-
-
This replaced the Articles of Confederation and became the law of the United States it was written in Philidalphia
-
Bought from France, this land doubled the size of the U.S. President Thomas Jefferson made the deal.
-
AKA The second war for independence. US defeated the British Andrew Jackson emerged as a war hero by saving the city of New Orleans
-
White settlers in Georgia wanted Cherokee lands. President Jackson sided with the whites and orderd the removel of the cherokee to Oklahoma. Many died.
-
A sequiel to the Texas Revolution, this war featured a 4 month conflict over mexico's Northern territory. The US got 1/4th its total current territory.
-
When Abraham Lincoln won the electionof 1860, South Carolina led many other southern States in seceeding from the union. Lincoln declared war to bring them back.