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Louisiana purchase
Vente de Luisiana 'sale of Luisiana '] was The acquisition of the Louisiana territy [828,000] Square miles] by the With the Louisiana Punchase in 1803 the unite states punchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territoly from france ,thereby doubling the size of the young republic. what was known as Lousiana Territory -
Lewis and Expedition clark Expedition Begins May 14 ,1804
Having started upstream on the Missouri River From their St. Louis-area camp-where they had been preparing fro the expedition since fall 1803-on May 14, William Clark expedition-'the -
California Gold Rush Begins
On January 24, 1848, California's most famous gold rush began .A sawmill operator named James Marshall was inspecting the American River which flowed below his mill, when he noticed shiny objects -
Kansas -Nebraska Act May 30 , 1854
The Kansas- Nebraska Act Of 1854 May have been the single most significant event leading to the civil mar. By the early 1850s settlers and entrepreneurs waned to move into the area now known as Nebraska . However, until the area was organized -
US Civil War Ends—
In an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators. With Smith’s surrender, the last Confederate army ceased to exist, bringing a formal end to the bloodiest four years in U.S. history.
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Buffalo Soldiers Formed—
On June 28, 1866 an Act of Congress authorized the Creation of two Cavalry and four Infantry regiments, 'which shall be of colored men." They were organized as the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th through 41st Infantry. -
Transcontinental railroad completed
On this day in 1869, the presidents of the union pacific and central pacific railroads meet in promontory, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a ntal rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad -
Chief Joseph Surrenders to US Army
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians Surrenders to U. S. General i A. Miles in the Bear Paw mountains of Montana, declaring,' Hear me, my chiefs.; My heart is sick and sad. -
Homestead Act
On January 1, 1863, Daniel freeman, a union Army scout, was scheduled to leave Gage county, Nebraska Territory, report for duty in St.Louis . -
Trail of Tears Starts
At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida- land their ancestors
