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Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought Lousiana in 1803 from France. France was in a war which was a good thing about this purchase because France needed money so they sold the whole Louisiana. The property was bought for $15,000,000. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by Great Britain and the United States because Britain got mad because America was trading with france who was in war with Great Britain. The U.S. suffered many defeats from the British. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the act that controlled slavery in the country's western territories. The compromise made by Henry Clay was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery parts of the U.S. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding European countries in 1823. It said that if theres more funny business by European nations it would be seen as a act of aggresstion. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was gone by Congress on May 28, 1830, It said, "Indian tribes in the southern United States were to move the west of the Mississppi. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) denoted the first U.S. equipped clash mainly battled on outside soil. Manifest Destiny, Mexico lost and lost one-third of its territory. -
Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California which made a lot of people move there. Lots of people struke it rich and some people were killed by others and many stupid reasons. -
Compromise of 1850
U.S. got California and it became uneven between free and slave states. So they gave Utah and New Mexico territory to the slave states. However, that was crossing the line going through the north. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Popular Sovereighnty allowed settlers of land to pick whether slavery would be allowed within the new state's borders. -
Election of 1860
Democrates agreed to meet in charleston on April 1860 to see who's gonna be their president, Abraham Lincoln didn't agree on slavery, the south didn't vote for him, but he won.
