mr. Peal. The new country Grows. …SIZE – the U.S. spreads to the Pacific Ocean …WEALTH ($)– factories, railways, cities …NUMBER OF PEOPLE (population) Including SLAVES …FREEDOM Women Slave. America Grows in size. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Growth of the New Nation
US History, Unit 1Mr. Peal
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1. …SIZE – the U.S. spreads to the Pacific Ocean
2. …WEALTH ($)– factories, railways, cities
3. …NUMBER OF PEOPLE (population)◦ Including SLAVES
4. …FREEDOM◦ Women◦ Slave
The new country Grows
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Louisiana Purchase, 1803Texas, 1845Oregon, 1846California, 1848Gadsden Purchase, 1853
America Grows in size
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Bought in 1803 from FranceDoubled the size of the countyExplored by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark◦Slow and dangerous◦Cross the Rockies◦Reached the Pacific
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
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Was Spanish for 300 years Settled by Americans because of…
◦ Cotton◦ Cattle raising
Before long, more Americans than Texans Conflicts:
◦ Mexicans were Catholic, Texans were Protestants◦ Americans had slaves, Mexicans didn’t like slavery
War◦ 1836: Mexicans attacked a fort called Alamo and killed all
the Americans◦ 1845-8: War with Mexico to make Texas a state
Texas becomes a state
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Oregon territory attracted families because of forests and farmland
Included parts of Canada, Idaho, Wyoming
Followed the Oregon Trail
Oregon
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Where the 49ers got their name. People came from Europe, China, and the
east California grew quickly. San Francisco
became a city
Gold discovered in California, 1848
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Indians were “removed” because Americans wanted their land after gold discovered in Georgia.
Congress and President Andrew Jackson made Indians in Georgia and other states live west of the Mississippi.
Americans felt superior…thought they had a mission
Indian Removal, 1830-
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Notice: Indians; what the figure has in her hand; types of transportation
Manifest Destiny
Painting by John Gast
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Definition Causes Effects
The U.S. economy grows
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The Industrial Revolution was a change from◦ farming to factory work◦ From living in countries to living in
cities◦ From hand-work to machine work
It began it England. It started in America when people like Samuel slaters built English-style factories in the U.S.
It required many new workers, a lot of money, and plentiful natural resources
Industrial Revolution
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Cotton factories in England and America needed American cotton.
Slaves grew cotton. As the need for cotton grew,
◦ The demand for slaves grew◦ The demand for cotton land increased
The number of slaves increased from 700,000 in 1790 to 4 million in 1860.
Southern (cotton) states wanted to expand west. The South wanted new states to be slave trades.
Impact of cotton factories
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Industrial Revolution: Causes
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Industrial Revolution: Effects
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Population growth Migration Growth of slave population
Growth: Population
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Migration
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Opposition to Migrants
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Abolitionism Women’s suffrage
GROWTH: FREEDOM
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Women’s Suffrage
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Freedom: Abolition