Which way helped the country the most? discuss:
-what territories were added to the original colonies
-who occupied those territories before europeans or americans arrived
-the ideals that america was founded upon
if you could at least help with what the three things above were that'd be great
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Over the next two centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the center of North America. Two of the most difficult times in U.S. history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. During the Civil War, thousands of lives were lost, and the young nation re-dedicated itself to the purposes upon which it was founded. After the War, the South (Confederacy) and North (Union) were re-united and slavery was abolished throughout the nation’s territory. The Great Depression nearly 70 years later forced the United States to examine its fiscal and monetary policies in light of emerging global trends and external factors, such as the conflicts developing in Europe. During this period, banks were closed, hundreds of thousands of citizens were left destitute, and stabilization plans were quickly enacted. The First and Second World Wars and the Cold War that followed helped propel the U.S. into the emerging global economy. In just over 200 years, the United States became one of the most powerful nations in the world.
Natives, North American - peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent at the time of Columbus that the Americas were the outer reaches of the Indies (i.e., the East Indies). Most scholars agree that Native Americans came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia via the Bering Strait or along the N Pacific coast in a series of migrations. From Alaska they spread east and south.
