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Westward Expansion
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Louisiana Purchase
this land purchased for 3,750,000 in U.S. dollars was over 828,000 square miles -
The War of 1812 begins
due to the French and British abusing our maritime rights the congress decided it was time to declare war -
The Missouri Compromise
This compromise stated that any land above the southern border of missouri is to not be a slave state in the newly obtained land in the west -
Mexican American War
This war was a dispute between who owned the land between Mexico and America -
the Gold Rush begins
at a place called Sutters mill gold is found causing uproar and people everywhere were on the search for gold -
The Compromise of 1850
5 bills debating slavery in the newly owned territory in the south west.
