Expansion Timeline by Pedro Farah

  • Underground Railroad

    It was a slave escape route that was kept well hidden from slave owners.
  • Missouri Compromise

    It made it so everything North of Louisiana was a free state (excluding Missouri) and made Maine into a free state.
  • Second Great Awakening

    A religious movement that promoted Americans to work hard to achieve a heaven-like situation/place on Earth.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    It was a document that in summary, opposed the European model of government.
  • Trails of Tears

    The Trail of Tears in the tracks in the path which the Americans took throughout the country.
  • Bear Flag Revolt

    It was the last battle and the one that won the Rebels the war.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton organized the first women's rights convention which was held to influence equality in politics and the workforce.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    It was the peace treaty to end the Mexican-American War, signed in Guadalupe.
  • Gold Rush

    The movement in which people went to the west coast in search of gold.