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Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon for 15 million dollars. He did this in order to gain land that stretched between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. -
"The Second War of Independence" fought between the United States and Britain. This war ended significantly with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent and Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner -
This compromise was created by Henry Clay in response to the question of whether or not Missouri would enter the United States as a slave state or a union state. As a result, Clay ruled that Missouri would be a Slave State and Maine would enter as a Free State. It also said that any new state admitted south of the 36°30' parallel (The Missouri Compromise Line) would be a slave state -
Andrew Jackson wanted to make room for the new American settles. As a result, he had Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which allowed for all Cherokee Indians to be removed from Georgia to Mississippi. As a result, the Indians were forcible moved to reservation in Oklahoma. This removal event became known as the Trail of Tears. -
On March 2nd, the Texas Declaration of Independence was singed, and Texas became a Republic. However 4 days later, General Santa Anna attacked the Alamo, with untrained Texas soldiers taking the fall. The battle went on for 13 days, before the Alamo fell, and was seized. -
Texas was annexed by the United States as the twenty-eighth state -
This treaty significantly ended the Mexican-American War and allowed Mexico to recognize Texas' independence. Additionally, the Rio Grande was set as the official southern boarder of Texas, and California was admitted as a state. -
The Compromise was created by Henry Clay to align the boundaries of the Western States as the Missouri Compromise was not going well. In doing so, he established 5 separate bills. -
The Civil War lasted from 1861-1865 and was fought between the Northern (Union) and Southern (Confederacy) States. This war was fought because of issues of slavery and the rights of the states. As a result, the war ended in defeat for the south as the southern Confederate Army was forced to retreat. -
It lasted from 1870 - 1914 and was influential as it created large leaps in both technology and society as the creation of steel, electricity and petroleum came about. For example: Nikola Tesla harnessed AC power