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French Revolutionary War ends
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Louisiana Purchase
The United States buys 827,000 square miles of land for $15 million, which is now known as Louisiana. -
War of 1812
War caused by America wanting to expand their territories. As a result, they ended up taking on one of the largest naval power, Great Britain. -
Trail of Tears
Thousands of Cherokees and other Indians were marched to Oklahoma territory under the supervision of the U.S. army. -
Texas became a state
Texas joins the United States -
Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a free state and also created the Fugitive Slave law -
Civil War
A series of battles fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederation. -
Civil War ends
The Civil War was ended in 1865 with the confederate surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.