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The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the USA.The Louisiana purchase happened because Jefferson was worried about French control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River. -
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis with exploring the lands west of the Mississippi River that comprised the Louisiana Purchase. The expedition took them up the Missouri River to its headwaters, then on to the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River, The expedition's principal objective was to survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean. -
The War of 1812 pitted the young United States in a war against Great Britain. The conflict was a by product of the broader conflict between Great Britain and France over who would dominate Europe and the wider world.It took place in North America, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Coast of the United States.The u tied states wanted to start the war with Britain because they were interfering with their trade. -
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory. When the 16th Congress convened in December 1819 Congressmen reignited debates over Missouri statehood. However, President James Monroe, Speaker of the House Henry Clay worked behind the scenes on a compromise to solve this crisis. -
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. Since Indian tribes living there appeared to be the main obstacle to westward expansion, white settlers petitioned the federal government to remove them. -
Free land in Oregon and the possibility of finding gold in California lured them westward. At the same time, eastern churches wanted to teach American Indians of the Oregon Country their European ideas of "civilization."The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was not a road in any modern sense, only parallel ruts leading across endless prairie, sagebrush desert, and mountains. -
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory.The Mexican-American War happened because Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens. -
The California Gold Rush was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act. Although each side received benefits, the north seemed to gain the most. -
It became law on May 30, 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. -
The homestead act was a law that gave free farmland to any male or widow who agreed to work it for five years.It effected settlers who lived in western territories.It was to help develop the American West and spur economic growth. -
By connecting the existing eastern U.S. rail networks to the west coast, the Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad") became the first continuous railroad line across the United States. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869.The legislation authorized two railroad companies, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, to construct the lines.