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Louisiana purchase
Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to negotiate buying new Orleans. Napoleon did not need the land anymore but needed money to go to war with Britain. France then sold the us the land for 15 million the size of the united states nearly doubled over night for a price of 0.3/per acre -
Oregon trail
In the middle years of the 1800s many thousands of U.S. pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail. The trail ran from Independence, Missouri, to what is now northern Oregon, near the Columbia River. -
Acquisition of Florida
Spain owned the Florida territory. There were slaves that were escaping into the territory from Georgia there were also Seminoles raiding land in Georgia. To fix the problem the us sent Andrew Jackson to man the border. he instead invaded Florida in the end Monroe sent the message govern or get out Spain decided to get out and we settled Florida territory. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed by the U.S. Congress in 1820. It allowed Missouri to become the 24th state in the United States. It also began the conflict over the spread of slavery that led to the American Civil War. -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson ignored the orders of a treaty with the Cherokee. U.S. troops rounded up about 15,000 Cherokee and put them in prison camps. Local residents burned the native’s homes. Troops then sent the Cherokee west in groups of about 1,000 on a path known now as the Trail of Tears. -
Annexation of Texas
American settlers moved to Texas they decided they did not want to be part of mexico anymore so they started their own resulting after a brunch of fighting Texas eventually won their independence and became its own country after 10 years the u.s. Decided to annex Texas as a state. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
this treaty was signed and it ended the Mexican american war as a result the border between Texas and mexico was established as the Rio grande river the Mexican cession was also included which gave the us land which is now modern day California Nevada New Mexico and Arizona -
Gold Rush
A gold rush is a rapid influx of fortune seekers to the site of newly discovered gold deposits. Major gold rushes occurred in the United States, The biggest U.S. gold rush took place in California after gold was discovered in 1848 at the mill of John Augustus Sutter. -
Compromise of 1850
he Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1850. The compromise was created when new land was added to the United States after the Mexican War. -
Fugitive Slave Acts
In the United States before the American Civil War many people in the Southern states owned slaves the Northern states did not allow slavery slaves therefore often tried to escape from the South to the North. To stop this Congress passed two laws called the Fugitive Slave acts in 1793 and 1850. The laws stated that escaped or fugitive slaves must be returned to their owner -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In January 1854 with the support of President Franklin Pierce Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois laid before the Senate a report of the Committee on Territories this provided for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Homestead Act
The settlement and growth of the West and it passed the homestead act for western migration -
Transcontinental Railroad
The United States began building a transcontinental railroad in 1863 to connect the East Coast with the West Coast.. The Union Pacific Railroad was tasked with building westward from Omaha, Nebraska. The Central Pacific Railroad started from Sacramento, California, and worked eastward
