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The South
The Southern United States is considerably different today than it was during the years of 1700-1850. However, in relation to the climate, it has not changed. The climate is great for growing crops such as rice, cotton, and tobacco. These crops are considered cash crops because they are not produced for food, but bring in large amounts of profits. Children of plantations owners, both boys and girls, are educated, usually by private tutors. The majority of their education leaned more towards the humanities side. They learned to dance, sing, speak French, etc. For college, the boys were generally sent to Europe to be educated. However, slaves and other poor folk were not educated at all. In fact, if slaves were caught reading they were punished or promptly sold.

The North
Because the North does not have the climate to grow large amounts of crops, every family in the North grows their own garden for their families. In the North, generations of families did not live in the same home, as in the South. Sometimes, parents would divide their land among their children until there wasn't anymore room. Other times, parents would give all the land to the first-born son. The other sons would find jobs The culture in the North was more industrial than the South. The education was focused more on business and science. One industry that thrived is the spinning and weaving of cotton. Up until this time, America had not been able to produce their own cloth because England had kept it a secret. An Englishman sneaks over with blueprints for a cloth factory and America is able to quit buying cloth from England and make their own. It leads into an era of factories and industry in the North.

The West

 * __Monroe Doctrine__**: a policy written during the presidency of James Monroe. During this period of time, Spanish and Portuguese colonies decide they want their independence. Essentially, the policy states that the United States pretty much owns the Western world (North and South America) and that Europe should stay in their part of the world and the United States will stay in their part of the world.


 * __Indian Removal__**: President Andrew Jackson (a hero of the War of 1812) negotiates treaties with the Indians to remove them from their lands. Some Indians agreed to the treaties because they did not want to leave. Other tribes, such as the Cherokees fought against it. They tried to use legal means to protect themselves. The Supreme Court rules that the Cherokees have the right to self government. Later, Congress passes the Indian Removal Act. This leads to what the Cherokees call "the Trail of Tears", which is the removal of the Cherokees from their lands in Georgia and Tennessee to Oklahoma.

__**Texas**__: part of Mexico until the Texas Revolution. Many United States citizens lived there, having been invited by the Mexican government to begin plantations. However, the Mexican government decided they wanted to control all their colonies. Everyone was fine with it, except Texas because many of the people who lived there were Americans. They rebel, and it becomes known as the Alamo. They fought three major battles. The first the Americans lost. The second was the Alamo and the Americans, once again, lost. However, in the final major battle, the Americans win. They earn their independence from Mexico and form the Republic of Texas. The United States wants to annex Texas as part of the United States, but Mexico still thinks they can get Texas back. A war ensues and the United States comes out as victor. To end the war, Mexico and the United States sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The United States buys the rest of present day United States from Mexico.

__**Oregon Trail**__: After the exploration of Lewis and Clark, large amounts of people begin to pack up all their belongings in a covered wagons and travel to Oregon. Eventually, the trail becomes a road.


 * __Gold Rush__**: Began with the building of Sutter's Mill on the American River. A man named Marshall makes a deal with Sutter, a very wealthy Swiss immigrant, that if he will finance his mill, he will give him part of the profits. Sutter agrees and Marshall hires the discharged members of the Mormon Battalion. One of the jobs they did was dig canals. Marshall would check their progress every morning and began to notice pieces of gold in the bottom. He ignores it until he finds a fairely large chunk. They take it a perform tests on it to make sure it is godl and come to the conclusion that it is indeed. This sparks the Gold Rush and subsequent expansion of California and the west. 300,000 people from all over the world flocked to California with the discovery of gold. Many of the major cities today, such as San Francisco who were relatively small before the Gold Rush, grow immensely. California declares themselves free from Mexico during this time and with the end of the War with Mexico, become the Republic of California. However, they are not independent for long. They become part of United States soon after