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Purchase of Louisiana
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the vast Louisiana Territory from France -
The idea of Manifest Destiny.
Americans had come to believe in the idea of Manifest Destiny. -
America annexed Texas.
The United States annexed, or took control of, Texas -
Washington and Oregon is given to the USA.
The United States gained control of Washington and Oregon after a deal is made with two other countries. -
Mexico gives the United States land.
Mexico gave the United States a vast area that later formed all of California, Utah, and Nevada and parts of Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico -
Congress passed the Homestead Act
An act that would let you claim land if yo lived there for 5 or more years. -
Alaska is sold for $7,000,000
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for just over $7 million -
First line completed
First line from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean was completed -
Silver found!
Huge line of silver found in Nevada -
Gold and copper found!
Gold and copper were found in Alaska -
Companies are being found and made
New primary industries developed like mining companies -
Oil rush of the 70´s
Oil in northern Alaska became usable
