WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Gave the U.S. a system to follow for admitting new states as it grew.
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Created a law that prohibited the expansion of slavery into new territories.
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Set up transportation systems designed to connect western states to the northeast.
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Established laws against European countries claiming land in North America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Once Congress was in control of the Western lands they passed a set of laws to divide and govern the region. The Land Ordinance called for surveyors to divide the region into six mile square plots called townships. The Northwest Ordinance established procedures for establishing government in the Western Lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The landless states wanted the Articles to stipulate that Congress limit the boundaries of those states claiming western lands. Under their proposal, Congress would take ownership of the western lands and sell off them off, using the money to benefit all by paying off war debts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the Treaty of Paris (1783) which ended the Revolutionary War, Britain relinquished to the United States a large tract of land west of the Appalachian mountains, doubling the size of the new nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the quote above, what kind of social impact did westward expansion cause? a. It caused a positive impact, allowing Americans to spread out to address the issue of overcrowding in the east.