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    Many inventions played key roles in American expansion. Canals and railroads set a path connecting towns and settlements. Trains and boats featuring steam engines carried goods needed to sustain life and luxury in these places. The tin can made it possible to transport previously perishable goods. Although all of these made expansion possible, one invention in particular made southerners want to expand; the cotton gin. These inventions catalyzed US expansion in the 1800’s. Canals spread throughout the north east when Dewitt Clinton, Governor of New York, began overseeing the construction of the Erie Canal. The goal of the canal was to connect the Hudson river in New York City to Buffalo, New York. The canal was nicknamed Clinton's Ditch due to the overwhelming lack of support for the project. When the project was finished in 1825 its length totaled in 350 miles. The first step in expanding a nation is connecting the land with in its current bounds. The canal system connected multiple cities in the north east. Although canals did a great deal of good, they were also flawed. Low temperatures in the winter caused the water to freeze making this form of transportation solely seasonal. However,…

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    Expansion caused a considerable amount of political instability with the Native Americans. Attitudes from Native Americans towards white settlement was negative, shown by the Pontiac Rebellion (1763) and Tecumsch’s campaign against white settlement (1809), and seemed to continue throughout the 100 years. Americans committed atrocities, Sand Creek Massacre of 1846: c.700 members of the Colorado Territory militia attacked tribes, killing women and children, and took land from the Cheyenne and…

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    Expansion of America at Native Americans Expense The decades preceding the Civil War were consumed by the pursuit of empire in the American West by the United States. Indians who inhabited immense part of the territory, fought to defend and conserve their cultural identity. Native Americans opposed as a flood of settlers and the conversion of their environment confronted them. Ultimately, extension in the American West comprised of conquering, displacement, and the ruling over Native Americans.…

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    as the country gained independence and continued to grow, more land was needed. In the early 18th century the country began to expand into the west even further because many people needed new land to farm and hunt. This called great disturbance to many Native tribes. The Cherokee tribe decided to fight back to keep their land and decided to come forward to the Supreme Court, but this did lead to a bad future for the Cherokee nation later on. American expansion changed the lives of the Cherokee…

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    There many different occasions which has occurred in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s that had to do with the topic of American Expansion. Two of the more popular examples of American Expansion is buying Alaska and The Purchase Of Hawaii. The purchases have impacted the whole topic of American Expansion. One of the important purchases was alaska. The previously owned land from russia was now bought from the country of America. Once they purchased Alaska from the country of Russia. They had…

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    From the 1820s to the 1860s, Americans began to expand westward beyond the Mississippi River. Americans were beginning to move west of the Mississippi River without any consent of the government, and many of the them were moving for their own personally reasons such as to start a new life or he/she wanted to be a pioneer in a newfound area. The federal government played a mostly passive role in the American expansion, but the United States government intervened in some areas more than others.…

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    Global Expansion Strategy: American Express has a very long history of providing international services. American Express began its international expansion early in the 20th century to the financial institutions in some most prominent countries and cities around the world (Bus100jbristol, 2015). However, due to some unforeseeable world disasters, Amex reduced their products and services outside the country but still enjoyed a reputation in travel and financial markets overseas. In recent years,…

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    Expansion, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines the word as “the act or progress on expanding”. Expansion is something that our history has come to know for many years. Throughout all these years of expansion one question arises, is expansion always positive? When thinking about expansion many people think of the people actually expanding, but never consider the people affected by it. For example, expansion in the new world had a negative effect on the Native Americans in North America.…

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    Territorial expansion invigorated the debate over slavery in the United States because African Americans at this point in history were no longer just hoping for freedom but began seeking it. Whenever an African Americans request of any form of freedom was denied, which was often, they made certain there would be a follow through for future requests by protesting. "Cincinnati officials moved to restrict the freedom of African Americans, and the next year a riot drove out more than one thousand…

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    The United States in the years leading to the Mexican-American War was a generously peaceful country. Expansion into the westward land was seen as one of the greatest opportunity for economic growth. It allowed families who had never been able to own land the opportunity of home ownership. The westward expansion was acquired through many forms ranging from the peaceful settlements in Oregon, to the discovery of gold in California. Yet, much of the expansion came from the dispute of bounders with…

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