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Louisiana Purchase
828,000 square miles of land purchased from Napoleon the leader of France, by Thomas Jefferson in 1803. Jefferson paid $15 million for the land. -
Missouri Compromise
This Missouri Compromise proposed by Henry Clay in 1820 was to maintain sectional balance and allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state while Maine entered free. -
Trail of Tears
In 1835 and 1838 thousands of Cherokees and other Indians were forcefully marched to Oklahoma territory under the supervision of the U.S. army. Thousands died from sickness and starvation along the way. This was the plan of U.S so they could get rid of the Natives. -
Civil War
The Civil War was a series of battles fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederation. It ended in 1865 and was won by the Union, allowing slavery to be abolished. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone. The Telephone changed the world.
