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Manifest Destiny

  • tecumseh

    tecumseh

    Leader of the Shawnee indian tribe.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Paid France 15 million dollars to acquire land from France.
  • Clermont Steamboat

    Clermont Steamboat

    Is widely referred to as the first vessel run by steam used for commercial use.
  • Oregon Trail

    Oregon Trail

    A trail established by fur traders and trappers.
  • Prophetstown

    Prophetstown

    The battle ground of the war led by Tecumseh
  • Seminole Wars

    Seminole Wars

    These wars were caused by the Americans wanting the seminoles to leave.
  • Spanish Cession

    Spanish Cession

    Spain sells us Florida
  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

    Served as a commercial highway until the railroad was built. Connected missouri and New Mexico.
  • Erie Canal

    Erie Canal

    A water route in New York to transport goods though the Hudson etc.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    This was a treaty where Andrew Jackson signed off to agree to negotiate with the indians to give them lands west of the mississippi.
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota

    Where the Cherokee agreed to cede the land and go live in the Indian Territory.
  • The Alamo

    The Alamo

    The Mexicans killed all of the texians in the Alamo and several months later lost the war.
  • Jim Bowie

    Jim Bowie

    An American Pioneer who died fighting at the Alamo.
  • Trail Of Tears

    Trail Of Tears

    A series of Indian tribe relocations. Indians were pushed to new lands by the americans between 1838-1839
  • First Telegraph

    First Telegraph

    By Samuel Morse to Washington
  • Texas Statehood

    Texas Statehood

    Texas became part of the union!
  • Donner Party

    Donner Party

    A group of american pioneers who got stuck in the mountians during the winter and some of them resorted to cannailism.
  • Oregon Treaty

    Oregon Treaty

    The treaty split the Oregon territory at the 49th parrallel
  • Sutter's Mill

    Sutter's Mill

    A mill in California owned by John Sutter. A man found flakes of gold and told Sutter. This led to the United States Gold Rush.
  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession was when Mexico gave us an abundance of land in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  • Oregon Territory

    Oregon Territory

    The territory was claimed by many countrie so it was split and gave to the US and Britain.
  • California Statehood

    California Statehood

    California gets it statehood!
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    The US bought the land from Mexico. Which is present day Arizona and new mexico.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The civil war was when the Union and Confederacy fought for independece and slavery.
  • Alaska Purchase

    Alaska Purchase

    America buys Alaska from Russia
  • First Transcontinental Railroad

    First Transcontinental Railroad

    The transcontinental railroad allowed faster transportation and trading of goods. First way to get across the country efficiently.
  • Golden Spike

    Golden Spike

    The final spike that was used to finish the first transcontinental railroad.
  • Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    The US 7th regime lost in a terrible battle with Lakota.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    Americans went to disarm Lakota and ended up killing more than 200 indians.
  • Arizona Statehood

    Arizona Statehood

    Arizona joined the states!