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Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought from France the Louisiana Territory, The US bought more then 2 million sq km of land from the Mississippi river to the Rocky moutains -
erie canal
The first major transportation system. let goods to be shipped to and from New York City and the Upper Midwest. It made water travle better. -
indian removal act
May 28, 1830, from which the inde tribes would be removed. -
Trail of Tears
The name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native Americans -
Texas Gaining Independence
Fighting between Mexico and Texans that began October 2, 1835 and resulted in the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April 21, 1836. -
The Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a event in the Texas Revolution. Mexican troops launched an assault on the Alamo Mission . All of the Texans died. -
Oregon Trial
The first organized wagon train on the Oregon Trail Missouri, with more than 100 pioneers. -
Texas Annexed by the United States
the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state -
Mormon Trail
The trail that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled from 1846 to 1868 -
US Mexican War
Battle between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found by James W. Marshall in Coloma, California. Lots of people rushed to the state in late 1848. -
Mexican Cession
The region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, -
California Becoming a State
Mexico gave California and much of its northern territory to the United States in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. California became a state 2 years later. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is part of whats now Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden.
