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Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
Sped up the process of taking the cotton seed away from the cotton fibers. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between the U.S. and France, and the U.S. gained about 827,000 square miles for aprox. $15 milllion. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
This was the first American expidition to cross the Western portion of the United States departing from St, Louis, MO and continuing westward. -
The Oregon Trail
Historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. -
War of 1812
The war lasted for two-and-a-half years, between the US and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies. -
Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
Was known for exploring and settling most of the American Frontier. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
The indians were forced to leave where they were living because of the Indian Removial Act of 1830. -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists, most of whom were land owners from the United States -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
The first European Settelers to who traveled across the anjalosaxon. -
The Donner Party
Was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. -
The Mexican War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico. -
The California Gold Rush
began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
John Fremont (in California)
Was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. -
Manifest Destiny
A term that express the belief that it was the Americans missions to expand their civilizations
