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The Lousisiana more than doubled the United States. It gave us new areas to settle in, more ways to send and recieve goods, and made us one nation from "Sea to Shining Sea".
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The War of 1812 was fought between American and the British Empire. This war affected America by making us able to trade with France again and not just Britain. It also helped free Americans who were being impressed into the British Royal Navy.
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The invention of the telegraph helped get messages across the nation and seas much faster and easier. It was especially helpful during wars so citizens could know what was happening and the armed forces could know what was going on and what they should do next.
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The Civil War joined the nation again so it wasn't just a bunch of little states. It was the deadliest war in American history claiming over 600,000 lives. Also in this war, millions of slaves were freed and overall America became a happier place.
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclomation freed all the slaves in the Confederate States and was also a proving point in Abraham Lincoln's position as President.
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The Civil War ended because the Confederate Army surrendered. There had already been TONS of deaths, the whole southern landscape had been basically destroyed, nearly everyone in the nation had lost a loved one, and the army's were running out of soldiers.
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The formation of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) would soon show bad results in America. Members of the KKK would burn crosses and commit hate crimes to Black Americans everywhere. This proved to be tragic and devastating. The victim race would have to hide and avoid public places for fear of being beaten or worse, killed.
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Thomas Edison patented his kinetoscopic camera which took moving pictures on a strip of film. One person could look in the box and crank and see "peep shows".
This helped change how things and events are recorded in America because you can see what actually happened rather than hear about it.
