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Westward Expansion (Social Reform (Labor Unions (-provided better pay …
Westward Expansion
Social Reform
women: -in 1899 women made an average of 267 dls a year. -average man made 500 dls
who protects workers: textile workers: -mostly children aged 13-16 -made 27 cents an hour
Labor Unions
-provided better pay -congress passed the 8 hour work day in 1868
-protect workers -provided better working conditions -multiple exist, sprinklers,etc
Native Americans :
manifest destiny
Plains War
Sand Creek Massacre
Red River War
Battle Of Little Big Horn
Wounded War
Mexican-American War
Expansion in Texas
Annexation of Texas
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gadsden Purchase
Slavery
Triangle Trade
Exports from America: -sugar -tobacco -cotten
Exports from Europe: -cloths -rum -manufacture
Exports from Africa: slaves
slavery in the United States
new technology changed America -mostly developed in the North
Railroads, Steel Mills, Machines, Oil,Etc
early American was an agrarian society -dependent on slaves
North Vs South
southern states remained agrarian and dependent on slaves -cotton, tobacco, wheat
south had little to no industry
Northern States are growing rapidly -steel, infrastructure, railroads
Missouri Compromise: 1820
draws a line through Louisiana Territory -no slavery North of 36-30 latitude
agreements passed by congress that keeps the balance of slave states and free states
Who should decide?
popular sovereignty: idea that the states should determine legality of slavery
