history. The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.”(Britannica). A treaty was signed by the French as a way to send land to the Americans, which was originally for Spain for a good bargain. “Out of this empire were carved in their entirety the states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma”. Thanks to the purchase by the United States, they have gained a huge portion of the country. A good amount of resources and materials were gained out of this purchase as well, which helped build the economy more. Then the idea of manifest destiny started and Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark with a group to go and explore the West even more. With this, they met a new country after being given their independence by Spain and Mexico. And with the way of the USA, with their belief in manifest destiny, they were trying to get Texas and California from Mexico. The introduction to slavery was one of the factors in how these two countries battled, as Texas didn't quite listen to slaves. Either way, the …show more content…
Also introducing even more conflicts with the growth of the country. “Between 1880 and 1929, industrialization and urbanization expanded in the United States faster than ever before. Industrialization, meaning manufacturing in factory settings using machines plus a labor force with unique, divided tasks to increase production, stimulated urbanization, meaning the growth of cities in both population and physical size”(Oxford). With the increase in size and a bunch of opportunities opening up, a lot of people decided to move to the bigger cities offering a salary, most of which were immigrants. During this period, immigrants were everywhere in these cities or anywhere of people of low income. This led to corruption in the workforce, which was going to happen a lot. While all that was conflicting with the immigrants in the big cities, the slaves were handling other things while they fought for their freedom, leading to a different war later on. But regardless of all the conflicts with all the production going on, this helped the Americans face their economy and decide to solve multiple problems. One of the reasons that later industrialization progressed at such a greater pace than before was the improvement in power sources. The early industrial revolution depended upon steam