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unit 3: Westward Expansion (vocabulary (Indian removal act 1830, Bleeding…
unit 3: Westward Expansion
native american
Indian removal act 1830
passed by President Andrew Jackson
hero of war of 1812 who fought WITH Indians
series of treaties that moved the Native Americans further West
Tribes who did not leave, were forced to leave by the U.S. Army
leads to the Trail of Tears
The Natives fight back
Sand Creek Massacre
Chivington attacked the Cheyenne and Arapaho where about 150 women and children died
Red River
U.S. Army helped the tribes that were on their side and open fire on the others
Little Big Horn
Sioux and Cheyenne fought the Custer's troops
Wounded Knee
Sioux were took to wounded Knee Creek and were order by soldiers to give up their weapons
mexico
Mexican-American War
1846-1848
Mexico would attack American troops a long the Rio Grande
Mexican President Santa Anna tells President Polk he will end the war peacefully
Santa Anna instead attacks the American Army
Santa Anna loses badly and the American Army continues South, taking Mexican City in 1847
vocabulary
Indian removal act 1830
Bleeding Kansas
Missouri compromise
Kansas-Nebraska act 1854
Manifest destiny
Fugitive slave act
popular sovereignty
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
slavery
triangle trade
system of trading that brought slaves to the american colonies in exchange for goods
America Exports:
sugar, tobacco,cotton (harvested by the slaves
Europe Exports:
clothes, run and manufactured goods from Europe (goods made from:sugar, cotton, tobacco
Africa Exports:
slaves
how many slaves?
12.5 Million slaves were brought to the America's
10.5 Million survived the trip also known as the middle passage
only 400,000 thousand were sent to the American Colonies
North vs. South
Northern states are growing rapidly
steel,infrastructure, railroads
Southern states remained agrarian and dependent on slaves
cotton, tobacco,wheat
little to no industry
Missouri Compromise:1820
agreements passed by congress that keeps the balance of slave states and free states
draws a line through Louisiana territory
no slavery North of 36-30 latitude
who should decide?
popular sovereignty: idea that the states should determine legality if slavery
social reforms
who protects the workers?
textile workers
mostly children 13-16
made 27 cents and hour
woman
in 1899 women made an average of $267 a year
average men made $500
labor unions
protect workers
provided better working conditions
multiple exits, sprinklers,etc.
provided better pay
congress passed the 8 hour work day in 1868
