Industrialization review You are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever you want with little or no government interference. ____________________ The movement from rural to urban area (city) _______________ A change from agriculture to industry (factories) ______________ Eli Whitney invented _________________ and ______________. Agriculture inventions were ___________, _____________ River travel _____________, _________________ Bessemer Steel process- How does it work? Lowell Mill girls

American Progress by John Gast

What is Manifest Destiny? The U.S. government , President Polk, and its citizens believed that the nation’s destiny or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea. (Pacific Ocean) “ the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.“ John O’Sullivan

Manifest Destiny Westward expansion Is it our God given right to expand west? Why? Why not? How will we acquire all of these territories? Will the benefits outweigh the negative consequences? Manifest Destiny Westward expansion

Economic Roots of Manifest Destiny New land for farmers New trade routes and markets (trails) New opportunities to start a business Economic Roots of Manifest Destiny

Political roots of Manifest destiny Expansion of our nation’s borders/territory Expansion of slavery

Social Roots of manifest destiny Remove Native Americans Refuge for persecuted groups (mormons)

Louisiana Purchase Result: 1803- Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. It doubled the size of our country.

Louisiana Purchase 1803 Label the colonial territory-13 Colonies and color light green, write 1607 as the year Label the Louisiana Purchase and color it Red, write 1803 as the year.

Lewis and Clark were chosen by Jefferson to explore the area. It took 18 months and nearly 4,000 miles. New animals and species of plants were discovered as well as new geography information-rivers, mountains. Sacagawea, a Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark across the wilderness. Louisiana Purchase 1803

Residents- runaway slaves, Seminole Indians, Spanish, English traders Florida Residents- runaway slaves, Seminole Indians, Spanish, English traders Result: Spain did not want to fight the United States so it gave Florida to the United States in exchange for $5 million in damage claims by the Georgia settlers and Jackson

Label the territory and color it pink. Florida Label the territory and color it pink. The date is 1819

The United States annexed Texas into the U.S. Annexation of Texas Result: Texas asked to become part of the U.S. but was told by Mexico that war would be declared if they were annexed. The United States annexed Texas into the U.S.

Label Texas and color it orange. The date is 1845.

Oregon Country Result: President James Polk settled the Oregon boundary dispute. He made an agreement with Britain to make the northern border of Oregon the 49th Parallel.

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The Oregon Trail Approximately 2,200 miles long starting from Independence, Missouri. Later other trails were created to further travel in other directions. Travelers were inspired by dreams of gold and new farmland. The trail was created by fur trappers and traders. Later improvements to the trails would be better roads, ferries, bridges, and cut outs for mountains. The trails were used by an estimated 350,000 settlers. However, when railroads were completed then the need for trails was lessened.

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Label the Oregon Territory and color it light green. The date is 1846.

Mexican American War Causes of war- Border disputes, annexation of Texas The United States and Mexico go to war from 1846-48. Mexico loses and in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the U.S. receives California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado, and Wyoming. Border will be Rio Grande Recognized the annexation of Texas In exchange we paid them $15 million. .

Label Mexican Cession and color it brown. The date is 1848.

Mexican Cession * Polk offers to buy from Mexico & they refuse *War! *US wins *In Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, US offers $15 million for

Gadsden Purchase Gadsden purchased the land from Mexico and completed the transcontinental railroad without violence.

Label the Gadsden Purchase and color it light blue. The date is 1853.