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Louisiana Purchase
A purchase of a large area of land that Thomas Jefferson bought from the France for 15 million dollars. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was a war with Great Britian that occured because of disputes over borders, trade and the impressment of American Sailors. We won the war and after it we experienced the Era Of Good Feelings. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California. Many people moved out there to make a quick buck. Many merchants and jewelers also moved out there. There was a lot of gold discovered, but not everyone got rich there. -
Compromise of 1850
Allows residents of New Mexico and Utah territories to choose if they wanted to allow slavery in their state or not. It also included California into the country as a free state. It also banned slave trading in the District Of Columbia and introduced the fugitive slave act. This act required citizens in slave states to report all sitings of runaway slaves. -
Bleeding Kansas
Warfare erupts between pro and anti slavery settlers. They had a minor war. It was a bloody war, and more than 200 people are have rumored to die in it, -
North Carolina secession.
In 1860 North Carolina seceded from the union over arguements of slavery and other such things. North Carolina was the first state to secede and the civil war happened soon after in 1861 -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected in this election. The civil war occured after this election.