History Final
Between 1800-1850 Americans felt it was time to expand westward, industrialize, and gain nationalism to better the common man and woman and create a more social, powerful and wealthy country. Soon both common and wealthy men became national leaders and led the country to new worlds and places only thought possible in a dream. It pretty much started when Thomas Jefferson became president of the United States. He did a lot of important things like balancing out the congress with Hamiltonians and Republicans, and the war of 1812. But one of the most historical important things was the Louisiana Purchase. When Jefferson paid $3 an acre he nearly doubled the original U.S size. After he purchased the new land, he wanted to know what was out there. So he sent out an expedition crew led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. It was a successful mission. It paved the way to move west. Soon the industry part came around. Slavery was picking the cotton but it took a while to make it into yarn and into clothes. Then a man from Britain named Samuel Slater brought the plans for factories to America. The first factories were made in New England because the factories used gears, which relied on one another to turn. So most factories used fa
Railroads were able to go where steamboats couldn't. Later Texas was taken over by the United States, and Americans felt why stop? So they went to war with Mexico and defeated them. A state that had a problem with the migration was Texas. After awhile the company realized this was costing them a lot of money, so they got rid of the kids and got the young women. Railroads were also a very good invention. Doing this, they gained the states of California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada. Nationalism was made by inventions like the railroad, telegraphs, bringing citizens who lived in far places, closer together. With most of the Indians gone, and a lot of land west, there was one thing to do, move west and get the land. The steamboat was a great invention. Young children also worked for the factories, their ages were 4 to ten years old. Soon Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were added to the U. Canals were man made waterways that transported goods from New York to places down the East Coast. Most of the time, the crops weren't transported fast enough so a lot of the crops rotted. Soon cotton was running low to pick.
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