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Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. got 828,000 square miles of new territory. -
Missouri Compromise
Compromise between the pro slavery and anti slavery states, that made it illeagal to have slaves north of the louisiana territory. -
trail of tears
Forcd the native americans out of their homelands, to make room for white americans. -
Mexican - American War
Armed fight between U.S. and Centralist Republic of Mexico -
The Gadsen Purchase
is a 29,640-square-mile region Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States. -
Dred Scott vs.Sandford
Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans could not be American citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court. -
Beginning of Civil War
War begins between union and confederate states. -
The Battle of Appomattox
one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
President Lincoln assassination
John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at Fords theatre. -
Civil War ends
Civil war ends and reconstruction begins.
