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The United States purchased over 800,000 miles of territory from France for 15 million dollars, and doubled its size as a result! -
Lewis and Clark led an expedition with the goal of exploring the newly acquired US territory, or 'The West'. -
The United States fought a war with Great Britain in retaliation for British interference with trade and expansion. Although it did not fix the issues that caused it, it established a sense of unity and patriotism among the American people. -
The United States established itself as a world power, when it warned Europe not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs. -
Cherokees were forcibly removed from their territories and relocated to what we know today as Oklahoma. -
Supreme court upholds that: They have no jurisdiction over slavery, African Americans are not citizens and slaves are not free because they have entered a freed territory. -
War between the Union (north) and the Confederate (south) states, resulting from rising tensions over slavery and state rights.
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Banned slavery in the United States -
Union and Central Pacific Railroads come together in Utah. -
Granted suffrage to African American men. -
The beginning of a 10 year economic depression, exceeding the unemployment rate of 10% multiple times and violent unrest throughout the years.