1800-1876

  • Louisiana Purchase

    The US purchased this land from the french. The land spanned from the border of the Mississippi river into the rocky mountians
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • 12th Amendment to the US Constitution

    They made the president and the vice president election two separate elections.
  • War of 1812

    America did not like the regulations that Great Britain was putting on their trades. So they decided to use their to fight so they would be free to expand their territory
  • Missouri Compromise

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Plains Wars

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    Third Great Awakening

  • Panic of 1857

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    Civil War

    A war for slavery to be abolished between the north and south US