This paper examines how the end of the 1812 war resulted in the emergence of two important phases in which America developed
from a newborn nation to a political and economic superpower. These two
phases were the Westward Expansion, which happened after the 1812 war and the Industrial Revolution, which had progressed following the Civil War of 1861. It looks at the issues that emerged from Westward Expansion and the Industrial Revolution which turned America into a super 'nation' and analyzes their relationship with the increased opportunities America had (economically and politically) that made the nation successful in its nation building and assertion of
democracy all over the world.