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Louisiana Purchase
The United States purchases Louisiana Territory from the French gaining 828,000,000 square miles and doubling the size of the coumtry -
Santa Fe Trail
a 19th century transportation route through central North America connecting Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico -
Battle of Alamo
An event in the Texas Revolution where a group of Texan volunteer soldiers occupied the Alamo, located near the present-day city of San Antonio -
Battle of San Jacinto
During the Texan War for Independence Texas Militia launches a surprise attack againts the Mexican General -
Oregon Trail
a 19th Century large wheeled wagon and emmigration trail connescting the Missouri River to the Oregon valley -
Annexation of Texas
The Incorporation of the The Republic of Texas into the US as its 28th State -
Mexican-American War
A war between Mexico and America fighting over the present day California, Utah, Nevada ,Arizona and New Mexico -
Treaty of Gudalupe-Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is the peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican American War -
Bringham Young
Directed the migration of 16,000 mormons for Illinois to Utah -
The Gadsden Purchase
Meeting in Mexico City were James Gadsden and General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The treaty settled the dispute over the exact location of the Mexican border west of El Paso, Texas. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
An agreement between the United States and several band of Lakota people that ended the Red's Cloud Treaty
