Westward Expansion

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    Westward Expansion

    Westward Expansion.
  • Congress Passes Slave Law.

    Congress Passes Slave Law.
    Congress had passed a law to stop slave trade overseas.
  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail
    The Santa Fe Trail becmes established, for merchants and adventurers to travel west, and to go beyond.
  • The Abolitionist Movement Sparks

    The Abolitionist Movement Sparks
    The abolitionist movement sparks and becomes known nationwide.
  • California gold Rush

    California gold Rush
    Gold is discovered in California sparking all miners and travelers everywhere around the globe come to California to become wealthy.
  • The end of the Gold Rush

    The end of the Gold Rush
    the gold rush has ended as the gold had dried up.
  • Santa Fe Trail ends

    Santa Fe Trail ends
    the santa Fe Trail gets faded out by the railroads