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The Louisiana purchase was a purchase america made from spain. Spain wanted money, and so they sold the teritory of Louisiana for only 15 million.
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The Lewis and Clark Expidition was set to map their new territory, that lasted 2 years. Their second plan was to collect new species of life in their territory.
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A war that lasted three years, this war was throught the americans and the canadian seddilers. The americans saw themselves as "liberaters" of the canadian seddilers, and wanted their land, but lost. http://www.historynet.com/westward-expansion
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When Missouri, who ownes slaves appied for statehood, many apposed of the expantion of slavery. They continued rejecting untill two years later.
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Presidant Andrew Jackson passed the Indian removal act, wich removed native americans out of their anchent land. They where sent to Oklahoma, where they could "live and not be inturupted."
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The mexicans won independance from spain and taxes California and Texas and new Mexico.
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The The Monroe Doctrine Said that any further land that was unclaimed, was now the americans. Any action to claim the land would be taken as a invasion of their territory.
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A canal built to make a waterway to new york so that it would be easier to ship goods in and out of new york.
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The Oregon trail was created by hunters. It was only usable by foot or by horse. This trail was a deadly jorney that could take months to walk.
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When the americans won the war, and doubled their territory, they felt like they where "moraly superior" than everyone else, and that they where "destened" to expand. The word "Manifest destiny" was something they'd say because of this.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officaly gave america Texas and some land from Mexico streching across north america.
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The California Gold Rush was started when James Marshall found gold at sutter's mill. He kept it a secrit untill someone found out and put it in the news. Later, thousends rushed to california to get a chunk of the action, many sold all to get some, but in the end, only the merchants profited.
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The gold rush had a big part in this, because of the boom towns that where built when people whent serching for gold. Califonia was never called a territory and became a state straight away.
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The Gadsden Purchase was the last purchase america made for land. The land was worth 10 million.
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The first telegram across the US was created making any news more reliable, and fast.
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The homesend act was passed giving farmland to families a certan size. This was ment to bring families west.
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The purchase of Alaska from Russia costed 7.2 Million. This was negotiated by Secretary of State William Seward, who also signed the treaty.
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The first transcontinental railroad was compleated conecting the adlantic to the pacific ocean. it was a more efficent and faster way of traviling than the oregon trail.
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A war between the cheyanne tribe and the americans, this war was the last war that natives fought with weapons to defend themselves. In the end, the native americans won.
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The Dawes Act was to break up native land, so that individual native americans owned land. The Dawes act was to give natives land, and to help them assimilate with the americans.
