Growth of the New Nation

US History, Unit 1Mr. Peal

1. …SIZE – the U.S. spreads to the Pacific Ocean

2. …WEALTH ($)– factories, railways, cities

3. …NUMBER OF PEOPLE (population)◦ Including SLAVES

4. …FREEDOM◦ Women◦ Slave

The new country Grows

Louisiana Purchase, 1803Texas, 1845Oregon, 1846California, 1848Gadsden Purchase, 1853

America Grows in size

Bought in 1803 from FranceDoubled the size of the countyExplored by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark◦Slow and dangerous◦Cross the Rockies◦Reached the Pacific

Louisiana Purchase, 1803

Was Spanish for 300 years Settled by Americans because of…

◦ Cotton◦ Cattle raising

Before long, more Americans than Texans Conflicts:

◦ Mexicans were Catholic, Texans were Protestants◦ Americans had slaves, Mexicans didn’t like slavery

War◦ 1836: Mexicans attacked a fort called Alamo and killed all

the Americans◦ 1845-8: War with Mexico to make Texas a state

Texas becomes a state

Oregon territory attracted families because of forests and farmland

Included parts of Canada, Idaho, Wyoming

Followed the Oregon Trail

Oregon

Where the 49ers got their name. People came from Europe, China, and the

east California grew quickly. San Francisco

became a city

Gold discovered in California, 1848

Indians were “removed” because Americans wanted their land after gold discovered in Georgia.

Congress and President Andrew Jackson made Indians in Georgia and other states live west of the Mississippi.

Americans felt superior…thought they had a mission

Indian Removal, 1830-

Notice: Indians; what the figure has in her hand; types of transportation

Manifest Destiny

Painting by John Gast

Definition Causes Effects

The U.S. economy grows

The Industrial Revolution was a change from◦ farming to factory work◦ From living in countries to living in

cities◦ From hand-work to machine work

It began it England. It started in America when people like Samuel slaters built English-style factories in the U.S.

It required many new workers, a lot of money, and plentiful natural resources

Industrial Revolution

Cotton factories in England and America needed American cotton.

Slaves grew cotton. As the need for cotton grew,

◦ The demand for slaves grew◦ The demand for cotton land increased

The number of slaves increased from 700,000 in 1790 to 4 million in 1860.

Southern (cotton) states wanted to expand west. The South wanted new states to be slave trades.

Impact of cotton factories

Industrial Revolution: Causes

Industrial Revolution: Effects

Population growth Migration Growth of slave population

Growth: Population

Migration

Opposition to Migrants

Abolitionism Women’s suffrage

GROWTH: FREEDOM

Women’s Suffrage

Freedom: Abolition