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"Manifest Destiny"
The term coined from an editorial that inspired Westward Expansion to the coast based on the belief that it was God's will -
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Mexican War
Also known as the Mexican-American War, a nearly 2 year war caused by Westward Expansion from Americans; ended via Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo -
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Gold Rush
7 Year Long Series of Expeditions in the search for gold in California; brought 300k people and influenced California becoming a state. -
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
The treaty that ended the Mexican War in exchange for a huge portion of land, which the U.S paid $15 million dollars. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise that made California a free state, enacted the Fugitive Slave Act, and created the states of Utah and New Mexico. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Compromise that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote either pro or anti slavery whilst invalidating and repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Supreme Court case that ruled all African-Americans couldn't become citizens, free or enslaved. -
Election of 1860
The controversial election that made Abraham Lincoln president and led to the secession of 11 Southern States. -
South Carolina Secession
South Carolina becomes the 1st state to secede, influencing ten other states' secessions and creating the Confederacy of the United States. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The one day bombarding of an undermanned Union owned Fort, jumpstarting the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
Major Union victory in the war; Helped raise support for the Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation Proclamation
The document officially freeing all slaves, hence changing the purpose of the Civil War. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Biggest engagement in the Civil War; Biggest Union Victory that turned the tide of the war -
13th Amendment passes
The 13th Amendment, officially prohibiting slavery, passes Congress. It'll later be ratified December 6th the same year. -
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Reconstruction Era
The period of time where America had started to rebuild the nation after the Civil War. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Act that defined citizenship and established all citizens of the U.S are protected under the law equally; 1st act that was pushed from a 2/3 vote in Congress and overridden President Johnson's veto. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeached
President Andrew Johnson is Impeached for Violation the Tenure of Office Act making him the 1st president to be Impeached. -
14th Amendment ratified
The 14th Amendment is ratified, making official that all people born or naturalized inside the U.S are made citizens, regardless of race. -
15th Amendment ratified
The 15th Amendment, establishing the right to vote regardless of races, color, or condition of servitude, was ratified. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Known as the Force Act, extended Civil Rights and enabled enforcement of the law; prohibited discrimination in public places and publicly used facilities -
Compromise of 1877
The compromise that allowed Republican Candidate Rutherford B. Hayes to become President in exchange for the removal of Union involvement in Southern States.
