HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Arkansas Territory, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine
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Names changed due to the shift in us borders: people moved across the appalachian mountains, shifted population to make new states. Old southwest deep south region: alabama, mississippi, and louisiana: settled by people supporting slavery, people were looking to establish their own cotton plantation and make money. Old northwest midwest: ohio, indiana, and illinois. Factors affecting how society develops: structural/government, economic, geographic. Abolished slavery by 1810 through abolition or a gradual emancipation. Northwest was settled as family farms ( yemen farmer ideal of thomas jefferson) Cities develop through urbanization in the northeast: new york and wall street quadrupled in size and became the number one port city, industrialization. Most immigrants came through the north before moving west. Henry clay"s american system said the government"s role should be an economic stimulator and improve the environment. Followed them into florida to continue the fighting by attacking 2. Spanish forts and killing 2 seminole chiefs and 2 british citizens.
