1. October 2, 2014  Bell work: Turn to page 440 in your World History Book.  On your map you are to label, date, and color the following territories:  Louisiana Purchase  Republic of Texas/Disputed with Mexico  Gadsden Purchase  Oregon Country  Alaska  Hawaii  Florida

2. October 2, 2014  Take a few minutes to study section 3…you have a quiz today!  After quiz we will finish video.

3. October 3, 2014  Bell work: Read Primary source document “Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829” and answer questions.  Do not write on the article. You will put the article back when you are finished. I only have a class set.

4. March 6, 2014  Take a few minutes and study!  When you are done with your test…you will work on chapter 14 questions.  You will turn in Chapter 14 outline.

5. Expansion of the United States  During 1800s, United States grew in size, power, and wealth.  Vast forest areas and western plains lured American settlers by the thousands.  Opportunities for U.S. to acquire more territory

6. The Young Nation Grows  U.S. gains biggest territory from Napoleon I.  1803 France preparing to go to war with Great Britain.  Had to finance the war somehow.

7. The Young Nation Grows  Napoleon sells French owned Louisiana territory to U.S.  $15 million dollars  Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Purchase.  All the land between the MS River and Rocky Mtns. Area eventually formed 13 states.

8. The Young Nation Grows cont…  The U.S. gains more land!  Spain ceded (gives up) Florida in 1819 because of political and financial problems.  Some territorials gains not so peaceful

9. The Young Nation Grows cont…  1845 the Republic of Texas was annexed to the U.S.  1846-conflict between U.S. and Mexico over the Republic of Texas…results in war.  1848-U.S. defeat the Mexicans  Treaty for Mexico to give up land - later formed all of California, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico.  Large Hispanic population

10. The Young Nation Grows  Treaty with Great Britain, the U.S. gains Oregon country.  Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Wyoming, and Montana were later created from this territory.

11. The Young Nation Grows  1853, James Gadsden-American Ambassador to Mexico  Gave Mexico $10 mil for 45,ooo square miles.  Land in southern New Mexico, and Arizona, south of the Rio Grande.  Gadsden Purchase-”Sea to Shining Sea”  Purchased Alaska from Russia-1867  Annexed Hawaii-1898

12. Territorial Expansion

13. Westward Expansion  Westward Expansion brought new opportunities to settlers.  Forged communities  Built states in the new lands

14. Westward Expansion  Expansion also brought suffering:  Loss of land, culture, and often life (Native Americans)-who inhabited lands in the West for centuries.  Native Americans pushed off land or forced to sign treaties.  Destroyed buffalo-main food source  Reservations-less desirable parts of the country

15. Transportation of Westward Expansion Pioneers set out west on the Prairies in a Conestoga Wagon. Faced hardships such as: Battling hunger, Native Americans, hot dry West climate, prairie fires, grasshopper plagues, and harsh winters.

16. Rise of the United States  As Americans moved westward, democratic rights expanded.  The right to vote and hold public office restricted to white male property owners.  People of the West sought to extend voting rights  New states adopt constitution-granted right to vote to all men.  New states gain power in Congress  1856-every state granted all white men the right to vote.

17. An Expanding Economy  Factors of rapid growth of the economy:  1. Industrial Revolution  2. Immigration-Irish, German, and Scandinavians  Industries characterized the North  Free labor

18. An Expanding Economy  Agriculture characterized the South.  Cotton became chief production for British textile industries.  Slaves labor  Different economic interests of the North and the South cause conflict.

19. A Nation divided  Political and economic differences  Sectionalism-the devotion to the political and economic interest of a region or a section of the country.  South wanted to expand slavery to territory gained during Mexican War.  North wanted this territory employing free labor  1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President-opposed slavery  South feared Abe would abolish slavery  15 slave states  18 free states

21. A Nation Divided  South Carolina-secede (withdraw from Union)  Other states followed  February 8, 1861-seven states joined to form own nation called the Confederate States of America.  Washington, D.C.-Congress worked on compromise…didn’t work.

22. A Nation Divided  Lincoln “no state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union.”  April 1861 nation at war.  War lasted from 1861-1865  Bloodiest struggles of the 1800s

23. A Nation Divided  North 22 mil people  South 9 mil people (1/3 were enslaved)  South wins many victories-Robert E. Lee  North had massive resources-threw against the South

24. A Nation Divided cont…  South less industrious, had fewer resources  Confederacy surrendered in 1865  Lost 600,000 soldiers  Largest casualty figure of any American war

25. The Civil War

26. Challenges for African Americans  After War, Congress passes three Amendments  13 th -Abolished slavery  14 th -Granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law  15 th -all males the right to vote.

27. Challenges for African Americans cont..  Southern states imposed segregation laws (Jim Crow)- legal separation of the races.  Separate hospitals, bathrooms, water fountains, and other public places.  Restrictions on voting  Had to read part of the constitution in order to vote  Had to pay a poll tax  Most African Americans could not read or had any money.

28. Jim Crow laws Separate water fountainsSeparate Theaters Separate waiting rooms

29. A New Society  Nation sets out to rebuild itself- reconstruction  After Civil War, U.S. world’s largest industrial and agricultural economy.

30. A New Society cont…  Factors that made this possible:  1. factories increased output  2. textile mills  3. lumber yards  4. mines

31. A New Society cont…  5. 1900 oil fields-130 times more oil than in 1860  6. Iron-10 times more  7. steel-60 times more  “Captains of Industry” (Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller)

32. Immigration  Between 1870-1900 number of Americans doubled  38 mil to 76 mil  Immigrants contributed to growth  Before Civil War Immigrants came from northern Europe-British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia.

33. Immigration cont…  Irish potato famine- 1 mil Irish  After Civil War-Immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.  By 1900-Italy, Russia, and Austria- Hungary. Made up ¾ of the pop.  Ellis Island- New York

34. Immigration-West Coast  Late 1800s-Asian Immigrants  Chinese Immigrants-California in late 1840s to find gold  Angel Island-San Francisco  Worked in Mines and R.Rs

35. Immigration West Coast cont…  1900s-Japanese Immigrants  Anti Asian feelings-felt they were taking jobs from Americans  Discrimination  Banned Immigration-1882 Chinese exclusion Act-Examined every ten years  Repealed in 1943

36. Women’s Rights  Women demand political equality  1850s- Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth  Suffragists-Women fight for right to vote.  National Woman Suffrage Organization (NWSA)  Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Susan B. Anthony- Wrote books, public speaking, testified before state legislatures to urge votes for women.

37. Women’s Rights cont…  State level-Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah  1918-women gained full suffrage in Western states, Michigan, Illinois, and New York  Woodrow Wilson pass 19 th Amend.  21 years of age the right to vote.  Congress ratified in 1920

38. Women’s Rights Women marching for the vote in NYC, 1912 Susan B. Anthony Voted illegally in 1872 election-fined $100 Elizabeth Stanton Founder of NWSA…along with Susan B. Anthony