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The Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is a land deal between France and the U.S west from the Mississippi river for 15 million dollars. -
California gold rush
California gold rush started in 1848 it started James Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill in California, gold made 300,000 people go to California -
Homestead act
The homestead act wanted to give 160 acres of land for only a small amount of money -
The completion of the transcontinental railroad
The completion of the Transcontinental railroad connected two railroads the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Utah -
invention of barbed wire
farmer named Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire in 1873, barbed wire was used to keep animals in certain space -
battle of little bighorn
battle of little bighorn was fought June 25th of 1876 the battle happened cause a treaty was broken -
the dawes act
The daws act allowed the government to break up tribes over 90 millions acres of land were taken away from native Americans -
wounded knee massacre
the wounded knee massacre happened because a gun accidently went off and killed 200 native Americans
