Expansion and Industrialization
Expansion
• 1803 Louisiana Purchase- Doubles the size of the United States
• Erie Canal- makes New York City a major sea port• Lowell Massachusetts- built for industry• Manifest Destiny- many believed it was the their right
to expand to the Pacific Ocean• Cheap Land & gold- cause huge movements of
settlers to move west• Transcontinental railroad – helps people move goods
and provides transportation
What Effect did Expansion have on Native Americans?
• Lost their lands, hunting grounds
• Lost food source- bison
• Forced removal- Trail of Tears
• Forced onto reservations
• Lost way of life- culture
• Millions killed by disease or wars
Civil War
• Causes– Abolition movement in
Northern states
– Lincoln being elected President
– Secession
• Results– Southern states feared
slavery would be abolished
– Lincoln would try to end slavery
– South was seen as rebellious states
Start of the War
Causes
• South fire shots at Fort Sumter
• 4 years of fighting• Emancipation
Proclamation
Results
• The Civil war begins• Union wins the war• Freed slaves in
Southern territories
Amendments
• 13,14,15 Amendments
• Reconstruction starts in the South
• Laws passed to keep blacks from voting
• Conflicts start in the South
• Southerners are forced to let blacks vote
• Blacks are denied their civil rights
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WWI- starts because European nations desire more
• Russia , France and Great Britain fight Germany and Austro Hungary
• U.S. remains neutral…working to bring peace• German u-boats sink American ships and ships with
American passengers• U.S. enters the war in 1917• Allies turn the tide, U.S. strength causes wins for
allies• Terms of peace- Treaty of Versailles- Germans
think terms were unfair, causes lingering problems
WWII- Germany led by Adolph Hitler want revenge
• Germany invades Poland• Japanese bomb Pearl harbor, form alliance with
Italy and Germany• U.S. joins Great Britain, France and Soviet Union• Germany surrenders May 1945, Japan continues to
fight• U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki• Japan surrenders Sept. 1945