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War and Expansion in The United States

War and Expansion in The United States. Chapter 26 Section 3. Manifest Destiny Abraham Lincoln Secede U.S. Civil War Emancipation Proclamation Segregation. Key Terms. 1800’s still a young nation Britain was still harassing its former colony

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War and Expansion in The United States

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  1. War and Expansion in The United States Chapter 26 Section 3

  2. Manifest Destiny • Abraham Lincoln • Secede • U.S. Civil War • Emancipation Proclamation • Segregation Key Terms

  3. 1800’s still a young nation • Britain was still harassing its former colony • Seized American sailors to use against Napoleon • Britain helping Native Americans A Young Nation

  4. Britain and United States fight War of 1812 • Fighting ends • No territory changes hands • Proved to be an independent nation • Monroe Doctrine • Americas off limits to European colonization A Young Nation

  5. 1820 Moses Austin received permission from Spain to form settlements in Texas • Mexico gains independence from Spain • Imposes strict rules on settlers • Settlers fight and receive independence for Republic of Texas Texas and Mexico

  6. 1845 U.S. admits Texas as a state • Mexico still claimed Texas • Mexican-American War 1846-1848 • U.S. wins • Gains large territory in the southwestern United States Texas and Mexico

  7. 1850 westward expansion • Claimed all territory to the Pacific Ocean • Louisiana Territory • Florida • Texas, • The Mexican cession • The Oregon Territory The Move West

  8. Manifest Destiny-Americans thought they had a God-given right to settle all the way to the Pacific • 1848 gold discovered in California • National law gave 160 acres of free land • Thousands packed up and headed west The Move West

  9. As people moved west conflicts developed • Solution to push native Americans west • 1830 Indian Removal Act-relocation of five Indian nations Effects on Native Americans

  10. U.S. Army controlled • Cherokee • Choctaw • Seminole • Creek • Were forced to move into Indian Territory • Trial of Tears-1/4 of Cherokee died on this march • Moved onto reservations Effects on Native Americans

  11. Abolition- the end to slavery • America decided which new states were free or slave states • Southerners worried new states could shift congressional power and end slavery The Civil War

  12. First half of 1800’s compromise balance of free and slave states • 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act –decision of free or slave left to residents • Abraham Lincoln- elected president The Civil War

  13. South Carolina secedes from the Union • Secede-a withdrawal from the Union • Confederate States elect Jefferson Davis as president • Confederate States draft a constitution The Road to War

  14. April 1861 Lincoln orders supplies to Fort Sumter South Carolina • First shots of the Civil War • 500,000 die from battle or disease • More than in any other war War Begins

  15. January 1863 declared all slaves free in Confederate States • Did not apply to already conquered by the Union • Many southern slaves fled North • Hurt southern economy • Union soldiers saw their purpose to end slavery • Caused European powers to withdraw from Confederacy The Emancipation Proclamation

  16. 1863 Battle of Gettysburg-North defeats the South • North now believes it can win the war • Gettysburg Address delivered at a cemetery for soldiers killed in that battle The Union Prevails

  17. War continues for a year and a half • Union score several victories in the south • Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, in April 1865 The Union Prevails

  18. South lay in ruins • Final battles damaged • Railroads • Roads • bridges • How would the government treat Confederate soldiers Effects of Civil War

  19. How would slavery be resolved • How would the South rebuild • Reconstruction-era of rebuilding the South • People had different ideas on how to solve problems Effects of Civil War

  20. Government passed several important amendments to the Constitution • Civil Rights Act- protected some rights of former slaves • 14th Amendment granted citizenship Effects of Civil War

  21. “Equal benefit of all laws and privileges for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens” • 15th Amendment-voting rights could not be denied because of race Effects of Civil War

  22. Reconstruction did not achieve equal rights for former slaves • Discriminatory laws still passed in the South • Segregation-seperation of blacks and whites in the south • Reconstruction provided a foundation for later civil rights movement during the 1900’s Effects of Civil War

  23. During 1870’s 2000 immigrants a day arrive • 1914 20 million people moved to the U.S. • Industrialization needed a large amount of labor Post War Economy

  24. 1862 Congress authorizes the Trans-Continental Railroad • 1869 California and Eastern U.S. linked • 1900 200,000 miles of railroad tracks • Carried • Corn, wheat, cattle, coal, iron ore to processing plants • U.S. becomes a world leader Railroads

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