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Americans believe that it is there destiny to stretch their country from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean no matter who or what gets in their way.
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The U.S. buys land from France that doubles their square mileage.
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The capitol building in Washington is burned by the British.
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The U.S. buys Florida from Spain.
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Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Prohibits slavery North of the 36 30 line.
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The Erie Canal is opened
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indians are forced from their land and sent to 2 different reserves in the mid-west.
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Morse sends the first long range telegraph
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Texas secedes from Mexico, U.S. accepts them into their nation.
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The US buys Alaska from Russia
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Transcontinental railroad is completed in Utah
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Coal is the most significant form of energy in the US.
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We pretty much steal Hawai'i from the people that live there...
