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Economic Development and Westward Movement

Economic Development and Westward Movement. Economic Development. Northern Economy. Industrial economy with a lot of factories and businesses. Southern Economy. Agricultural economy with large plantations “King Cotton”

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Economic Development and Westward Movement

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  1. Economic Development and Westward Movement

  2. Economic Development

  3. Northern Economy • Industrial economy with a lot of factories and businesses

  4. Southern Economy • Agricultural economy with large plantations • “King Cotton” • Entire economic system and way of life was built around the cotton product

  5. New Inventions Stimulate American Economy

  6. Steam Engine • Lead to the invention of trains • Made boats move faster than sails

  7. Railroads • Easier to transport people and cargo across land

  8. Canals • Man made rivers which made it easier to transport cargo to places without rivers

  9. Cotton Gin • Machine that picked seeds out of cotton • Invented by Eli Whitney

  10. Cotton Gin • Made cotton production quicker and extremely profitable • Caused dramatic increase in use of Slaves

  11. Westward Movement

  12. Manifest Destiny • It was “God’s Will” for the US to control all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

  13. Louisiana Purchase • Made in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson • Bought from France for 15 million dollars • Doubled the size of the US • TJ wanted to expand the agricultural power of the US

  14. Lewis And Clark Expedition • Financed by TJ to survey and explore the Louisiana Purchase • Aided by Sacajawea, an Indian guide and translator

  15. Reasons for Moving Out West • Economic opportunities in free land in the Midwest, Southwest, and Texas • Manifest Destiny

  16. Impact of Westward Movement on Native American

  17. Native American Impact • Indians were forced off their homelands onto reservations • Reservation – gov’t land set aside for Indians to live

  18. Indian Removal Act (1830) • Andrew Jackson’s plan to give Indians reservations out west in exchange for land in the east • Indians never agreed to plan

  19. Trail of Tears • Several large Indian tribes in Florida and Georgia were forcibly relocated to reservations in Oklahoma by US military

  20. Trail of Tears • Thousands of Indians died along the way • 1 out of 4 Cherokee Indians died during trail

  21. Native American Impact • US Military attacked and killed any Indian tribe who resisted removal • Indian Removal would continue for the rest of the century

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