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A machine used to separate cotton and seeds. Which made farming easy, and increased in the demand for slaves.
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A war between the U.S. and England. The war helped us gain more territory, removes England and leaves us in charge of people
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It was a plan based on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton, and supported by Henry Clay. It led to the era of good feelings. Which is an expansion of federal power.
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MIssouri wanted to become a state that owned slaves, but it would unbalance the amount of slaves and free people in the U.S. Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state which balanced them out.
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A policy made by James Monroe that stated that any effort made by an European Nation to take control of any independent state, would be viewed as an unfriendly act toward the U.S. An expansion of power and U.S. territory.
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Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokees to migrate to Oklahoma. 14000-15000 died. (forced removal) Expansion of U.S. territory.
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The Alamo was a fort that was once a chapel. Texans make a stand to Mexicans and defeat them. Eventually Texas joins the U.S. Expansion of territory
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The 19th century belief that the expansion of the U.S. was justified and inevitable.
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It was a war that began by both the U.S. and Mexico meeting at the Rio Grande River, and the Mexican army opened fire. It gained Texas independence from Mexico.
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It was a peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. The treaty added an additional 525,000 extra square miles.