Slide 1 Ch. 18 Westward Expansion Mrs. Manley Slide 2 I. The Mining Booms A. Discoveries of gold & silver drew thousands of fortune seekers to the West B. After the California…

Slide 1 The First Industrial Revolution 1760-1820/1840 Slide 2 Historical Significance of the First Industrial Revolution An ancient Greek or Roman would have been just as…

Slide 1 Looking to the West, 1860-1900 Slide 2 Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, and the Southwest develop Start a new life Own a farm Move west Slide 3 Pacific Railways Acts…

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Slide 1 Industrialization Slide 2 The Rise of Industry Main Ideas: – Natural Resources and a large labor force allowed the US to industrialize rapidly. – Inventions helped…

Slide 1 Warm-up 9/30/2011 Slide 2 Warm-up On your own make a list of companies you feel are successful. What do they specialize in? Why do you think they’re so successful.…

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Treaty of Paris 1783 Puts an end to the Revolutionary War giving the United States itâs freedom. Louisiana Purchase - 1803 The United States paid $15,000,000, to the French,…

The Settlement of the West The Plains Indians Treaty of Fort Laramie- 1851; US Govt. promised several tribes land in the Plains; in return, the tribes promised not to attack…