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Louisiana Purchase
Purchase of the Louisiana Territory form the Kingdom of France. -
Clermont Steamboat
First reliable vessel for steam powered transportation -
Prophetstown
Sight of the Battle of Tippecanoe -
Tecumseh
Leader of the Shawnee, famous for his speech in the Indiana territory -
Seminole Wars
War between groups of Native Americans and African Americans who settled in Florida and the US Army -
Spanish Cession
Treaty signed, giving Florida to the US -
Santa Fe Trail
Tranport route connecting Missouri to New Mexico -
Erie Canal Opens
The Erie Canal connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. -
Trail of Tears
Migrated Native Americans to present day Oklahoma -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized president to negotiate with southern tribes to move west -
Treaty of New Echota
Cherokee Nation agrees to give up it's territory and move west -
The Alamo
13-day siege of Texas during the Texas Revolution -
Jim Bowie
American pioneer who commanded forces at the Alamo -
Oregon Trail
2,200 mile long emigrant trail to Oregon -
First Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse sends the first telegraph message -
Texas Statehood
Biggest southern state in the US -
Oregon Treaty
American border was set at the 49th parallel excluding Vancouver Island -
Donner Party
Party set for California but in the winter becam trapped in the Sierra Nevadas, turning to cannibalism. -
Mexican Cession
Mexico ceded to the US -
Oregon Territory
Organized territory of the United States -
California Statehood
Western US State -
Gadsden Purchase
Part of Arizona and New Mexico purchased from Mexico -
Civil War
War betwwen the Union and the Confederacy -
Alaska Purchased
Alaska purchased from Russian for $7.2 million -
First Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad connecting Nebraska to California -
Golden Spike
Spike driven to join the rails of the first Transcontinental Railroad -
Little Big Horn
Armed engagement between Americans and the Lakota. Custer's Last Stand. -
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Massacre of Lakota Natives after conflict -
Arizona Statehood
Desert state in southwest America -
Sutter's Mill
Gold discovery sight in California.
