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Louisiana purchase
The United States bought about 828,000 square miles of land from France. -
Lewis and Clark
In 1803 the president sent Lewis and Clark to find the north-west passageway. They found many new species of plants and animals. -
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a 2,000-mile trail used by pioneers living in the Great Plains in the 19th century. They traveled by wagon in search of fertile land. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. -
Missouri Compromise
This was an agreement that there would be two new states Maine and Missouri. Missouri was the state that was going tot be a free -
Mexican Independence
Mexico became independent from Spain. -
Indian removal act
president Andrew Jackson moved all of the natives to the western lands -
Trails to the West
About 1,000 people traveled west.
They wanted to find cheap land. They traveled on the
Oregon Trail. -
Texas Independance
When Texas Got independance from Mexico. -
Mormon Trail
The Mormon trail was when the Mormons hiked half of the U.S. to get to Utah (Salt Lake City) To practice their religion. -
Idea of Manifest Destiny
United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
US invades Mexico
Some of the US wanted a war with mexico because they wanted the land. most of the US did not want war, the small group that wanted war had too convince the rest of the people to go to war.
two bandits killed two US soldiers, it was a perfect opportunity.... WE WANT WAR! -
The Mexican War
Mexico claimed Nueces River as its northeastern border, while the U.S. claimed the Rio Grande River. so they fought. -
Gold In California
At Sutter's Mill, one of the workers found gold. The owner of the mill told the worker to keep it a secret, but he told all his friends. Soon after there were a ton of people on his property mining for gold. -
Gold Rush
A group of people named the 49ers found gold and started mining. About 80,000 people tried to get rich with finding gold. In the end, only Levi Strouse got the cash, by selling... pants. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was when Mexico's land was divided into two sections. Ther was arguments about if they should allow slavery. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories, slave territory, and non- slave territory. -
Homestead Act
A special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment.
