Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)
description
Transcript of Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)
![Page 1: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)
![Page 2: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
As a result of the American Revolution, Britain ceded it's territory east of the Mississippi
![Page 3: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
What a Deal!What a Deal!
![Page 4: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase nearly doubles the size of the young nation
![Page 5: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
– In 1819, Spain cedes Florida to the U.S. in return for the nullification of a Five Million
Dollar debt
![Page 6: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Soon Thereafter, Mexico Wins Independence from Spain
![Page 7: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Texas
• Southern farming spreads into Mexico• Mexico does not allow slavery• Texans Rebel against Mexico
Remember the Alamo?
• Texans gain their independence but seek admission to the U.S. as a state
![Page 8: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Texan Independence
![Page 9: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
War with Mexico
• After nearly 10 years, the US decides the time is right to annex Texas.
• Mexico protests – war is declared
![Page 10: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
New Land!
• War ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo
• The U.S. obtains land in what is now California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas (1.2 million square miles!)
• The Gadsen Purchase completes our southwest territory which is referred to as the Mexican Cession.
![Page 11: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Results of the Mexican War
![Page 12: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Gadsen Purchase
![Page 13: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Manifest Destiny
• Many Americans dreamed of a empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• It was our nation’s “Manifest Destiny” to overspread and possess the whole continent
![Page 14: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
A Divide Exists:Slave States vs. Free States
• The creation of slave states vs. free states is mostly about economic and political power.
• The abolition (antislavery) movement is still in it’s infancy.
![Page 15: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Slave States vs. Free States
• As U.S. territory grows, new states are created.
• States in the North are considered Free States (no slavery)
• Southern states are considered Slave States.
• …it’s not necessarily all about slavery.
![Page 16: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Slave States vs Free States
![Page 17: Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?)](https://reader034.fdocuments.in/reader034/viewer/2022051821/568162cc550346895dd358fd/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Life in the NorthLife in the North
• Greater population – 2.5 times more than South . . . . Why?
• More railroad track -70% of U.S. total
• More industrial – 90,000 more factories than in the South
• Wealthier - In 1860 – produced over $1.3 billion more in goods!