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unit 3: Westward Expansion (Mexico ((Mexican - American War cont, Santa…
unit 3: Westward Expansion
Mexico
Gadsden Purchase 1853
United States wants this land for railroads
United States pays $10 million for all territory along the Gila River
Mexican - American War cont
Santa Anna loses badly and the American Army continues South, taking Mexico in 1847
Mexican President Santa Anna tells President Polk he will end the war
Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo
Mexico gives New mexico and California to America
America agrees to pay $15 million for the land
Officially ends the mexican-American war
Native American
Values of American people
American's destiny
westward expansion through agarian America
Indian Removal Act 1830
Series of Treaty that moved the Native Americans further west
Tribes who did not leave were forced to leave US Army
Passed by president Andrew Jacson
Consequences of Indian Removal Act
Forever divides Native Americans and US
Leads t trail of tears
Leads to war
Slavery
Triangle trade
Northern states are growing rapodly
Steel infrastructure, railroads
Remained an American Institution after the Revoluntionary
Southern states remained agrarian and dependent on slaves
Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat
Little to no industry
Defenition:System of trading that brought slaves to the American Colonies in exchange for goods
North vs South
Provided better pay
Provided better working conditions
Congress passed the 8 hour work day in 1868
Brought to America by British in the 16th century
American Exports
Europe Exports
Clothes, Rum, and manufactured goods (goods made from sugar, cotton, and tobacco
Slaves
Sugar, Tobacco, Cotton (harveted by the slaves)
Early America was an agrarian society
Dependent on slaves
New technology changed America
Railroads, steel mills, machines, oil, etc
Mostly developed in the north
Agreements passed by congress that keeps the balance of slaves states and free states
Draws as a line through Louisiana Territory
No slavery North of 36-30 latitude
Missouri added as a slave state
Maine added as a free state
Who should decide African Exports
South believed in popular sovereignty(states rights)
North believed that the Federal Government should decide
Popular Sovereighty: idea that states should determine legality of slavery
Slavery in the U.S
Women
In 1899 women made an average of $267 a year
Average man made $500
Andrew Carnegie:CEO of US steel
Made $23 million in 1899 with income tax
Multiple exist,sprinkles, etc
Missouri Compromise: 1820
Textiles workers
Mostly childrens
Made 27 cents per hour