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Cotton Gin invented
The cotton gin is a very useful tool as it is used to make clothes and a bunch of other things too. The inventor of this machine was Eli Whitney. The cotton gin help shape the economy of the Antebellum South. -
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XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798 in the administration of John Adams, involving a problem between the United States and France that led to a war called the Quasi-War. -
Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana purchase was where the U.S purchased Louisiana and they sent Lewis and William Clark, to explore the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. -
Agreement of 49th Parallel
The Agreement of 49th Parallel set the boundary between the United States and British North America along the north latitude from Minnesota to the Stony Mountains. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Between the U.S and Spain that gave Florida to the U.S. and created the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
While trying to balance power between slave states as well as free states the compromise made Missouri a slave state and made Maine a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine warns European nations that the U.S would not tolerate further colonization. -
Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to give land west of the Mississippi in trade for Indian land within existing state borders. This happened because we found gold on their land and wanted more. -
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The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a big event in the Texas Revolution. Right after a 13 day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio sent an assault on the Alamo Mission where they killed all the Texas defenders. -
Texas claims independence
This was where Texas became independent from Mexico. And in doing so they started the "Texas revolution" -
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Trail of tears
The trail of tears was an event where Cherokee were marched to Oklahoma. About 8,000 deaths happened while this was going on. -
Texas annexed to U.S
This is where the people of Texas joined the U.S as the 28th state. -
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Mexican-American War
This was a war in which the U.S where invading a some of Mexico. And it was the first war in which the U.S did not fight primarily on it's soil. -
Treaty of Guadalupe
This was a treaty which provided peace and friendship between the U.S and Mexico. It stopped all wars and fights that were ongoing at the time. -
California becomes a state
California was the 31st state without having ever been a territory. Mexico ceded most of it's land in north America to the U.S. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29 thousand square mile region of present day south Arizona and southwest New Mexico that the United States purchased by a treaty with Mexico. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their borders.
