Transcontinental railroad

Every nation to ever exist had some sense of a national destiny or purpose. “Manifest Destiny” is a phrase used by politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion in the United States. Americans felt that it was their destiny and their God given right to expand the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In order to understand Manifest Destiny, it is important to understand the need and desire of the United States to expand and advance. Due to a high birth rate, immigration,…

Grabbing the cash means that colonizers mine colonized lands for natural resources but export all of the profits and the products to their home country. In 1835, the Koula plantation, established by William Hooper, began the looting phase of Hawaii’s colonization. In 1840s and 1850s, a series of legal actions called The Great Mahele redistributed land and expanded sugar plantations. Soon hundreds of thousands of people from Asia were brought in to work the sugar fields so that US plantation…

During the turn of the century America was going through changes in diversity. For instance, the multiple amounts of immigrants coming to the United States, Italians, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and more. The immigrants had a variety of origins, problems faced, and multiple reason for migrating to the US. These immigrants made up several workforces in different areas of production for the United States. Despite this, Americans weren’t pleased at all with the number of immigrants hence, the number…

Harris Huynh Mr. Bates World History Honors - Per. 4 1 March 2024 The Impacts of The Industrial Revolution on Imperialism The Industrial Revolution, spanning from the late 18th to the early 19th century, brought technological advancements that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, and communication. These advancements played an important role in shaping modern imperialism, which was when European powers expanded globally. With all the many innovations coming from the industrial…

The Industrial Revolution & Westward Expansion The Industrial Revolution Please watch the video link to the right. Then, answer the questions below in the spaces to the right after discussing them with your group. Be sure to cite evidence when asked to do so. What were some of the causes that led to the Industrial Revolution? Industrial production Agricultural production Iron smelting Railways Steam power Coal and oil extraction Name the most significant fuel used in the Industrial…

There are many important figures that contributed greatly to the American Civil War; George McClellan was a U.S. Army engineer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general and contributed greatly to the outcome of the Civil War. He was a great strategist who didn’t want lives to be lost in vain. He was beloved by his soldiers because they felt that he cared a lot about their lives. McClellan would do everything in his power to ensure that he could keep as many of his soldiers…

The American Civil War conserved the Union and unchained the slaves. However, during Reconstruction, an inconsistent quantity of political focus on the effort failed to solve the sectional wounds, and the removal of the freed slaves' newly acquired civil liberties failed to bring about enduring racial integration. After the war, the Union needed to effectively reunite with the South on equal footing, revitalize their economy, and rebuild their ruined landscape. Nevertheless, divisions in the…

spread west. They supported a graduated income tax. The reason for this was so it would restrict speculative profits. This went into effect in 1913, and it is still being used in the U.S. They also heavily supported the governmental regulation of railroads. In addition, the farmers were faced with two major economic issues: low crop prices and free silver. During this period, the value of U.S. Dollar increased, resulting in deflation. Their solution was “free silver.” Instead of the U.S. Dollar…

were conflicts between the North and South. By this time there was also a large amount of territory beyond Missouri and Iowa. This particularly new territory would play a significant role in farming and railroads. But there were conflicts between the North and South on where the transcontinental railroad would be…

For many years in the newly developing America, there was a lot of debate about what to do with the so called “Indian problem”. Americans sought out various ways to remove the Indian population from lands in the east and eventually the west too as they continued to expand. There were four primary ideas that were proposed: to exterminate the Indian population, to assimilate them into American culture, to protect them on their ancestral lands (which just wasn’t likely to happen), or to move them…