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Unit 3: Westward Expansion (Vocabulary (Bleeding Kansas, Annexation,…
Unit 3: Westward Expansion
Slavery
Brought to America by British in the 16th century
Remained as an American institution
How many slaves?
10.5 Million survived the trip known as
The Middle Passage
2 million slaves died on the trip
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12.5 million were brought to the Americas
A triangle trade was created, brought slaves to the American Colonies in exchange for goods.
Mexico
Annexation of Texas
Texas declared independence from mexico in 1836
1845
Texas and the US agreed to make the 28th state in 1845
Texas only wanted to join America if they kept slavery Legal
Mexican American War
Santa Anna
James Knox Polk
Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo
Officially ends the mexican-American war, Mexico gives New mexico, Arizona and California to America
The united states pays mexico $10 million for all the territory along the Gila river
Vocabulary
Bleeding Kansas
Annexation
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Indian Removal Act
Popular Sovereignty
Manifest Destiny
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalogo
Trail of Tears
Native Americans
Manifest Destiny
Indian Removal Act
Series of Treaties that moved the Native Americans further free
Tribes the refused to leave were forced by the US Army.
Passed by Andrew Jackson
Belief that the united states would stretch from Atlantic ocean to the pacific.
Consequences
Leads to war
Forever divides Native American's and United States
Directly leads to the Trail of Tears
Battle of little Big Horn
Location: Crow Agency, Montana
Tribe: Siox and Cheyenne
June 1876
Warriors with raised spears and rifles out flanked and crushed cluster's troops within and hour, Cluster and all of the men. Indians won that war. All of the Seventh Cavalry were dead. By late 1876 Sioux were beaten. Sitting bull took refuge in Canada. Remained until 1881. Bull was forced to surrender.
Lakota warrior
Gen. George Custer
Civil war hero, Most famous for the battle of big horn
Led 200 men against 5,000 Lakota warriors
Fought against the United States, Most famous Native American, Killed while surrendering to the US Army
Chief Sitting Bull
Lakota Chief, Leader,warrior, medicine man, Killed by Native American Police in 1890
Crazy Horse
Social Reforms
Protected Textile Workers
Made 27 cents an hour
Women:
In 1899 woman made an average of 267 a year
Andrew Carnegie: CEO of US Steel - made $23 million in 1899 with no income tax
Labor Unions
Provided better working Conditions
Protected workers
Provided Better PAy
Congress passed the 8 hour work day in 1868
An average man made $500
Mostly children aged 13-16
