America was proliferating with the expansion of people “modernizing” to the new America with the growth of the West, urbanization, and building of industries across America being the development of the practice of freedom. Beginning with the expansion of the West, it played a vital role in the urbanization of the expanding American land. Americans chose to migrate West because people could start again(249 TAE). The Westward expansion is what caused urbanization in the short term. For example, beginning with the population of America, up until 1860, it was 31,000,000 people, and in the thirty years, there was a “sudden” 92,000,000 (251 TAE)! As stated in Chapter 7, it was not “huge” population growth, but this was evidence that the population …show more content…
Chinese immigration, for instance, between 1848 and 1882, the US took account of them coming into the US to work, such as in the gold fields (254 TAE). Immigration in the US became another reason why America was proliferating at a steady rate. Although not considered “immigrants,” the Native American people were home to the West before expansion began (249 TAE). It is important to note that Native Americans were home to the West because, when discussed in Chapter 7, Americans were “eager” to earn quick wealth, and speaking of money, people wanted to work, so another contribution to the sudden burst of the West Ward Expansion was the Gold rush in 1848 which caused sudden American migration (255 TAE). From the following statements, it’s clear that money motivated Americans to drive urbanization across the nation. Referring back to the fact that Native Americans were home to the West, there is evidence, such as the US Congress taking the side of white settlers when they would force Native Americans out of their land so settlers could get the land they wanted (249 TAE). Adding on to the piece of evidence, Native Americans encounter prospectors wishing to occupy the land they lived on. Regardless, the Natives resisted, and along with that came the consequence of using violent force to remove them (259 …show more content…
When the war began, Americans faced the issue of manpower since they had to fight on two fronts (451 TAE). So, America paused to modernize, but this is where Americans symbolized “American freedom” by demonstrating what it takes to fight for their freedom. On the home front, many women took over men's factory jobs but kept them in mind. Twelve million men were drafted to war (456 TAE). It is evident that after the wars, including the first world war, America got a significant loss the American people but was kept strong by fighting for American freedom. Take, for instance, African Americans who fought in the world war, including Native Americans, as shown in pictures of Chapter 10 (380-381 TAE). Until after the post wars, African Americans then fought for their
During the 19th century, the American people were experiencing a revolution concerning both the economy and religion, in what is recognized today as the Market Revolution and the Second Great Awakening. A rapid increase in the population within the countryside, and the development of new technology outburst a change in the economy from one of local exchanges to one governed by capital and capitalists. Family owned businesses began to expand and sold their items not only among a small community, but now products were being shipped to different ports along the colonies. The industrialization movement was rapidly approaching that “Indian removal was necessary for the opening of the vast American lands to agriculture, to commerce, to markets, to
For example, the fierce competition over land and resources among Caucasians led to the ignoring and further decimation of the Native Americans who had occupied the land for generations (Document H). The Cuacasions did not stop at taking the land, they completely altered it to fit their economic and ideological desires. This trend of Othering and villainizing the Native Americans as an excuse to rip away their land is an idea that continues into modern day, and has deeply influenced Western
Monica De la Rosa History 17 Professor Todd Menzing 31 July 2016 Emma Goldman As Nash stated in the book “American People” that at the advent of nineteenth century, America was a youthful country which was expanding. As the society and the people surged west over the mountains, they had to face a lot of hardships and problem. They were able to secure inconceivable new regions past the Mississippi (Nash, 30) gradually pushed further towards the coastlines.
From 1817-1825, immigrants and native New Yorkers alike worked year round by hand and with the help of animals to complete the canal, which finally opened in October 26, 1825. Early on, horses and mules worked the canal system taking turns with boats in long shifts carrying cargo with towlines. At the beginning, the canal could accommodate thirty tons of freight. Travel on the canal to Buffalo from Albany took about five days. When traveled by stage coach, the route took about two weeks.
Introduction This “think piece” will be covering the Westward Expansion from 1860 to 1890. During that time a lot of changes occurred to the American land. One of the major impacts, that was noticed, was the increase in railroads and cities. Without these railroads, traveling time to the west could to up to 6 months and the small cities were growing because of the railroads that were being created and were being called “Railroad Towns”.
The Western United States was founded upon several layers of political, economic, and social causes that started the Western movement. The passages from John Barr’s book Peace Came in the Form of a Women which looks at the west before large amounts of Europeans arrived and how the large Native American population organized themselves focusing in on the Caddo people. While William Hyde’s’ book Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West 1800-1860 as it depicts the European look and motives for the westward movement. According to Barr and Hyde’s the west before the westward expansion tended to owned and operated by the large Spanish population in Mexico and the enormous cities of the Native Americans that made up the land.
In guided reading groups, students will be reading texts at their reading level that target specific skills. Learning specific reading and writing skills is the focus of these groups, not the content they are reading. Students will be moved in and out of groups based on their needs. In this unit, fifth grade students will begin by hearing a read aloud story about westward expansion in the United States.
Was the westward expansion of the United States just an inevitable or unjust and easy to stop? Manifest destiny was not a god given right, it wasn’t helpful to the other countries, we weren’t enlightening anyone. All of that is just a cover of our power hungry government. I am not against the expansion of America, I think it’s great if we buy countries, or they join us.
The Expansion West During the early age of the United States there was a push for more land. More and more new immigrants started coming over to America, which led to new opportunities for them and the fight for the land amongst everyone. The opportunity for people to start and create a better life for themselves, was the chance they took. Many Native Americans were forced to move and leave their homeland because of this.
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century America, The West, Industrial and Financial growth, Immigration, and Technological Innovation all took part in the society change in America. The change that resulted from these four things was that the American society would begin as a rural agricultural society and then would transform into an industrial metropolitan society. Major issues like the wipe out of bison in the West, American Indians being confined to reservations, the American Civil War, the capacity of the American Industry, bankers allowing businessmen large amounts of money to expand operations, and many other events and actions would lead to a more industrialized American society. The West had an impact on societies development because, with the completion of the railroads, it brought major economic development and opened up areas of the West for settlement.
Millions of immigrants and struggling farmers arrived in major cities looking for work which hastened the urbanization of America. Socially, there was a rapid increase in population mainly due to immigrants; culturally, new religious
Natives tried to resist and defend their land, but the white’s weapons were too advanced. The idea of selling land was misunderstood because of language differences. As settler with Christian ideologies expanded, Native culture became an issue. Different laws were passed by several presidents stating, that Indians should be removed. With all the power of a president, Andrew Jackson signed into law
In a lecture we saw gold Rush population statistics and it said that in one year California’s population of Americans grew from 14,000 to 100,000 people. The population grew so fast because gold provided many economic opportunities. Gold could be sold for money and there is a big gold mining market such as manufacturing shovels, pans, etc. This motivates Americans to move westward because of access to gold and other resources. Many Americans moved westward for economic benefits from being able to access new and valuable resources such as gold, otter pelts, lumber, and buffalo that could be used to establish trade.
Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. We see cities around the nation began to grow around rivers and canals which diversified the American economy and boosted the growth of capitalism in the United States. The country as a whole became much wealthier and more efficient. The rapid growth of the manufacturing industry created a great need for unskilled workers. This demand caused migration as farm workers moved from rural areas of the United States to find jobs in America’s rapidly growing cities.
American development begins over and over in a substantial flowing manner. The United States does not limit expansion to small areas and does not overrun other settlers; America is different in the fact that its institutions adapt to its population. The main focus is not that of the Atlantic coast, but of the Great West. Even through the fight of slavery, it inhabits an important position in American history due to the connection to the westward expansion. The frontier is just between the divisions of the uncivilized, not socially, culturally, or morally advanced, and the civilized, a stage of social development considered to be more advance, way of life of another particular area.