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The Second Great Awakening
A religious revival of North America . The British colonies were settled by people who looked for a place to freely worship their Christian religion without persecution -
President Thomas Jefferson
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Louisiana Purchase
This was the gaining of Louisiana by the United States from France , this doubled the size of the U.S. , the U.S. bought with the large amount of money being 15 million dollars -
The war of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and its allies , the United Kingdom and Ireland . Which was caused by restrictions of trade in the U.S. and America wanting to expand the land .this needed with the Treaty of Ghent in 1815 which was an agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and The United States claiming to go back to normal -
American System
Created by Henry Clay , this was an economic plan to shape America, the main ideas were to pass high tariffs on imports which would protect businesses and increase revenues -
Missouri compromise of 1820
The compromise declared that Maine was a free state and Missouri was a slave state -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was a waterway that directly went from New York to the Midwest -
President Andrew Jackson
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Mormonism
Founder Joseph Smith who called himself a prophet . Had risen due to excitement of the great awakening. Mormons believe the at Jesus had a natural birth and they also believe that the Heavenly Father has a physical body . The religion is claimed to be a fallen Christianity -
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Trail of Tears
The trails consisted of the forcing of Indians east to West Indian territory of the Mississippi River . Which consisted of about 60,000 Native Americans . Andrew Jackson the 7th president applied The Indian Removal Act . Nearly 4,000 Cherokees died during the removal , due to horrible conditions like starvation and hypothermia -
Battle of The Alamo
thirteen day siege the Mexicans won the battle killing all Texan soldiers in The fort -
The telegraph
This was a improved way of fast communication -
Compromise of 1850
This allowed California to be a free state in exchange for the Fugitive slave act . -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
The act ignored laws of tithe Missouri compromise which stated that it did not allow any new slave states north of Missouri’s southern border . Which the act allowed slavery above Missouri’s southern Border -
Declaration of secession
South Carolina was first to secede from the union , frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States and they wanted control over themselves as a state -
President Abraham Lincoln
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The Battle of Fort Sumter
This was the opening battle of the Civil War, Fort Sumter was bombarded by Militia of South Carolina . The United States Army could not defend and had to give it up -
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The Civil War
Flight between the Northern states loyal to the union and the southern states who seceded to form the confederate states this war began over disputes of slavery , and at the end the states that were in rebellion were readmitted to the United States and the institution of slavery was abolished nation wide -
The Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest battle on American history , the victory lead General Lee to his first invasion of the north -
Battle of Palmetto Ranch
This was the last battle of the civil. Confederates took the victory, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant -
The typewriter
This inventions a mechanical type machine , created by Christopher Soles -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Union Pacific railroad and the central pacific railroad connected at a point .this helped improve trade and transportation across America -
President Ulysses Simpson Grant
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Alexander Grand Bell
He invented the telephone, this was the new way of communicating via power lines this invention set the future up to more amazing opportunities