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Westward Expansion

By Da_5-oh
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was when the French sold the Louisiana terrritory to President Thomas Jefferson.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition Started

    Lewis and Clark Expedition Started
    It started in may but I don't know exactly when. The Lewis and Clark Expidition was the first expedition to cross western America.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition Ended

    Lewis and Clark Expedition Ended
    The primary objective of the expidition was to explore and map the newly bought territory.
  • War of 1812 Started

    War of 1812 Started
    The war of 1812 was a war that lasted two and a half years.
  • War of 1812 Ended

    War of 1812 Ended
    The war of 1812 is like a "follow up" of the revolutionary war and it made some unclear boundries between the Americans and the British.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise is a failed law passed by the government that tried to keep the south from causing a revolution.
  • Georgia Gold Rush

    Georgia Gold Rush
    The Georgia Gold Rush was the second major gold rush in American History.
  • Andrew Jackson Was Elected President

    Andrew Jackson Was Elected President
    Andrew Jackson was actually the first president that had a attempt on his life, it went pretty well... unless you were the assassin, who snuck up behind him with a gun and since it was a rainy day, the gun misfired but the assassin was quick to pull out a second gun which misfired again and at this time Andrew Jackson had noticed and ended up beating his "assassin" half to death.
  • Indian Removal Act Passed

    Indian Removal Act Passed
    The Indian Removal Act was a cruel law that was some reason not carried out until almost a decade after it was passed.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    The actual "Indian Removal" part. This brutal act forced natives from their homes or live by the rules of the state they were in.
  • Morman Trail Started

    Morman Trail Started
    The "Mormon" Trail was the trail that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints traveled for religous freedom after they were violently forced out of their homes.
  • Mexican-American War Started

    Mexican-American War Started
    The Mexican-American war was a war that broke out because the U.S. annexed Texas.
  • Mexican-American War Ended

    Mexican-American War Ended
    Texas had a revolution in 1836 (I think) but even though Texas supposedly won, Mexico still considered it its territory.
  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession
    This happened after the Mexican-American war ended but before the California Gold Rush and I don't know exacly when. The Mexican Cession was when the boundry of Texas became officialy the Rio Grande and when America won California, New Mexico, and most of Arizona.
  • California Gold Rush Started

    California Gold Rush Started
    The date might not be completly right (I know it was more than a week but less than two weeks after the Mexican-American war ended).
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    I know that this happened in 1854 but I don't know exactly when. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law passed by the govornment so that men could vote if the state was a anti-slave or slave state.
  • California Gold Rush Ended

    California Gold Rush Ended
    Once the news of gold finally made it to the east at first they didn't believe it, but soon stories of men striking it rich made settilers leave everything behind to go to California.
  • The Civil War Started

    The Civil War Started
    The Civil War was anything but civil with it being the bloodiest war in American history.
  • The Civil War Ended

    The Civil War Ended
    The Civil War was like a two way massacre with the new mini-balls that were more accurate and lethal then anything before it and both sides would rush in without taking cover or keeping their heads down and usually die on top of eachother. With medical technoligy not as advanced as the new bullets even more would die in a medical facility than on the field.
  • Mormon Trail Ended

    Mormon Trail Ended
    "Mormons" got their nickname from their additional scripture that adds to the traditional bible called the Book of Mormon.
  • Transcontinental Railroad Was Completed

    Transcontinental Railroad Was Completed
    The Transcontinental Railroad made life easier for Americans allowing you to travel at a blazing twenty miles an hour, you could travel across America in a matter of weeks instead of months.