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America bought a piece of land from France. The purchased territory included Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota and Louisiana.
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President Thomas Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to go explore the lands that are west of the Mississippi River. Lewis brought William Clark for the adventure to the new land.
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Lewis and Clark finally made a map of all of the territory they now have. They made it to the Pacific Ocean.
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This war was between the United States and the United Kingdom. They created the Treaty of Ghent to end the war.
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Congress made the Monroe Doctrine to warn the European powers to not interfere with the western part of the state. The Monroe Doctrine was a policy which made the Europeans leave America
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President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act to get different tribes off the land that is now theirs. With the different tribes gone, America expanded.
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Native Americans march from the East Coast to Oklahoma. Some Natives die along the way.
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The Oregon trail was a migration to Oregon. People would go by wagon and people would die on the trip
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This war was the fight over Texas. After this war, America paid money for land that is now California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and a couple of other states.
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The Homestead Act was a lot of different types of laws that were in the U.S.A. This allows America to take own of government land and the acres.