Industrialization & US Expansion Timeline

By khall0820

  • 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
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    Abraham lincoin's presidency

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    civil war

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    second battle of bull run

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    battle of Gettysburg

  • Lincoln's assassination

    Lincoln's assassination

  • the telegraph

    the telegraph

    the way you would send telegraphs is with an electrical on-off switch called a telegraph key
  • the Tungsram-bulb

    the Tungsram-bulb

    a tungsten filament lamp that lasted longer and gave brighter light than the carbon filament.
  • Ford Model T

    Ford Model T

    generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans.
  • water softening

    water softening

    in order to lessen water based illnesses the US started focusing on bettering our water