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Marbury vs Madison was were the supreme court made the decision that federal courts had the right to overturn congress if the act violated the US constitution. This led to acts being dismissed as unconstitutional. -
The Louisiana purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River from France. It allowed the United States to get their indigenous peoples land back during conquest. -
The War of 1812 started over British restrictions on US trade and America wanting to expand its territory. The American economy fell into a economic depression and the British were insulting them with various acts talking about their legitimacy. -
The first public railroad system was the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It was the first commercial railroad that assisted in transportation of people and freight. It was steam powered that was regularly scheduled. -
The Mexican-American war stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas and the argument about if Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Grande River. The Mexicans accused the US of invading their territory/land. -
The Civil War started between the north and south of the country over slavery, states rights, and westward expansion. The confederates wanted to preserve slavery and the Union wanted to get rid of it. There was a big economic difference between the north and south states. It was one of the most costly and deadliest wars in history. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended. It was believed John Wilkes Booth assassinated him because Booth believed the Confedercy could be restored. -
The United States adopted standard time to replace guessing the time by looking at the sun placement during the middle of the day. They then linked times of the nations that had the same sun data together and split the time zones with different sun data into their own regions and created standard time. -
The Statue of Liberty was a gift dedicated from the French to the United States. It symbolized their friendship and alliance during the American Revolution. -
The Klondike Gold rush started when Skookhim Jim found gold along a river in Alaska. It sparked one of the most frantic gold rushes in history and many people fled to the river in search of coming up with large amounts of gold. The estimate of Gold riches is over a billion dollars.