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America bought some land from France worth $15 million(less than 3 cents per acre). It led the way to western exploring.
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William Clark and Meriwether Lewis started and expedtion that would reach the Pacific Ocean. They met lots of Natives and set up trading areas.
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The Kansas -Nebraska Act let people in Council Bluffs move to Omaha. The land wasn't surveyed yet.
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Omaha finally was surveyed. It was a valid city. It was incorporated by the state legislature.
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Allowed the construction of the railroad from the Missouri River to Sacramento or San Fransisco.
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Just, the first public school building in Omaha was built(no exact date).
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publicized the economic, industrail and cultural achievements of 28 of 45 states
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The end of the held in Omaha Trans-Mississippi exposition
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The Great Depression affected people with Political Scandals on the loose.(Great Depression was really from October 24, 1929- 1947.)
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Just, nearly 500,000 live here