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the louisianna puchase.
the transation with france, sighned by Tomhas Jefferson, that doubled the size of the U.S. and gave us totall controll over the mississippi river. -
louis and clarck expedition.
meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off to navigate the louisanna purchase, map the land, and discover over 200 new animal species. -
trail of tears
president Andrew Jackson forced the natives out of there land to expand the u.s., causing plenty of deaths and battles between, the U.S. and the natives. -
the donner party
a group of pioneers that got trapped in a snow storm, and ran out of food. they eventually turned to canibalism, with only one survivor. -
the california gold rush
a period when gold was found by James W. Marshall. It lasted 1848-1855.
