Transcript Expansion and Industrialization

Expansion and Industrialization
Expansion
• 1803 Louisiana Purchase- Doubles the size of the
United States
• Erie Canal- makes New York City a major sea
port
• Lowell Massachusetts- built for industry
• Manifest Destiny- many believed it was the their
right to expand to the Pacific Ocean
• Cheap Land & gold- cause huge movements of
settlers to move west
• Transcontinental railroad – helps people move
goods and provides transportation
What Effect did Expansion have
on Native Americans?
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Lost their lands, hunting grounds
Lost food source- bison
Forced removal- Trail of Tears
Forced onto reservations
Lost way of life- culture
Millions killed by disease or wars
Civil War
• Causes
– Abolition movement in
Northern states
– Lincoln being elected
President
– Secession
• Results
– Southern states feared
slavery would be
abolished
– Lincoln would try to
end slavery
– South was seen as
rebellious states
Start of the War
Causes
Results
• South fire shots at Fort
Sumter
• 4 years of fighting
• Emancipation
Proclamation
• The Civil war begins
• Union wins the war
• Freed slaves in
Southern territories
Amendments
• 13,14,15 Amendments
• Reconstruction starts
in the South
• Conflicts start in the
South
• Southerners are forced
to let blacks vote
• Laws passed to keep
blacks from voting
• Blacks are denied their
civil rights
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WWI- starts because European
nations desire more
• Russia , France and Great Britain fight Germany
and Austro Hungary
• U.S. remains neutral…working to bring peace
• German u-boats sink American ships and ships
with American passengers
• U.S. enters the war in 1917
• Allies turn the tide, U.S. strength causes wins for
allies
• Terms of peace- Treaty of Versailles- Germans
think terms were unfair, causes lingering problems
WWII- Germany led by Adolph
Hitler want revenge
• Germany invades Poland
• Japanese bomb Pearl harbor, form alliance with
Italy and Germany
• U.S. joins Great Britain, France and Soviet Union
• Germany surrenders May 1945, Japan continues to
fight
• U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
• Japan surrenders Sept. 1945