The Era of Expansion and the Civil War

By KTrae246

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The U.S. got 828,000 square miles of new territory.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Compromise between the pro slavery and anti slavery states, that made it illeagal to have slaves north of the louisiana territory.

  • trail of tears

    trail of tears
    Forcd the native americans out of their homelands, to make room for white americans.

  • Mexican - American War

    Mexican - American War
    Armed fight between U.S. and Centralist Republic of Mexico

  • The Gadsen Purchase

    The Gadsen Purchase
    is a 29,640-square-mile region Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States.

  • Dred Scott vs.Sandford

    Dred Scott vs.Sandford
    Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans could not be American citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.

  • Beginning of Civil War

    Beginning of Civil War
    War begins between union and confederate states.

  • The Battle of Appomattox

    The Battle of Appomattox
    one of the last battles of the American Civil War.

  • President Lincoln assassination

    President Lincoln assassination
    John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at Fords theatre.

  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends
    Civil war ends and reconstruction begins.