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Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon sells all American land Owned by the French to the United States for pennies per acre. Giving the United States a vast and unexplored land. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
With the new purchase. Lewis and Clark are tasked with exploring the land America has just bought to seek and find trade routes. -
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The War of 1812
Primarily fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. The war was an attempt by the British to retake the American colonies they lost. However it was a failure and the United States sent them packing. -
Spanish Secession
Spain gives up Florida to the United States. -
States are Equal
There are now 26 States in America. 13 are slave states and 13 are free states. -
California Gold Rush
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill. After news spreads that gold has been found in California. thousands of Americans flock to California hoping to find a prize. This event helped push America's Westward expansion forward. -
Abraham Lincoln Wins!
Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest and most remembered presidents of America is elected on this day. However his strong beliefs in anti slavery causes many southern states to worry. His election will spur on the most brutal and deadliest war in American history. -
South Carolina Secedes
Due to the fears of Lincoln shutting down slavery South Carolina secedes. They break away from the Union in order to preserve their income on slaves. -
The Confederacy is Born
Following South Carolina's example 10 states break away from the Union. These 11 states form their own government and call themselves the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy a day later. -
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The Civil War
Civil War breaks out between the Union and the Confederacy over the expansion of slavery into western states and over the preservation of the Union. The war creates more American casualties then all of America's previous wars combined. There was no official treaty to end the war. The Union would not stand for it. They surrounded the remaining Confederate troops and demanded a surrender. When the Confederacy agreed the States where forced to rejoin the Union and the conflict was ended.