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The Louisiana Purchase encompassed 530,000,000 acres territory in North America that the United states purchased from France in 1803 for 15$ million
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Merwether Lewis (1774-1809) an William Clark (1770=1838) set out in May of 1804 to exlore and map the Amercan West.
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In 1838 to 1839 Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee Nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River.
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The California Gold rush began on January 24,1848 ,when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
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The Kansas Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S congress on May 30,1854.It allowed people in territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they were going to allow slavery within their borders
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At May 20,1862 Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adults of families.
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The US Civil war started at 1861 and ended at 1865 that happened because the north wanted to end slavery and. More then 600.000 men in North and south lost there lives in the Civil war but the north won.
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The Buffalo Soldiers were formed in September 21,1866 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. And they were African American Soldiers.
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The Transcontinental Railroad was built in 6 years and it almost entirely was built by hand. There were some effects and one of them was there were more intrusion on Native Americans took place and they were rise in racial tensions in the nation.
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Chief Joseph of Nez Perce Indians Surrenders to General Nelson A.
