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Westward Expansion (Native Americans (Andrew Jackson passes the Indian…
Westward Expansion
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Slavery in the US
Triangle Trade: system of trading that brought slaves to the American colonies in exchange for goods.
North America: Slaves are working on plantations farming cotton, sugar and tobacco #
Europe: Cotton,tobacco, sugar were imported into Europe and manufactured into rum, clothes and other goods.
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Africa: Slaves were exported. #
How many Slaves ?:
- 12.5 million slaves brought to the America's
- 10.5 million survive the trip
- Only 400,000 were sent to the
American colonies.
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Mexican American War, 1846-1848
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James K. Polk 
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Social Reforms
Who Protects the Workers?
- Textile workers were mostly women and children
- They made 27 cents per hour
Women:
- In 1899, women made an average of $267 a year while men made $500
Labor Unions
- Protect workers
- provided better working conditions like sprinklers, multiple fire exits etc...
- Unions Provided better pay
- 8 hour work day lay passed in 1868