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Westward Expansion
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Preemption Act of 1841
This Act permitted men over the age of 21 or widows to buy as much as 160 acres of land. they had to be head of the household, a US citizen, and live on the claimed land for at least 14 months. -
Manifest Destiny
Term created by John O’Sullivan for the attitude during the 19th century period of westward expansion. The US was destined to stretch from coast to coast. -
Texas Annexation
The Reoublic of Texas won its indepence from Mexico after the Mexcian and American war. Now named Texas then joined the US in 1845 becoming the 28 state to the Union. -
Oregon Country
Land was frist claimded by Spain then by Russia, Great Britian, and the US. Great Britan and the US spilt the land in half the top from Britian, bottom half for the US. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found by James W. Marshall on Jan. 24 1848 at Sutter's Mill in Coloma California. This new brought about 300000 people to California in search of gold and riches. Most of these people were Americnas but about 20000 same from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. -
Mexican Cession
Mexico ceeded the modern day southwestern US to the US in 1848 when the US and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. This is the Third largest land purchase after the Louisiana Purchase and the acqusition of Alaska. -
Compromise 1850
This was 5 seperate bills passed by the US Congress in september of 1850. these bills defused a four year politiacl confrontation between slave and free sates about the status of territories aquired during the Mexcian and American War -
Donation Land Claim Act
This Act granted any unmarried white man 18 years or older to get 320 acres of land free of charge. Married couples could get 640 acres half under the mans name and have going under the womens. This was the first act that let women own their own land. even half blood Native Americans were allowed to get land. The owners had to own and cultivate the land for 4 years for it to actually become theirs. -
Gadsden Purchase
29640- square miles region of present day Arizona and southwestern New Mexico purchased by the US from Mexico in a treaty signed by James Gadsen. He was the American ambassador to Mexico at the time. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border war was a series of violent political confrontations in the US involveing anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery (Border Ruffian) elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861