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Westward Expansion
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Louisianna Purchase
The Louisanna Territory was owned by France. At first, Napoleon didn't want to sell the land even though they weren't using it. When France went broke, Napoleon sold the land to America (President Jefferson) for $15 million. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark were sought out to discover the lands of Louisiana territory because President Jefferson didn't look at the lands before he bought them. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 is also known as the "second war of independence" against British and Native American armies. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri had enough people to become a state. As a result, Maine became a slave free state and Missouri became a slave state. To the north of the Louisiana Territory, slavery was banned. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was dismissed and was replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Trail of Tears
Native Americans were exiled out of their own lands for the colonists due to the Indian Removal Act. -
Monroe Doctrine
The U.S. was allowed to attack any lands west of any European country. -
Election of 1824
It was John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson neck-to-neck in a campaign for presidency. John Q. Adams was a wealthy and well-known man because of his father. Andrew Jackson, on the other hand, was a common man. During this campaign, four people ran for president but Adams ended up winning. Jackson felt was mad and decided to run again in the next election. -
Election of 1828
Because of the last election, Jackson felt that he had a reason to run again. This time around, he ran as “the people’s president”. Once again it was Jackson and Adams, but this time Jackson won. After winning the election, Andrew Jackson becomes our 7th president, the people’s president. -
Indian Removal Act
Was a law signed by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, giving the president permission to explore and take American Indian lands. -
Oregon Trail
The trail that settlers walked to get to the west of the U.S. -
Manifest Destiny
Settlers moved West in search of new lands and riches. They believed that it was God's will for them to move west and take native lands. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in the lands of what is now California. Settlers, pioneers and business owners came from all over the country trying to get a little taste of the riches. -
Mexican-American War Ending
At the ending of this wat, Mexico and America came to an agreement. The border line between Texas and Mexico is the river Rio Grande. America paid Mexico $18.5 million for New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, California, Nevada and Wyoming. -
Compromise of 1850
California wanted to become a free state but the Congress wasn’t having it. They decided on making California and Washington D.C. free states, New Mexico and Utah slave states and took away the Fugitive Slave Act. -
Bleeding Kansas
It was a time of controversy between antislavery and proslavery people, or in other words, the Northern and Southern states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Meant to open thousands of acres for people to make farms. -
Lincoln Election
When Lincoln was running for president, southern states didn’t like him because he was against slavery. Since he was against slavery, no slave state voted for him. South Carolina left the Union days after Lincoln won the election and became the start of the Confederate States. -
Pony Express
The first and fastest way to get mail. -
Homestead Act
The government wanted people to move west so that they could take their land. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was the first train in the U.S. It went from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean.
