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Jefferson and Burr were tied with each having 73 electoral votes. Burr wouldn't withdraw so the house of representatives made their vote each. Jefferson won the votes and was officially the new president. Picture Cite -
The U.S bought the Louisiana territory from the French. This territory includes over 500 million acres of land. They bought all of it for $15 million. This caused the nation to double in size and added six new states to America. Picture Cite -
As Jefferson did not want to go to war he created the Embargo Act. The Embargo Act stopped all trade between the U.S and foreign exports. It was created in response to American ships being messed with by the British and French. Picture Cite -
Americas finances were ruined. Their money had no certain value, and local banks wouldn't accept it. In attempts to fix the problem President Madison told congress to establish the Second Bank of the United States. This bank would support national growth and stable national currency. Picture Cite -
Connected to the great lakes and to the Hudson river, the canal goes through New York. The Canal made the market revolution speed up majorly. It grew trade of things like furs, lumber and textiles because of how easy it had become to transport these materials. Picture Cite -
Signed by president Jefferson, this act let the government remove Native Americans from state borders and push them east into unclaimed territory. Few tribes moved peacefully, but many of them resisted this policy. This act later led to the Trail of Tears. The Americans used this new land as cotton farms. Picture Cite -
This rebellion was one of the largest slave rebellions in America. Nat Turner was the leader of the rebellion, be believed he was called by god to rebel against those who "treated his like a dog". Turner and his group killed 55 people until the authorities stopped them. Turner fled and wasn't caught for another 2 months. Picture Cite -
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in the United States. It was held in Seneca Falls, New York holding 300 people and led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This was the beginning of the long women suffrage movement. Picture Cite -
In the late 1840s it was heard that gold was found in California. Many immigrants began to come in search of this said gold. Around 300,000 people came to California at its peak. Many towns and cities began to spring up around the state and the population grew as people decided to settle there permanently. Picture Cite -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was created by Stephen Douglas, Illinois senator. He divided the land west of Missouri into 2 states. He let it be decided whether or not the states were gonna be slave states by popular vote. This led to revolts and "bleeding Kansas". Picture Cite