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Louisiana Purchase/ Lewis & Clark
Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Purchas territory from the French. $15 million for 828,000 sq miles - 4 cents/ acre -
War of 1812
In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future -
Mexican American War
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. -
Oregon Trail
The oregon trail was ratified on June 18, 1846. In 1819, four nations claimed this land: Russia, Spain, Great Britain, USA. Spain left first to purchase Florida. Then a few years later Russia dropped out. -
California Gold Rush of 1849
On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of gold in the American River at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Coloma, California. -
Compromises of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.
