Miracle Grow! United States Expansion
The Beginning * 1803: Louisiana Purchase signed * The territory cost $15 million. Thomas Jefferson was the president of the United States at the time.
We Hold These Truths…
More Land * 13 states were formed from the area purchased. Gained Florida from Spain in *More land would be gained from Spain
Ah, Home!
Deep in the heart of Texas * Texas was a Spanish territory. Won independence in the Battle of San Jacinto. Became a Republic after defeating the Spanish armies. *Became state in 1845.
I Think I Know That Place
The Spoils of War *United States beat Mexico in * Received California, Utah, and Nevada in a treaty. * Parts of Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico too.
Where’s Waldo?
Keep Growing *Treaty with Great Britain gave Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as well as parts of Montana and Wyoming. * James Gadsen gave Mexico $10 million dollars for southern New Mexico and Arizona.
Oh, A Wolf!
The Price of Growth *The Native Americans were forced from their homes to expand the country. *The settlers who set out west often dealt with death and disease.
Oregon Trail Anyone?
United States *Westerners wanted to expand voting rights. Wanted to give all white men the right to vote. *This was so noted in the state constitution.
Vote?
The Economy Grows *Commercial regions and heavily populated cities in the North. * Immigrants big in the work force. Irish, German, and Scandinavian in particular.
Where Did You Come From?
Way Down South * Chief producer of raw cotton. *Depended heavily on agriculture. Southerners used enslaved people to work on their plantations.
The Question
Torn Asunder *Sectionalism: devotion to political or economic interest of a region of the country. *1860: 18 Free states and 15 Slave states. *Abraham Lincoln president in 1860.
The Reason
Confederate States of America *Secession began with South Carolina. *February 8 th, 1861: the C.S.A. was formed. No compromise was able to be reached.
The Sides
The Civil War * The South referred to it as The War Between The States. * Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. *George B. McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac
The Men Who Started
The Men Who Finished
The People of the United States * America’s population doubled. Went from 38 million to 76 million. Before Civil War: Western Europe Immigrants. After: Eastern Europe Immigrants
From West to East
Women’s Rights * Leading suffragettes were Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth. *Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote books on Women’s Rights.
The Leaders
The Right to Vote *Women got the right to vote in *This is the 19 th Amendment. * Woodrow Wilson was president at the time.
The President
Time Marches On
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