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Fugitive Slave Acts
The first fugitive slave act says escaped slaves needed to be returned to their owners. -
Oregon Trail
It started at Independence Missouri and ended at Northern Michigan. The trail was about 2000 miles long. It was used for traveling West -
Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Jackson ignored the orders of a treaty with the Cherokee. U.S. troops rounded up about 15,000 Cherokee and put them in prison camps. Local residents burned the native’s homes. Troops then sent the Cherokee west in groups of about 1,000 on a path known now as the Trail of Tears. -
Treaty of Adam
Brief description: There were slaves running away from the is into Florida territory that was by spain. There were also seminoles that would come and raid the land of georgia. Andrew Jackson was sent to patrol the border and send seminoles back instead he invaded florida. President monroe was then advised to send a message to spain, “Govern or get out.” Spain decided to give up -
Slavery Legislation
Missouri and Maine were added to the united states. Missouri and Maine were not slave states. All south of Missouri had to slave states. -
Trail of Tears
Thomas Jefferson. He wanted the port of new orleans to to ship crops. Instead of just buying the louisiana he bought the whole louisiana territory. Napoleon the leader of france did not need the louisiana territory anymore and needed more money to wage war with britain. The entire territory was purchased then for 15 mil. -
Annexation of Texas
Brief Description: Stephen F Austin brought around 300 settlers into Texas that was owned by mexico. They decided they did not want to be apart of Mexico anymore and started their own revolution. In the end, Texas won its independence and was its own country for 10 years. The US then decided to annex (add on) Texas in 1845 under President Polk -
Gold Rush
The first gold was discovered by John Augustus sutter. Once everyone new about the gold in the land everyone went there to find it. -
Treaty of Guadalupe
Brief Description: This treaty was signed to end the mexican American war. As a result the border between texas and mexico was established as the Rio Grande river. The us also acquired the mexican cession which included the modern states of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and utah -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay created the compromise. This affected the land of New mexico Utah Nevada Arizona California and texas also western Colorado. -
Fugitive Slave act
The second act said that there would be severe penalty for anyone who helped the slaves escape -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The territory that were added to the United States was Kansas and Nebraska. This allowed slavery within the boarders. Because of this the Missouri Compromise was cancelled -
Homestead Act
The homestead act encouraged western migration. It granted the buyer 160 acres -
Transcontinental Railroad
There were two companies involved in building the Railroad these companies were the central pacific and the union pacific.
