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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A law passed in 1887 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which was still under the Articles of Confederation at the time. -
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Louisiana Purchase
A pruchase 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, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark took on a major journey to explore the American Northwest and beyond territories. -
The war of 1812
A war between America and Britain. America won which secured existing U.S boundaries. -
Purchase of Florida from Spain
Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty. The Florida treaty was a pruchase or treaty between the US and Spain in 1819 that added Florida to the US. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries. -
Erie Canal
Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. It was not until 1808 that the state legislature funded a survey for a canal that would connect to Lake Erie. -
Indian Removal Act
The president, Andrew Jackson, negotiated with Southern Indian tribes for their movement west. -
Trial of Tears
In 1836 through1839, 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 present-day Oklahoma. -
Annexation of Texas
The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America. -
Mormon Movement
Mormon Movemnt was the religoues movement within Christianity that across during the second Great Awelening in the early 19th century that led to the set of doctrines -
California Gold Rush
a period in American history which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic -
Oregean Territory
Oregon Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the U.S that existed from August 14, 1848, until Febuary 14, 1856. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640-squaremile region that was purchases by the U.S. There was a treaty signed but it was ratified and changed by the U.S Senate. -
kansas-Nebraska Act
Passes by the U.S congress. It allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves. -
Homestead Act
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln,the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres 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 Dowes Act of 1887, adopting 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 spanishand Americans because demands by Cuban patriots for independence from Spanish rule made U.S. intervention in Cuba a paramount issue in the relations.
