Westward Expansion and Progessive Era

By jmor
  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America.
  • Louisiana purchase

    The united States purchased Louisiana in 1803 from terriotry of France. Louisiana stretched from the Mississipi River in the east to the rocky moutains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north.
  • Santa Fe Trail

    The Santa Fe Trail was a journey from Missouri to California, it was the main southern route. After they arrived at Santa Fe, New Mexico, a southern trail called the Old spanish Trail. The old Spanish Trail carried the settlers to Los Angeles, California.
  • Compromise of 1850

    The compromise of 1850 were five different bills that the United States passed. It defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North.
  • Alaska purchase

    The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million on the 30th of March of 1867.
  • The Open Door Policy

    The Open Door Policy was an American solution to the maneuvering among all countries to secure China. It basically said the best way to avoid a conflict over China was to keep it an open market for all.
  • enginering

    There was new and huge improvments in enginering for example an steam Engine.
  • Moral Policy

    Moral Diplomacy is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
  • Boxer Portocal

    The Boxer Protocol was China’s unsuccessful attempt to expel all foreigners from the country during the Boxer Rebellion, provided for the stationing of foreign troops at key points.
  • Woman and the Right to Vote

    The 19th Amendment was passed for womens suffrage.