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Lousiana Purchase
Farmers needed the Mississippi River to help grow their crops. France purchased New Orleans, the purchase for 15 million dollars it was double the size of the United States.
http://gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html
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War Of 1812
British and France were at war with the United States because they wanted freedom.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/4531 -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Florida was given to the United States. They set up a boundary between U.S and Spain.
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Missouri Compromise
Missiouri wanted to join union as a slave state. Congress drew a line on 36 degrees and 30 minutes longitude allowing slaverly below the line. -
Arm Industry
Created the first model Musket in 1842. -
Manifest Destiny
Journalist John O'Suilvian explains the Manifest Destiny in his own words being the expansion of new territories.
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Oregon Treaty
A trail was built of the 49th parallel ending the joint of the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.sjsapush.com/ch14.php -
Mexican Cession
Gave up Treaty of Guadalope Hidalgo and it ended Mexican-American War. The States that were included were; California.
http://www.pershingms.org/MTT/MexicanCession.htm -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act required citizens to capture slaves and returned to their owners.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree was a fromer slave was who was freed. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was land bought in order to create railroads. -
United States Railroads
In 1855 United Sates built railroads.
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John Brown's Raid
John Brown gave slaves weapons in the anti-slave in Kansas-East campign to defense themselves.
http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-110249/In-1859-John-Browns-raid-on-the-Harpers-Ferry-arsenal
