Territory Expansion and American Civil War美國領土擴張與內戰(zhàn)

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1、TerritoryExpansionandAmericanCivilWarI.TerritoryExpansion1.LouisianaPurchaseIntheyearof1803,AmericaboughtLouisianafromFrance.Americaofferedonly16milliondollars.(4centsfor1mile)Sincethen,theterritoryalmostdoubled.2.FloridaAcquisitionIntheyear1819,AmericaboughtFloridafromSpainbyonly5milli

2、ondollars.3.TakingPossessionofOregonIn1846,AmericaforcedBritaintogiveupOregonbythreateningthatAmericawouldfightagainstBritain.4.TakingPossessionofTexas,NewMexicoandCaliforniaTexaswasapartofMexico.Itwonindependencein1836,andthenaddedtotheU.S.in1845.In1846,thewarbetweenAmericaandMexicobro

3、keout,andAmericawon.Asaresult,MexicowasforcedtogiveCaliforniaandNewMexicototheUnitedStatesin1848.Inreturn,theUnitedStatespaidMexico15milliondollars.5.AlaskaandHawaiiIn1867,AmericaboughtAlaskafromRussiabyoffering7.2milliondollars.In1898,AmericatroopoccupiedHawaii,andmadeitthe50thstatein1

4、959.Theterritoryexpansionlastedformorethan100years.TheAmericaspentmoreorless50milliondollarstoexpandmorethan3timesterritory.II.AmericanCivilWarBythemiddleof19thcentury,thedifferencesbetweentheNorthandtheSouthhadextended,especiallyfortheeconomicfoundation.TheNorthwasanindustrialsociety–f

5、reelaborwasneeded.TheSouthwasplantation—slavedpeoplewerekept.TheConflictBetweentheNorthandtheSouth?※TheissueofabolishmentofSlavery英國（北方）（南方）輸出棉花、煙草等原料輸入工業(yè)品資本主義工商業(yè)經濟奴隸制種植園經濟阻礙發(fā)展奴隸制的存廢問題矛盾焦點：南方與北方矛盾北方得不到原料北方得不到自由勞動力自由州蓄奴州LincolnWasElectedthePresidentInpresidentialelectionof1860,AbrahamLin

6、colnwaselectedthePresidentofU.S.HewasagainsttheslaveryTheelevenstatesintheSouthannouncedtheirindependencefromtheUnion.TheAmericanCivilWarBeganThe16thPresidentTheConfederateV.STheUnionTheConfederatereferstotheSouthTheUnionreferstotheNorthAtthistime,thereweretwogovernments,twopresidentsan

7、dtwoarmiesintheU.STheWarBrokeOutInApril1861,theConfederateProvokedthewar.TheNorthwasmuchstrongerthantheSouth.TheNorthincluded23states,whiletheSouthincluded11states.TheNorthhad22millionpeople,buttheSouthhadonly9million.Butatthebeginning,theSouthwasintheupperhand.HomeActandProcla