Westward Expansion In America

Andrew Jackson the seventh president of the United States was devoted to make the nation a better place to be in. This means to have power, wealth, and riches in America. In order to make The United States a better place, president Jackson believed that the Indians were going to become a problem in the near future. There are many arguments for and against Indian removal. One of the major arguments for Indian removal were that due to an increase in cotton production.

Other disadvantage include the many displaced people, it promoted racism and mother countries to believe that they are superior. It also brought slavery up to not so long ago. The New imperialism benefited the Industrial Revolution at the cost of the colonies. It also heled with modern technologies, for instance the steam-powered ships to aid in the expansion of European empires that are a great now for exports, imports and transportation. Another disadvantage is the fact that colonies’ culture and beliefs were wiped out creating intolerance among people.

With the rise in the production of cotton, the south needed more slaves in order to control and to work the cotton production. This invention increased the demand for slave labor. The invention of The Cotton Gin led to a prosperity in the Southern economy creating a one-crop economy for the South. There was a pressure put on the relationship between the North and the South and their different perceptions of slavery

Abstract Slavery provided America with a wide range of labor, and fortune. Ideals from Christianity, and Revolution forced many to grapple with the idea of ending it. Throughout the antebellum era politicians debated the merits allowing the people of territories themselves to decide whether slavery would be prohibited or permitted. This solution created a host of problems. From the establishment of the Northwest and Southwest territories, to the Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas, the acquisition of the Mexican Cession, and finally the debate over Kansas and Nebraska, the extension of slavery confounded politicians.

Eventually, the south became very powerful. “However, the invention of the cotton gin took the South 's national economic dominance and transformed it into a global phenomenon.” (Jones, 2013, p.1). At that time the south became really influential. “Thus vital links developed between the profit motive which led to inhuman efforts to dehumanize Africa slaves, and the conception of the New World as an environment of liberation, opportunity, and upward mobility.” (Bordwich,

Manifest Destiny Essay A long, long time ago in a the 19th century the people of America use money and brutal force to make Mexico give America more land. Also during this time the industrial revolution was happening and this increase the need for slaves incredibly. Manifest Destiny was during the 19th century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. Although, some people believe that Manifest Destiny gave America the right to expand their borders, the concept of Manifest Destiny did not give them this right because they bullied Mexico, they used brutal ways, and they ended up killing a lot of people. First, during the 19th century, many people believed in Manifest Destiny so they bullied Mexico into giving them land.

Andrew Jackson’s Speech to Congress on Indian Removal was given at a time of westward expansion, which was greatly influenced by the idea of Manifest destiny (Bentley 695). Manifest destiny also greatly influenced the national sentiment of the time, which can be found in Jackson’s speech. Jackson uses nationalist and colonialist rhetoric in this speech, particularly when he discusses his idea of progress. At the time of this speech, nationalism and colonialism greatly impacted both racial and economic policies in the United States, and the preceding Indian Removal Act of 1830 was also reflective of both the United States’ racial and economic policies, and greatly impacted the racial makeup and economy of the country for the rest of the nineteenth century and beyond. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law passed with the intention of “[moving] all native Americans west of the Mississippi River into “Indian Territory” (Bentley 695), which is modern day Oklahoma.

The American Civil War took place in 1861-1865 between the northern and southern states in America. The trigger of this conflict was due to the fact that the Northern states had been creating more factories and businesses, therefore producing a greater income. However, in the South – the local people had been utilizing African-Americans as slaves for their plantation and labor work. The people of the Northern states wanted to change human rights in the whole country, however the Southerners did not agree as this as they would lose more wealth and their independence. Thus, the economic factors outweighed the political and social aspects that influenced the Civil War.

The government has many different roles throughout history and today. They had a very different role during westward expansion than today. Capitalism is a mostly non controlling government so you would have a lot of freedom and choice.The proper role of government is support the growing country and to spread capitalism. During westward expansion the government wanted, ( as well as many other Americans did,) to move west. To make capitalism spread west they passed the Homestead Act .

The westward expansion that occurred during Jackson’s presidency lead to a shift in America’s economical makeup from a mercantile/market economy to capitalism. This adjustment in the economy brought about the Market Revolution, which in turn had its own way of revolutionizing America. The

The Civil War was a unique and significant event in American history. According to many historians, the war was ultimately the final resolution of contradictions in the vision of America when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. It stated that “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights”. The war’s origins lay in slavery, which began in North America in the early 1600s and grew rapidly in the South, which caused the southern economy as a whole depended on heavily on slave labor leading up to the Civil War. Slavery, the splitting of which state would be slave or free, and Abraham Lincoln played a major role that was responsible for the nature of the war than any other individual.

The controversy over the expansion of slavery into western territory contributed greatly to the coming of the Civil War. The battle between the North and the South of maintaining the balance of free states and slave states. Many compromises have appeased yet pushed back the inevitable Civil War. In 1804 Jefferson was elected for his second term, and a year before that America had bought Louisiana. Buying this large territory expanded the U.S ' territory greatly, which brought great difficulty to regulate.

The author argues that the growth and production of cotton sparked an industrial revolution which increase migration. Once America expanded West and signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, America had a large amount of land. Specifically, it was the Alabama River Valley, which had great farming capabilities. With cotton prices rising, a mass migration occurred and people flocked to grow cotton. The author states that cotton fueled an “expansion of transatlantic industrial capitalism” which at the time was equivalent to sugar in the Caribbeans and oil in the Middle East.