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Northwest Ordinace
To gain territory Northwest of the Ohio River and it was passed July 13, 1787. it was also known as the Ordinace of 1787 -
Louisiana Purchase
a land deal between the U.S. and France, i which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 Square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for 15 $ million -
Cumberland Road
also known as the National Road. Built between 1811 and 1837. I was 620-mile road which connected the Potomac and Ohio River and was a main transport path to the west for thousands of settlers -
Erie Canal
2.76672 million The Erie Canal cost $7 million to build. It connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River, and is 363 miles long, 4 feet deep, and 40 feet wide -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson.authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
Texas Annexation
The Texas annexation was the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state -
Mormons in Utah
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon or LDS church) was started by Joseph Smith in 1830 in New York. Later, members of this church gathered in Nauvoo, Illinois. -
California Gold Rush
when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased via a treaty signed on December 30, 1853, -
Transcontinental railroad
built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 1863 and 1869, where it joined the Union Pacific Railroad which had built west from Omaha.