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ANG SPE - AMERICAN WESTWARD EXPANSION

By ethanzi
  • LOUISIANA PURCHASE

    LOUISIANA PURCHASE

    First land purchase of US was bought from France for $15 Millions.
  • LEWIS & CLARK'S DEPARTURE FROM St.LOUIS

    LEWIS & CLARK'S DEPARTURE FROM St.LOUIS

  • ARRIVAL OF LEWIS & CLARK IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

    ARRIVAL OF LEWIS & CLARK IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

  • LEWIS AND CLARK BACK IN St.LOUIS

    LEWIS AND CLARK BACK IN St.LOUIS

    They landed back in St.Louis.
  • INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

    INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

  • TRAIL OF TEARS

    TRAIL OF TEARS

  • END OF THE TRAIL OF TEARS

    END OF THE TRAIL OF TEARS

  • OREGON TRAIL

    OREGON TRAIL

  • DONNER PARTY

    DONNER PARTY

  • ENDING OF THE DONNER PARTY

    ENDING OF THE DONNER PARTY

  • GOLD RUSH / FIRST PERSON TO FIND GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

    GOLD RUSH / FIRST PERSON TO FIND GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

    James Marshall was the first digger who found gold in California.
  • MASS ARRIVAL OF 90,000 AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA

    MASS ARRIVAL OF 90,000 AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA

  • ENDING OF THE GOLD RUSH

    ENDING OF THE GOLD RUSH

  • CIVIL WAR

    CIVIL WAR

  • HOMESTEAD ACT

    HOMESTEAD ACT

    The Homestead Act of 1862 was signed by US President Abraham Lincoln on the 20th of May, 1862.
  • CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

    CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

  • RAILROAD ACT

    RAILROAD ACT

  • ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR

    ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR

  • COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

    COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

  • PUBLICATION OF ALBERT BIERSTADT'S PANEL: "The Oregon Trail

    PUBLICATION OF ALBERT BIERSTADT'S PANEL: "The Oregon Trail

  • ENDING OF THE OREGON TRAIL

    ENDING OF THE OREGON TRAIL