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History of the Americas
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- What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?
- What were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone?
- Potential for new markets, abundance of inexpensive farmland (agriculture), and discovery of gold (mining)
- Texas gave up status as an independent nation to be added on to the United States in 1845, triggering war between the U.S. and Mexico.
- A war fought over the annexation of Texas and a border dispute. Mexico thought the border of Texas was at the Nueces River and the U.S. thought the border of Texas was at the Rio Grande.
- The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
- The U.S., under Jefferson, bought this territory from France for $15 million dollars. The U.S. gained control of the Mississippi trade route and doubled its size.
- What Native American group is considered the oldest democracy on Earth and influenced the U.S. Constitution?
- Building where industrialized machines are used
- What Native American group were famous for their large mounds?
- Which was NOT an effect of the industrial factory life?
- Era where changes in technology transformed the world
- Product moves from worker to worker and each adds steps to make a final product
- Children working in the mine often suffered from all of the following except
- Organizations that represent workers' interests
- Government owns all means of production and controls economic planning
- Small farms are changed to large ones, then fenced in
- Describe the Native American population of the Americas before Europeans arrived
- Thought population would grow faster than food supply
- After about 1825, British factories began to be located near: