The westward expansion era in the United States was one of great importance, as it helped to create the shape of the United States today. One of the reasons acquiring land was important was because it would help to complete America's manifest destiny. Manifest destiny is a term that states that it was America's god- given right to control all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This belief that it was supposed to be America's land caused them to buy land (like the Louisiana Purchase from the French and Florida from Spain) and even fight for it (Mexican-American War- results in US getting Arizona, California, Utah, etc.).
Besides completing America's manifest destiny, acquiring this land allowed the US to gain significant natural resources. A perfect example would be in California. After gaining California from Mexico, gold was found. This lead to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Finding this valuable commodity lead to a huge increase in the population of California and it gave the American economy a boost.
The process that saw Western Europe going from a unified Roman Empire to independent nation-states was:
- Roman empire weakens and barbarians take hold of Roman lands.
- Barbarians establish numerous Kingdoms and nation-states.
- Monarchs share power with nobles in the feudalistic system.
- Black death weakens the power of nobles and increases that of monarchs.
- Monarchs consolidate power and establish true nation-states.
<h3>How did Europe's nation-states form?</h3>
After the Roman empire broke up as a result of several factors including the incursions of barbarians, several kingdoms were formed.
These kingdoms expanded and contracted under the reign of kings who shared power with nobles. Eventually, the monarchs gained the upper hand and established independent nation-states.
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The dust bowl and caused by dieing plants and pestisides
It allowed for more and faster production with less production cost, because they didn't pay workers or do the work themselves.
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The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 14th Amendment
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