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Northwest Ordiance of 1787
A law passed in 1887 to regilate the settlement of the Northwest Territory. which was still under the Articles of Confederation at the time. -
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Westward Expansion
To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation's health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent. -
Louisiana Purchase
A purchase of new territory in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson bought the land off of the french for 15 million dollars. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
During the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Meriweather Lewis, and William Clark took on a major journey to explore the American Northweast and beyond territories. -
The war of 1812
a war between American and Britain. American won which secured existing U.S bourdaries. -
Purchase of Florida from Spain
Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty. The Florida treaty was a purchase or treaty bwtween the US. -
Missiour Compromise
The Missiour Compromise was an effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivairies. -
Erie Canal
Proposed in 1808 and complete in 1825, the canal links the waters of the lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. It was not untl 1808 that the state legislature funded a survery for a canal that would connected to lake Erie. -
Indian Removal Act
The president, Andrew Jackson, negotiated with Southern Idian tribes for their movement west. -
Trial of tears
In 1836 through 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's indian removal act, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its land east of the mississippi river and to migrate to an area in the prestnt day Oklahoma. -
Annexation of Texas
The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America. -
Mormon Movement
Mormon Movement is a religous movement within Christianity that across during the second Great Awakening in the early 19th century and that led to the set of doctrines. -
California Gold Rush
Was a period in the American history which began january 24. The gold rush was found by James .W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in coloma, California. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty eneded the Mexico-American. It was located in Villa de Guadalupe. -
Oregon Terrotory
Oregon Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1856. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640-square-mile region that was purchased by the United States. There was a treaty signed but it was ratified and changed by the U.S senate. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
This act was passed by the U.S congress. It allowed the people of Kansas and Nabraska to decide for them selves. -
Homestead Act
This act was signed by the president Abraham Licoln. This act engouraged western migration by providing settelers 160 acers of public land. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinetal railroad are a bunch of railroad trackages. Although Europe is crisscrossed by railways, the railroads within Europe are usually not considered transcontinental. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Spanish -American war
The Spanish - american war was a war between the spanish and Americans because demands by Cuban patriots for independence from Spanish rule made U.S. intervention in Cuba a paramount issue in the relations.
