Westward Expansion

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820

    Missouri Compromise of 1820

    Slavery had been prohibited (banned) in the Great Plains territories.
  • Gold Found In California

    California swelled after they found gold in California
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Before Kansas became a free state, there was a clash between the proslavery and anitslavery. More than 50 men died
  • California admitted as a free state

    California swelled, and the compromise allowed the state to be a free state
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    brought antislavery and proslavery proponents head-to-head in a battle over the status of Kansas.
  • Mexican governement abolishes Slavery in Texas

    The Mexican government absolishes slavery in Texas to try to lessen American influence.

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