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Mexicn American War
The first major conflict driven by the idea that America had the right to expand its borders from sea to sea. -
Civil War
Southern slave states declared secession and formed the Confederacy. The other states were the Union. -
Emancipation Proclomation
It proclaimed freedom of slaves. It also ordered that those freed could enroll in the military. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A battle in Pennsylvania between Union and Confederate forces. THis battle had the largest number of casualties. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the first American President to be assassinated. John Wilkes Booth planned and carried out the assassination. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The railroad was 1,907 miles of continuous railroad across the western United States. It connected the Pacific Coast at San Francisco Bay.
