U.S. Expansion Vocabulary
Manifest Destiny!!!
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century belief that
the expansion of the US
throughout the American
continents was both justified
and inevitable
Louisiana Purchase
-land the U.S. purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
-the land extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, more than doubling the size of the U.S.
NC as Rip Van Winkle State
-N.C. state leaders opposed spending tax money on schools, roads, agricultural reforms, or any other form of economic advancement
-Their opposition hurt the state’s people
Indian Removal Act 1830
Congress passed this act to allow President Andrew Jackson to negotiate treaties with Native
Americans to relocate them to
areas west of the Mississippi
River
Trail of Tears
-Forced removal of Cherokee people by the U.S. government from native lands to Oklahoma
-16,000 started the march,
approximately 4000 died along
the way
War of 1812
-America declares war on Great Britain because of: 1. impressment of American sailors (forcing them into British navy) and 2. the fact that the British were provoking Indians to attack Americans on the frontier
-Star-Spangled Banner was written during
British attack on Fort McHenry
video-War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine 1823
-President James Monroe- in December 1823 warns European nations that the United States
would not allow further colonization
in the Western hemisphere
Annexation of Texas
-After Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836, it was an independent country called the Republic of Texas
-U.S. voted to add Texas
as the 28th state in 1845
Mexican-American War
-U.S. declares war on Mexico in 1846 because of a dispute over the official border between the two countries
-After two years (1846-1848), U.S. defeated Mexico and added territory that would become part or all of seven states
States’ rights
-the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
examples: Nullification Crisis and Indian Removal-1830s
Second Great Awakening and Reform Movements
-early 1800s religious revival
-many people also focused on fixing problems in society such
as: temperance (drinking too much alcohol),
abolition of slavery, lack of public education,
mental illness, child labor, and women’s rights
Industrial Revolution
-the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy took place in the U.S. from the 1790s through the 1830s
-use of machines increased production in textile, transportation, and communication industries
-many factory workers, including
children, were forced to work long hours
(10-18 hours a day, 6 days a week) for
low pay in dangerous conditions
Industrial Revolution
-new inventions helped drive the Industrial Revolution, especially the steam engine for trains and steamboats, and the telegraph
-major project was
Erie Canal, completed
in 1825
Essential Question
How did migration, exploration, land purchases and government policies impact North Carolina and the United States of America in the 19th century?
1-migration
2-exploration
3-land purchases
4-government policies
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