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The Louisiana Purchase
During the Louisiana Purchase, United States gained a large area of land from France. The total amount of land the United States acquired was 828,000 square miles. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains that would later become 15 different states. During that time, Thomas Jefferson was the American President.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Captain Meriwether Lewis was President Thomas Jefferson's private secretary. Lieutenant William Clark served in the United States Army. The Lewis and Clark Expedition covered 8,000 miles westward. It started near St. Louis, passing through the Continental divide, and ended in the Pacific. This was a huge success that provided new geographical information for North America. The expedition ended in 1806.
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The War of 1812
A military conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain. The major cause of the war was due to British attempts to restrict the United States trade and expansion. War was declared by President James Madison in 1812 and ended in 1815. The war lasted for 2 years and is also known as the Second War for Independence.
Retrieved from: http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828-evolution/facts-about-war-of-1812.htm
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The Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
Poet Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. As Key watched the success of the Battle of Baltimore, soldiers raised the American flag to celebrate the victory. Since our flag was still standing, Key fused the physical symbol of freedom with now the United States National Anthem.
Retrieved from: https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/symbols-of-a-new-nation.aspx
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Tariff of 1816
Protectionist measure to passed by Congress. The goal of the tariff was to protect industries, and encourage Americans only buy American made products. The tariff eventually increased taxes on foreign products which pushed Americans to keep their purchases in their country. The tariff helped America's economy and gave us more independence.
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Transcontinental Treaty
Also known as the Florida Purchase Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain. Spain relinquished Florida to the United States. This treaty established the boarder between New Spain and the United States. The treaty was signed by Adam-Onis a Spanish foreign minister.
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by the United States Senate and House of Representatives to distinguish between slave holding states and freed states. The law prohibited slavery from expanding in the Louisiana territory. This debate continues into the Civil War.
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The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was expressed in President James Monroe's speech to congress. The doctrine warned European powers to not interfere with the Western hemisphere.
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=23
Primary source: Monroe writing to Jefferson seeking advice about foreign policy
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The Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson signed the act in 1830, The act authorized the president to grant Indigenous tribes unsettled western land in exchange for territories within the state boarders.
Retrived From: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indian-Removal-Act
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led the most effective slave rebellion in U.S. history. His actions set off the white South and began oppression constraining the movement of and assembly of slaves. Turner formed a crew that killed white men, women, and children. The Southern Whites did not like the fact that their people were killed and in return, Turner and his followers were executed.
Retrived from: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner
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The Bank War
The Bank War was the name given to the campaign produced by President Andrew Jackson in defense to destroy the Second Bank of the United States and transfer government money into state banks. Jackson succeeded but, the money went into "Pet Banks" which led to the Panic of 1837.
Retrieved from: http://www.american-historama.org/1829-1841-jacksonian-era/bank-war.htm
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American Anti-Slavery Society
Main activist group for the abolition movement. The society was founded under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison. People involved in the society would protest, sign petitions, attend meetings, and present propaganda.
Retrieved from:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Anti-Slavery-Society
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6nLwtaTKUk
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War of Texas Independence
The war often referred to as the Texas Revolution between Mexico and the colonists that had settled in modern-day Texas. The result of this war was the Texan independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas.
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Battle at the Alamo
The Alamo was a former mission in present day San Antonio, Texas that, during the Texan War for Independence, was held by a group of Texan volunteer soldiers. On February 23, 1836 it was attacked by thousands of Mexican soldiers and for 13 days the Texans fought before they were overpowered. This battle became a symbol of resistance and bravery in the fight for independence.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVyJQgtYI0
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Trail of Tears
In accordance with Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act, the people of the Cherokee nation were forced to leave their homeland east of the Mississippi and walk miles and miles to present day Oklahoma. This journey was exhausting and treacherous and many Native Americans (almost a third) did not survive.
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Manifest Destiny
A term coined by John O'Sullivan in 1845 to describe the doctrine that the expansion of the United States was not only justified and inevitable but also the god-given right of Americans.
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U.S./Mexican War Begins
Due to this period of expansion coupled with the recent independence of Texas from Mexico (1836), President James K. Polk aimed to take hold of the present day Southwestern United States. When offers to purchase the land were declined, the President moved troops into the land. On April 25 a group of Mexican soldiers attacked the troops within the territory and thus began the U.S/Mexican War.
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Seneca Falls Convention
Named after the location in which the event was held, the Seneca Falls Convention was the first organized, public forum discussing the rights of women in the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, convention organizer and feminist activist began with the mission of the meeting "to declare our right to be free as man is free, to be represented in the government."
Retrieved from: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/seneca-falls-convention
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California Gold Rish
On January 24, 1848 a man named James Marshall was working on a mill owned by John Sutter on the south fork of the American River in California when he discovered gold in the water of the mill he was inspecting. This discovery prompted the migration of thousands of hopeful prospectors to California.
Video: https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/9-gold-rush/
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This document brought an official end to the Mexican-American War. It required that Mexico give up over fifty percent of it's territory to the United States, including present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Rio Grande was recognized as the southern boundary.
Retrieved from: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo
Original Treaty: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/guadalupe-hidalgo-original -
Founding of the Republican Party
A new party is formed by former members of the Whig Party who wish to abolish slavery. This new party gained a lot of support in the North while the South threatened to leave the union. President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican candidate during this time.
Podcast: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/podcast-a-constitutional-history-of-the-republican-party/
Retrieved from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded -
Election of 1860
Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election against John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas and John Bell. The results of the election strongly reflected the split of the nation and soon after the election, seven Southern states seceded from the Union.
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Civil War Begins
The American Civil war began when Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard attacked the union fort, Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South Carolina. Due to increasing tension between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery, multiple Southern leaders had succeeded in seceding from the nation and created the Confederate States of America.
Retrieved from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-civil-war-begins
Video: (Flocabulary) https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/civil-war/
