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Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence was a document created by our Founding Fathers. This document has the basic "rules" of our country. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was about the United States purchasing the Louisiana territory. They wanted this so they could use the Mississippi River to make trading goods easier. -
The Lewis and Clark journey West
The Lewis and Clark journey was about a bunch of men going out into the wilderness, following the Mississippi River to explore the new land and meet Native American tribes. -
The Texas War of Independance
Texas was owned by Mexico and they wanted their indepenance.They had a war, the Texans won and got their independance from Mexico. -
The Donner Party
A group of pioneers went on a journey west. The leader of the group decided to go a way that would be concidered a shortcut, but turned out to take longer and be trapped in a snow storm for several months. -
The Mexican American War
The Mexican American War stared when Mexico invaded the American territory. That's when the war began.At the end we won. -
The California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was the time where people from all over the world came to California to search for gold. -
World War II
World War II is about Hitler killing A LOT of people just because they were not the race he wanted. (he killed mostly Jews) Americans and a couple other countries joined together to go against Hitler. About 50 million people were killed during the war. -
The supreme case: brown v. board of education
This case was between Oliver Brown and The Board of Eduaction, Topeka, Kansas. The Board of Education wanted to keep the "colored" as one school and the "white" in another, keeping them seperated. Oliver Brown says that they should all go to one school, because "all men are created equally." -
The attack on for Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter was the start of the Americal"s Civil War. The Civil War was betweeen the North and the South. The North wanted to free slaves and the south wanted to keep them.(The North won) -
America landing on the moon
The landing on the moon was very important. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two people on the moon. Americans were the first people on the moon. -
The death of Elvis
Elvis Presley was an American singer. He was also an actor. Lots of people called him "The king of rock and roll" or just "The king". -
My Birthday
This was the day, 14 years ago, that I was born. -
9/11
Four men from outside of the US took over four airplanes. They crashed into areas in the US and killed themselves and over 3,000 people. They destroied important buildings like the Pentagon and th Twin Towers.
