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Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the area of the United States; this new acquisition had an area of 828,000 square miles. Also the Louisiana Territory was west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, strectching from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. Economiclly, because it had to do with the people spending money to find more land. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri would become a slave state. Tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. Political because the Congress is involved with making a choice. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
It was slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55-65 white people, The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. Social because people were involved about slavery being stopped. -
Nullification Crisis
was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. Economical, because it was including money. -
Cherokee Indian Removal
The removal, or forced emigration, of Cherokee Indians occurred in 1838, when the U.S. military and various state militias forced some 15,000 Cherokees from their homes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Trail of Tears, the removal of the Cherokee Nation fulfilled federal and state policies that developed in response to the rapid expansion. Political, because it involved the militias -
Mexican-America War
Was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. Another American army captured Mexico City, and the war ended in victory for the U.S. Political because it involved other countries and taking over land.
