1. War and Expansion in The United States
Chapter 26
Section 3

2. Key Terms Manifest Destiny Abraham Lincoln Secede U.S. Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Segregation
Key Terms

3. A Young Nation 1800’s still a young nation
Britain was still harassing its former colony
Seized American sailors to use against Napoleon
Britain helping Native Americans
A Young Nation

4. A Young Nation Britain and United States fight War of 1812
Fighting ends
No territory changes hands
Proved to be an independent nation
Monroe Doctrine
Americas off limits to European colonization
A Young Nation

5. 1820 Moses Austin received permission from Spain to form settlements in Texas
Mexico gains independence from Spain
Imposes strict rules on settlers
Settlers fight and receive independence for Republic of Texas
Texas and Mexico

6. Texas and Mexico 1845 U.S. admits Texas as a state
Mexico still claimed Texas
Mexican-American War
U.S. wins
Gains large territory in the southwestern United States
Texas and Mexico

7. The Move West 1850 westward expansion
Claimed all territory to the Pacific Ocean
Louisiana Territory
Florida
Texas,
The Mexican cession
The Oregon Territory
The Move West

8. Manifest Destiny-Americans thought they had a God-given right to settle all the way to the Pacific
1848 gold discovered in California
National law gave 160 acres of free land
Thousands packed up and headed west
The Move West

9. Effects on Native Americans
As people moved west conflicts developed
Solution to push native Americans west
1830 Indian Removal Act-relocation of five Indian nations
Effects on Native Americans

10. Effects on Native Americans
U.S. Army controlled
Cherokee
Choctaw
Seminole
Creek
Were forced to move into Indian Territory
Trial of Tears-1/4 of Cherokee died on this march
Moved onto reservations
Effects on Native Americans

11. The Civil War Abolition- the end to slavery
America decided which new states were free or slave states
Southerners worried new states could shift congressional power and end slavery
The Civil War

12. First half of 1800’s compromise balance of free and slave states
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act –decision of free or slave left to residents
Abraham Lincoln- elected president
The Civil War

13. The Road to War South Carolina secedes from the Union
Secede-a withdrawal from the Union
Confederate States elect Jefferson Davis as president
Confederate States draft a constitution
The Road to War

14. April 1861 Lincoln orders supplies to Fort Sumter South Carolina
First shots of the Civil War
500,000 die from battle or disease
More than in any other war
War Begins

15. The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1863 declared all slaves free in Confederate States
Did not apply to already conquered by the Union
Many southern slaves fled North
Hurt southern economy
Union soldiers saw their purpose to end slavery
Caused European powers to withdraw from Confederacy
The Emancipation Proclamation

16. The Union Prevails 1863 Battle of Gettysburg-North defeats the South
North now believes it can win the war
Gettysburg Address delivered at a cemetery for soldiers killed in that battle
The Union Prevails

17. The Union Prevails War continues for a year and a half
Union score several victories in the south
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, in April 1865
The Union Prevails

18. Effects of Civil War South lay in ruins Final battles damaged
Railroads
Roads
bridges
How would the government treat Confederate soldiers
Effects of Civil War

19. Effects of Civil War How would slavery be resolved
How would the South rebuild
Reconstruction-era of rebuilding the South
People had different ideas on how to solve problems
Effects of Civil War

20. Government passed several important amendments to the Constitution
Civil Rights Act- protected some rights of former slaves
14th Amendment granted citizenship
Effects of Civil War

21. “Equal benefit of all laws and privileges for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens”
15th Amendment-voting rights could not be denied because of race
Effects of Civil War

22. Reconstruction did not achieve equal rights for former slaves
Discriminatory laws still passed in the South
Segregation-seperation of blacks and whites in the south
Reconstruction provided a foundation for later civil rights movement during the 1900’s
Effects of Civil War

23. Post War Economy During 1870’s 2000 immigrants a day arrive
million people moved to the U.S.
Industrialization needed a large amount of labor
Post War Economy

24. Railroads 1862 Congress authorizes the Trans-Continental Railroad
1869 California and Eastern U.S. linked
,000 miles of railroad tracks
Carried
Corn, wheat, cattle, coal, iron ore to processing plants
U.S. becomes a world leader
Railroads