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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Confederation Congress on July 13, 1787. Also known as the Ordinance of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
First Expedition to explore the new land (Lousinaia Purchase). Commissioned by Thomas Jefferison The objective was to discover land and have a American presents before France and Britian. -
Louisiana Purchase
United States purchased 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France. Louisiana Purchase doubled the U.S greatly. This was considered the most important achivement of Thomas Jefferson. -
War of 1812
The U.S called this the second war for independence. The British caused impressment and restriction for trade. This also caused the capture and burning of the capital. -
Missiouri Compromise
An effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. . At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. Admission of Missouri as a slave state would upset that balance. -
Eerie Canal
The Canal was constructed by hand and shovel. The canal would hasten the displacement of New York's Iroquois Indians. -
Indian Removal Act
A law by Andrew Jackson that removed indians from the west to increase expansion. -
Mormon Movement
Mormons started their movement into the West in 1846 due to their persecutions in Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois for their strong religious beliefs. -
Trail of Tears
Part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears." -
Annexation of Texas
The annexation of Texas to the United States became a topic of political discussion after the Louisiana Purchase. The Republic of Texas was asked voluntarily to become part of the U.S. Spain allowed some Americans to live in Texas. However after Texas was part of the U.S, Mexican leaders declared war. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace treaty that ended the war with the Unitied States and Mexico. -
Oregon Territory
Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains. Spain ceded its claims to the U.S. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed settlers to decide if slavery would be allowed in the state borders.. The conflicts that arose between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the aftermath of the act’s passage led to the period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas, and helped paved the way for the American Civil War. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico. The United States payed Mexico 10 million dollars for a portion of Mexico. This help with transcontinental railroad and tried to resolved the conflict that happen after the Mexican-American War. -
California Gold Rush
Gold nuggets found in the Sacramento Valley, sparked the gold rush. News about the discovery and gold miners traveled by sea to hunt for gold. -
Homestead Act
Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. -
The Dawes Act
Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into mainstream American society.The act also provided what the government would classify as "excess" Indian reservation lands -
Spanish-American War
A conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War.
