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Northwest Ordinance law- added new states, expanded land north and west from Ohio river.
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J. Madison purchased huge chunk of land from France, doubled America's territory.
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50 people leave Missouri and head west, to California
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Upon finding gold in California, over 80,000 peoplel travel to take the chance of finding gold.
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US pays around 15 million dollars to Mexico and buys California, New Mexico, Nevada, and more territory within that area.
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California became the 31st state of the US.
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Homestead Act was approved, based on size, families were provided with houses, farms, (etc.) - for free for a certain lenght of time.
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Texas is now the 28th state in the US.
