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The U.S. bought the Louisiana territory from France for 15 million dollars.
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A War in between the Americans and British. The war was instigated by the British and ended in an American victory.
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The Mexican war was armed conflict between the U.S. and Mexico. The result of the war was an American Victory.
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Gold Rush in California which led may to settle there.
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The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln was the spark which set the Nation ablaze in Civil War. He would go on to lead his nation until his assassination in 1865.
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The deadliest war in American history was fought mainly over the enslavement of African Americans. The War lasted 4 years with roughly 620,000 casualties.
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Thomas Edison filed his patent for an incandescent light bulb with a carbon filament.
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A war in between Spain and the U.S which started over a mysterious explosion of the USS Maine in Cuba. The resulting American Victory led to the cession of Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, an the Philippines.
