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Industrial Revolution
period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700's early 1800's. This period saw the mechanization of agriculture and textile manufacturing and a revolution in power including ships and railroads that effected social, cultural, and economic condition -
Louisiana Territory
The Louisiana Territory was given to Spain in 1763 as a result of the Seven Years' War with England. The French preferred the territory to be under Spanish control instead of Great Britain. -
Trail of Tears
As the Americans moved west, the U.S government acted to relocate Native Americans west of the Mississippi River. Native American tribes moved voluntarily, others were forced off tribe native lands. In 1838, more than 15,000 Cherokees were forced to leave their homeland and go to Indian territory. Cherokee's didn't have enough food or clothing thousands died. -
The Civil War
The Civil War as fought between The United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the union in 1860 and 1861 that formed their own country in order to protect the Institution of Slavery.
