HIST 221 Lecture : 01-13-14.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 221
• Professor: Shanon Fitzpatrick

Document Summary

Homesteaded and railroaded the crucible of modern america the us had a divine right to conquer the west manifest destiny people reffered to united states is , shifted from are , less united civil war and reconstruction was followed by growth: the us economy became one, industrial north became increasingly connected to agricultural but modernized south, economy was a large part civil war forced us to estabilish a consolidated economy and single currency geography of settlement, settlement moved increasingly westward, transportation infrastructure made it possible homestead act (1862, passed during civil war, help develop middle western united states, provided that any adult citizen or intended citizen who never borne arms against the us gov (not a confederate) could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land, had a huge impact on settlement, between 1862 and 1904, 80 million acres went to homesteaders, most of land was bought by speculators and corporations.