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This rebellion was a planned slave revolt whose goal was to secure freedom for enslaved people. However, the rebellion was discovered before it could be carried out which led to the arrest of participants and making their lives as hard as possible. -
President Thomas Jefferson bought land west of the Mississippi, in the Louisiana area from France for 15 million dollars. -
The Steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton. It used steam power to propel boats, making transportation on rivers and lakes faster and more efficient. -
Great Britain and France are fighting. The us is friends with both so they decide to stay neutral and continue to trade with everyone. Great Britain is still mad from the American Revolution and ends up solidifying American Independence -
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, remembering the flag still flying after an intense bombardment by Britain. It is now the national anthem of the United States and a symbol of patriotism. -
The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between America and Great Britain. -
He is best known for inventing the mechanical reaper, a machine that revolutionized agriculture by automating the process of harvesting crops. -
The North was fighting for reunification, and the South for independence. But as the war progressed, the Civil War gradually turned into a social, economic and political revolution with unforeseen consequences. The Union war effort expanded to include not only reunification, but also the abolition of slavery. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation after the Civil War which declared enslaved people in Confederate states free. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The Reconstruction Era aimed to rebuild the South after the Civil War and address the rights of formally enslaved individuals.