Difference Between Westward Expansion And Industrial Expansion

In history for 2014 we learned numerous things. Such as “Westward Expansion” and “Industrial Expansion”. The time periods expand all the way from early 1800’s to the 1940’s. We’ve learned about the presidents and the people and we were more focused on how it reflects today’s time.

But in the Westward Expansion, President Thomas Jefferson made the “Louisiana Purchase” which doubled the size of the United States. The purchase consisted of the west side of the mississippi river. Families of pioneers Started to go westward and found new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union. While everyone was making settlements west the east side of the U.S. was starting to go into the Industrial Expansion.

In the Industrial Expansion we had

by steam ships. The conditions on the boat were not the best, there was plenty of death and sickness. There were two main islands that we drop immigrants off for citizenship on the east coast was the Ellis Islands and on the west coast was the Angel Islands. They did a physical examination for sickness and such then they inspected their documents and with all these new workers we soon moved to the progressive era.

In the Progressive era we had plenty of technological advances such as engines and fabrications. But there was a huge problem with child labor, owners used children because they were cheaper and they could get their tiny hands into tight places. Which caused plenty of injuries. So this was soon outlawed. The progressive era was between 1890’s through the early 1920’s which is near the time the United States went into World War 1.

In 1917 the United States joined into World War 1 with the allies which are Britain, France, and Russia against the central powers. In which the allies won. The Central Powers surrendered on November 11, 1918. And all of the came the roaring twenties then the great