The U.S. History
Review
By Miguel A. Rivera
Section 6
Westward Expansion
What are some characteristics of
the period of
Westward Expansion?
Activity – Westward Expansion
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Gather as much information as you possibly
can about the Westward Expansion in your
group
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½ picked to rotate will change seats every 2 ½
minutes, 2 minutes, and 1 ½ minutes after
having brainstormed what you know
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We will come together as a class and figure
out what you’ve put down.
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
Characteristics
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AKA 1st Industrial Revolution because of
inventions such as steam engine (steamboat
and train), cotton gin, and interchangeable
parts, etc.
Manifest Destiny – we had a destiny to get out
to the Pacific Coast based on God’s will.
Louisiana Purchase
Migration westward
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
Characteristics
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Search of Gold
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Killing and Displacement of Native Americans
(Indian Wars and the Indian Removal Act)
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Beginning of Sectionalism – disagreements
between South and North about states’ rights
issues and slavery
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1793
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1803
Louisiana Purchase – U.S. (Thomas
Jefferson) buys a huge chunk of land
from France’s Napoleon Bonaparte
because he wants to expand his war in
Europe – U.S. doubles in size
Westward Expansion –
Louisiana Purchase
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1828
Andrew Jackson is elected president –
The United States enters a period of
universal male suffrage
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1832
South Carolina threatens to leave the
union after the “Tariff of
Abominations” of 1828 is enacted,
President Jackson threatens to use
military force in 1832 in the
“Nullification Crisis”
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1845
Texas is annexed into the United
States of America
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1848
U.S. ends the war with Mexico, signing the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and buys off
a huge chunk of land (parts of California,
Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, and Wyoming) in compensation
for having won the war
Westward Expansion/
Industrial Revolution
1849
San Francisco Gold Rush – term
49ers is developed when about
15,000 new immigrants move
westward to find gold
Westward Expansion –
Missouri Compromise
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Prohibited slavery in the land of the Louisiana
Purchase north of the 32’ 30” parallel line
(except for Missouri) and allowed slavery
south of the line
Maine was admitted as a free state
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Westward Expansion –
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Nebraska Territory wanted to become a state (1854)
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Senator Stephen Douglas “pushed” for settled of the Great Plains
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Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act; countered the Missouri
Compromise but got him the Southern votes he needed
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Territories would decide slavery issue based on “popular sovereignty”
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Outraged freesoilers and abolitionists
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Led to violent reactions in region known as “Bleeding Kansas”
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The Raid in Lawrence, Kansas (1 person killed)
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John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry (5 people killed)
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Kansas and Nebraska became separate states
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Demonstrated how divided the country was over the issue of slavery
Westward Expansion –
Compromise of 1850
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California allowed to join union as a free state
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States acquired through the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo could choose whether or
not to allow slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act must be enforced
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Fugitive slaves must be returned to original owners
People caught hiding or rescuing slaves could be
fined as much as $10,000
Westward Expansion –
Who is this guy?
Westward Expansion –
Eli Whitney
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Invented the cotton gin
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Increased the cleaning of
cotton which required
more slaves to be
brought to the U.S.
Invented
interchangeable parts
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Increased production of
machine parts and in
turn, machines
Westward Expansion –
Who is this guy?
Westward Expansion –
Andrew Jackson
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On $20 Bill
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Commander in the War of
1812 vs. the British in the
South
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7th President of the U.S.
who wanted to expand
Westward at all costs
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Led in removal of Indians
from all lends necessary to
expand
Westward Expansion –
Who is this guy?
Westward Expansion –
Napoleon Bonaparte
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King of France who
tried to take over all
of Europe;
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Sold the Louisiana
Purchase to Thomas
Jefferson for $15
million in order to
pay for his war