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War and Expansion in the United States

War and Expansion in the United States. Americans Move West. Manifest destiny —U.S. has duty to rule ocean to ocean. U.S. pushes Native Americans continuously west to worse lands. Texas Joins the United States American settlers enter Texas, grow unhappy with Mexican rule.

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War and Expansion in the United States

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  1. War and Expansion inthe United States

  2. Americans Move West • Manifest destiny—U.S. has duty to rule ocean to ocean. • U.S. pushes Native Americans continuously west to worse lands. Texas Joins the United States • American settlers enter Texas, grow unhappy with Mexican rule. • Win independence in 1836; U.S. annexes Texas in 1845.

  3. War with Mexico • In 1848, U.S. wins Mexican War, gains southwest, California. • In 1853, Gadsden Purchase establishes current U.S. boundaries.

  4. Civil War Tests Democracy • North uses free labor, has both farms and industry. • South depends on slave labor, grows a few cash crops (mainly cotton). • Slavery fuels disagreement over states’ rights versus federal rights.

  5. Civil War Breaks Out • Abraham Lincoln—elected in 1860, fiercely opposed by South. • Southern states secede—withdraw from the Union. • U.S. Civil War—North defeats South after bitter fighting (1861–1865).

  6. Abolition of Slavery • Emancipation Proclamation—Lincoln declares all southern slaves free. • North’s army frees slaves as they push farther south. • Amendments after war extend citizenship and voting to blacks.

  7. Reconstruction • From 1865 to 1877, northern troops occupy South, enforce new laws. • After Reconstruction, troops leave and Southerners pass new laws. • Segregation—separation of blacks and whites becomes policy in South.

  8. The Postwar Economy Immigration • By 1914 more than 20 million immigrants arrive from Europe, Asia. • Most immigrants settle in West, Midwest, or Northeast U.S. • Immigrants provide workforce needed for industrialization.

  9. The Railroads • Transcontinental railroad links east and west in 1869. • Almost 200,000 miles of track cross U.S. by 1900. • Railroads allow quick movement of goods and raw materials.

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