American Expansion Essay

economic improvements, westward expansion, and the war of 1812. To begin, there were a few economic improvements that occurred. First, was Alexander Hamilton’s Bank of the United States. Hamilton wanted to pay off the nation’s debt from the Revolutionary War. Hamilton’s Bank was such a success, that branch offices formed in 1805. Hamilton wanted the bank to control credit and make loans to the government. Next, was Henry Clay’s “American system”. “Clay’s “American system” had three parts to it:…

rights by their owners, the whites, and been treated poorly and no different as animals or machines. By the mid- 19th century, the American has expanded its territories westward, along with such expansion, the anti- slavery movement in North grow rapidly. During the 1860s, the anti- slavery’s union provoked a national debate over slavery that helps precipitate the American Civil War. The Union has won in the debate and the four million slaves in Nation were given freedom. Such abolition of…

called for an expansion of states including Texas, California, and all of Oregon. At the time, Oregon was shared with Britain under The Treaty of 1818. Polk was tired of sharing the Oregon Territory and was willing to fight for it, Which gave him the slogan “54 40 or fight”. Once he won the election, Polk declared war on Great Britain. The Americans outnumbered Britain by the ratio 6-1. In June 1846, Britain surrendered, conflict was avoided and gave the Oregon Territory to the Americans. If…

The author surmises the feet and heads, hand, tongues, breath, seed, blood, and backs and arms had made all of African America, United States, and modern world. The author argues that slave owners created a system to reduce African American to body parts “feet walking like a chained machine, hands on the block and picking, minds and nervous systems yield revenue, providing entertainment and pleasure.” (415)From the 1790s, the continually increasing productivity of enslaved slaves had generated…

this decade saw the emergence of the civil rights movement with African-American activists leading the struggle against segregation and Jim Crow laws still prevalent in southern states at the time. After years of legal challenges and peaceful protests, the civil rights movement culminated in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Giving the tremendous achievements of African-American activists during the 1960s, the civil rights movement of this period is…

Jacob Moore, Andrew Quigley, Alex Ambraziejus, Maximilien Kouroriez Cost of War/Distance from England By far the most important reason why the Americans were able to win the War for Independence was the distance from Britain and the cost of the war. At the time around 1775, Britain had the most advanced and largest military in the world. The ragtag Americans would have been no match for this army if the cost and distance were not a factor. In total the war cost the British Crown 250 million…

However, different viewpoints normally leads to a dispute between individuals. Disputes can range from as simple as debating on which football team is better, to more pensive economical and political issues. A prominent example is the American Civil War. The American Civil War is a result of a dispute between the northern and southern states of America. The southern states were intimidated by the northern states gaining more power and they also feared the abolishment of slavery. As a result,…

I was excited to read about the building of the national economy as parts of the market revolution was new information to me. Learning about the shift from subsistence agriculture dependency to market-based economy brought the expansion of the transportation system into perspective. Interconnectivity is taken for granted today so reading about it through a 19th century perspective provided a great insight into American’s ingenuity and resilience. I did not realize that it was an increase in…

and Texas. The bad things during this era were dealing with the issue of slavery and which state would be considered a slave or a free state.Tensions were increased by territorial expansion due to the issue of slavery, new laws/acts being created and certain of events occurring. With the territorial expansion caused tensions dealing with slavery. There was an issue what state would be a free state or slave state. For example: no one knew what state would be free or not free, so they…

In New York, African Americans were free after the 1800's, but being free was not the end of many hardships. As the African American struggle to be free ends, new struggles would begin under their new title of "free." After Emancipation, African Americans had a mixture of feelings. Excitement to be free to live as people, not property. Anxiety over where to go, finding work, staying alive. Many free black Americans were refused work. Many whites were angry, and decided if they didn't own you…