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Louisiana purchase
In 1803 this giant landmass was owned by france in hopes of making an empire in north America, but because of wars in Europe involving France they decided to sell it to the states. This is political because The entire united states nearly doubled in size with one purchase of land. -
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missouri compromise
The missory comprimise made all states above missori "free states" were slavery was illegal but anything below it was legal to own slaves. it was political because it involved laws and different parts of the states based on where they were located to follow a different law -
nulification crisis
The state of south carolina decided that the taxes the government was putting on them was unconstitutional so they didnt even awknoladge the tax and didnt pay it, -
Nat turner's rebellion
Nat Turner aong with about 60-70 free and slave blacks took weapons and murdered as many white people as they could. They were eventually defeated killing about 60 whites . the aftermath made people alarmed and paranoid and new laws were passed making african americans life harder. This is a social issue because many people where punished for the actions of a group making it unfair and unjust to those people -
cherokee indian removal
It was basically part of the trail of tears when the united states government decided to forcefully evict the Indians of their land. The cherokee were only one tribe out of many that endured this dark event in american history. -
Mexica american war
The united states wanted to claim texas as part of america but the mexocan government still had claims to the land, a war erupted over the disputed territory and the united states eventually won. The rio grande was Mexico's new border
