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MANIFEST DESTINY (3 big problems (INDIANS (Until 1607 peacefu coexistence…
MANIFEST DESTINY
new term coined in 1845 to explain the westward expansion
American Progress, (1872) by John Gast, allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west*
Self made man:move to west to have succes
Mission given by God to make United States bigger
3 big problems
INDIANS
Until 1607 peacefu coexistence but then fights(French and Indian war 1754)
1830s REMOVAL ACT
Forced Exodus to Oklahoma
Change in lifestyle
"Civilized"
Removal of Indians in the South-eatern part
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAYS
extinction of the buffallo for the train
source of food for indians
SLAVES
1619 Virginia Planation
FREE STATES IN THE NORTH
Economy based on industry and small farms
SLAVE STATES IN THE SOUTH
Economy based on agriculture PLANTATION
Wealthy : have lands and slaves (slave owners)
benevolant
authorician-corporal punishment
CIVIL WAR
11 States in the South form a new country: CONFEDERATE STATES
President: Jefferson Davis
UNION SOLDIERS
commander in chief: Lincoln
1865 Lincoln assassinated
1861-1865 Brutal and cruel
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
head of the soldiers: General Lee
Direct consequence of Lincoln's election
ABOLITIONISTS 1850-against slavery
REPUBLICANS-political party PRESIDENT:Abraham Lincoln
1863 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
freedom for slaves
slaves stayed in the South: free but their condition didn't chamge
1865 13 AMMANDAMENTS
ABOLOSHMENT OF SLAVERY IN ALL THE US
