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Expansion of the United States
Section 4 Chapter 7
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| Manifest Destiny | The citizens of the US have the clear right to spread across the continent, from Atlantic to Pacific. |
| Segregation | Legal, government supported separation of the races. |
| Isolationism | Limited involvement in world affairs. |
| Louisiana Purchase | Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803, it doubled the size of America, N needed the cash for his wars. |
| Reasons people immigrated to the US | Refugees from Pogroms, Potato Famine in Ireland, Religious freedom, Gold Rush, Homestead Act (free land if you farm it), Revolutions in Europe. |
| Progressive Movement | Movement to ban child labor, votes for women, prevent monopolies, voters get more power. |
| Jim Crow laws | Legalization of segregation, specifically, in some places, Blacks and Whites couldn't eat together, marry, ride the same trains, drink from the same waterfountains... |
| Transportation | Canals, Turnpikes, Rail Roads, the Model T Ford. |
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