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Westward Expansion

• Louisiana Purchase- Jefferson was president, was
  all of the land drained by west of Mississippi
  Riverbought from France More than doubled U.S.
• Lewis and Clark expedition explored this new land
• Prior to Civil War westward expansion impacted
  relations between regions because southerners
  wanted to expand slavery. Free-soilers wanted
  it banned.
• Trail of Tears- Cherokee Indians forced out of
  Georgia area. About a quarter of their people
  died. (1838)

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Monroe Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine warning to outside powers not to
  interfere with affairs in the Western Hemisphere.
  U.S. wouldnt involve itself in European
  affairs.
• Enforcement of this relied heavily on the British
  navy, our military wasnt strong enough to
  enforce it.
• 2 Different Economic Systems in 1790s
• North had factories (cities emerge)
• South was agriculture (cotton)
• Madisons American System (Clay) was to unite the
  two systems that were emerging. 1815
• Transportation system
• National currency (national bank)

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Monroe Doctrine

• Missouri Compromise
• Maine admitted as free state, Missouri slave
  state
• Slavery dividing line for rest of Louisiana
  territory. 36 degrees North
• Manifest Destiny obvious destiny for U.S. to
  expand to the Pacific and Mexican territory (God
  given divine right)

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Age of Andrew Jackson

• 1824 election, Jackson won popular vote but not
  majority in electoral college.
• Henry Clay swayed the election, and got Adams in
  a president
• Jackson elected in 1828
• Indian Removal Act 1830-worked treaties with
  Indians to move west.
• Trail of Tears

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Age of Andrew Jackson

• Tariffs passed that raised states rights vs.
  federal govt questions.
• South Carolina rebelled in 1832 when Congress
  passed another tariff
• Whigs partied formed as a result of Jacksons
  actions (led by Clay)

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Regions of country in 1800s

• North
• Harbors (ship building)
• North Industry Finance
• North had more money, stronger govt
• South
• Fertile for agriculture
• Slavery was property to those people
• South felt they were taken advantage of, believed
  less govt more for people.
• West
• Fertile farm/mineral deposits
• Natives were pushed here

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Market Revolution

• We began industrializing, especially in North
• South began specializing in some form of
  agriculture.
• Market Revolution-people bought and sold goods
  rather than making for self.
• Capitalism
• Entrepreneurs (investors)
• Growing Economy linked regions (roads)-
• South cotton, tobacco, rice
• North Shipping, manufacturing
• Midwest Farming, inventing steel plow helped
  (john deere)

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Manifest Destiny

• Destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and
  into Mexican territory (God given, obvious thing
  to do)
• Black Hawk War (1830)-leader of Saux tribe who
  fought against whites in Illinois. Ended in 1832.
• Treaty of Fort Laramie-gave natives control of
  Central Plains, east of Rocky Mtns.

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Texas Revolution

• Offered U.S. land grants to help with Native
  American relations-agree to obey Mexican laws and
  Roman Catholicism
• Stephen Austin was a very successful empresario
  that gathered thousands of people there. By
  1835-45000 Americans in Texas
• We offered to buy Texas, Mexico refused.
• Texas Revolution-response to putting Austin in
  prison
• Alamo-Texans drove Mexicans and Santa Anna from
  this makeshift fort. 1835
• Texas joins Union (1844)- Sam Houston later
  attacked Santa Anna and won (Treaty of Velasco)
  Texas independence

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Mexican War

• Polk urges war
• Argument was over where the Texas Mexican border
  should be
• Northerners against, Southerners for war
• Zachary Taylor led U.S. troops to Rio Grande
  River, thats where war started.
• Stephen Kearny-colonel who helped settle Republic
  of California
• Republic of California-Fremont seized this area
  in 1846
• Winfield Scott- led forces into Mexico City and
  captured it in 1847, didnt lose a battle.
• Enlarged our area by one-third with the victory
  over Mexico.
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- 1848 Rio Grande
  border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and
  California to U.S. We paid 15 million-also got
  Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona
• Gadsen Purchase- 10 million to Mexico in 1853 to
  get small section below Gila River
• California Gold Rush-1849 when people rushed to
  California, known as 49rs.