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Unit 3 -Westward Expansion (Textile Worker: (Mostly childrens aged 13-16,…
Unit 3 -Westward Expansion
Manifest density themes
values of American people
Westward expansion through
Agrarian America
It was America's destiny
Indian Removal Act 1830
Tribes who did not leave ,were forced to leave
by the US Army
Passed by president Andrew Jackson
Serious of treaties that moved the Native American
further West.
Indian Removal Act 1830
Consequences
Forever divides Native Americans and United States
Lead to War
Gadsden Purchase 1853
United states offers to pay Mexico $10 million for all territory along the Gila River
Geographical expansion
Expansion continued
3 political reasons for America's growth
1.Annexation of Texas
2.Mexican-American War
3.Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Annexation of Texas
Texas declared Independence
from Mexico in 1836
Texas & the United States agreed to make Texas the 28th state in 1845
Keep Slavery legal was a must
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848
officially ends the Mexican American War
Mexico gives New Mexico and California to America
America agrees to pay 15 million for the land
Mexico agrees to the Rio-Grande as border with Texas
Gen.George Custer
Civil War hero
Most famous for the Battle of Big Horn
Led 700 men against 5,000 + Lakota two younger brothers were killed
Mexican-American War cont....
Angry about the Annexation of Texas,Mexico would attack American Troops along the Rio Grande
American troops were sent there by President Polk
Chief Sitting Bull
Lakota Chief
Leader warrior medicine man
Killed by Native Americasn police in 1890
North vs South
Southern
Cotton,Tobacco,Wheat
little to no industy
Textile Worker:
Mostly childrens aged 13-16
Made 27 cents on an hour
Womens:
Women made an average of 267 a year
Mans average in a year was $500
Labor Unions
protect workers
Provides better working conditions
Better pay
8 hours work day in 1868