-
Northwest Ordinance
-
Period: to
Manifest Destiny
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. -
Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. buys land from France that doubles their square mileage. -
War of 1812
-
Capitol building is burned
The capitol building in Washington is burned by the British. -
Florida purchase
The U.S. buys Florida from Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Prohibits slavery North of the 36 30 line. -
Monroe Doctrine
-
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is opened -
Trail of Tears
indians are forced from their land and sent to 2 different reserves in the mid-west. -
Telegraph
Morse sends the first long range telegraph -
Annexation of Texas
Texas secedes from Mexico, U.S. accepts them into their nation. -
Home by the Lake
-
Gold Rush
-
Kindred Spirits
-
California admitted as a free state
-
Kansas-Nebraska Act
-
Oregon becomes a state
-
Period: to
Civil War
-
Alaska is purchased
The US buys Alaska from Russia -
Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental railroad is completed in Utah -
Black men gain right to vote
-
Sentinel Rock, Yosemite
-
Period: to
Coal as a resource
Coal is the most significant form of energy in the US. -
Closing of the Frontier
-
Annexation of Hawai'i
We pretty much steal Hawai'i from the people that live there...
