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Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic for $15 million dollars. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. -
Monroe Doctrine is Issued
United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing most of the occupants. -
Mexican-American War
The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.
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Fugitive Slave Act
Passed by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. -
Lincoln's Presidency
Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. -
The American Civil War
The American Civil war was a civil war in the United States between the Union, "the North", and the Confederacy, "the South", which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The Union gained victory in May 26, 1865. -
13th Amendment Passed
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It created a constitutional amendment that banned slavery in ALL of the American states. -
Tomas Edison's Incandescent Lamp.
In his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting.