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Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana territory to America to help finance his war. -
Slave Trade
The Atlantic slave trade was cut off and abolished. -
Burning of Washington
British forces burned the capital of the United States, Washington D.C., during the Battle of Bladensburg. -
First Railroad in America
The development of the railroad marked a huge significance for the development of transportation. -
Mexican-American War
This was stemmed from the U.S.'s annexation of Texas in 1845 as well as a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or Rio Grande River. -
Gadsden Purchase
This treaty was an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico in which the U.S. agreed to pay $10 million for a 30,000 square mile portion of Mexico. This would later become part of Arizona and New Mexico. -
South Forms the Confederacy
The South was unhappy with the government's regulations and they believed slavery should dominate, so they left the Union and split America. -
Civil War
This war between the North and South states, that lasted four years, primarily existed because the controversy of slavery.