Manifest Destiny
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea to expand throughout the USA no matter what because God said to.
How did Cotton impact the U.S. Economy in the early to mid 19th century?
Cotton earned the U.S. millions of dollars in just 7 years.
Who were the two groups of people who migrated?
German: Poor farmers and Roma Catholics
Irish: Poor farmers and Roma Catholics
Which group did the Manifest Destiny affect positively and negatively?
Positively: Americans
Negatively: Indians
How are the spread of slavery and the spread of cotton related?
The spread of slavery grew as the spread of cotton grew
What were these groups hoping to achieve by coming to the United States?
German: Freedom of religion, buy farmland, and find work
Irish: Find work and food
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
American citizens can get free land in the West
How did slave populations change from during the early to mid 19th century?
The slave population expanded and grew throughout the years.
When did each group come to the United States?
German: 1845-1855
Irish:1820-1870
What was the Lowell Mill Protest Song?
Women working in factories in the East feel like their working conditions are horrible and they are protesting that they are being treated like slaves.
How do the economies of the North and South differ?
South's economy was based on Agriculture, while the North's economy was based on industry and trade.
Where did the two groups settle?
German: West for farmland (St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and New York)
Irish: mostly settled where they landed in the northeastern United States
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson did what to increase the size of the United States?
Made the Louisiana Purchase
What did the rise of “King Cotton” mean for the import of African people into slavery, and the internal slave trade in the U.S.?
They needed more slaves in order to produce more slaves.
Why did these groups leave their homeland?
German: Escape economic hardship and political unrest
Irish: Escape the potato famine and starvation