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cotton gin
Eli witneys cotton engine -
Florida purchase
this had given the U.S. control over the Mississippi -
Texas annexation
was only partially claimed to what we know now -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
mexico lost 55% of their territories -
Jarvis Island
we gained an uninhabited island -
gaining Oregon
was gained by the U.S. occupying there for long enough -
Period: to
Abraham lincoin's presidency
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Period: to
civil war
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Period: to
second battle of bull run
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Period: to
battle of Gettysburg
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Lincoln's assassination
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the telegraph
the way you would send telegraphs is with an electrical on-off switch called a telegraph key -
the Tungsram-bulb
a tungsten filament lamp that lasted longer and gave brighter light than the carbon filament. -
Ford Model T
generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. -
water softening
in order to lessen water based illnesses the US started focusing on bettering our water