Timeline: Westward Expansion | Timetoast

Period: Mar 28, 1800 to Mar 28, 1820

Second Great Awekening

A Christian reviaval, popular in the west with thousands of preachers.
Apr 30, 1800

Lousisiana PUrchase treaty made
May 2, 1803

Louisiana Purchase

First purchase in the west as well as double the size of the US.
Mar 28, 1819

Missouri Comprise

Compromise stating one slave state makes one free state.
Period: Mar 28, 1843 to 3 BCE

Oregon Trail

Trail to Oregon city.
Period: Jan 24, 1848 to Mar 30, 1855

Gold rush
Mar 28, 1850

Fugitive act

extended slavery in the south
Mar 28, 1854

Divided nation to 40th parallel