Alfred jacob miller   fort laramie   walters 37194049

Westward expansion

  • Louisiana purchase

    The United States purchased 828000000 square miles of land.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins

    Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins
    Lewis and Clark traveled across Louisiana Territory.
  • Trail of Tears starts

    Andrew Jackson made the Cherokee people go west of the Mississippi River.
  • California gold rush begins

    The California gold rush is when a lot of immigrants and people from the west came to get some gold
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    The Kansas Nebraska act was to even out how many states both the south and the north had.
  • Homestead act

    The homestead act was getting 160 acres of land for a small fee.
  • US Civil War ends

    The last battle was the battle of Palmito Ranch.
  • Buffalo soldiers formed

    They were given there name by the Indians they battled.
  • Transcontinental Rail Road completed

    It is a 1912 mile railroad built in 1863-1866 one was called the Pacific railroad and the other was called the Union railroad.
  • Chief Joseph Surrenders to US army

    Chief Joseph had a fames speech he had to surrender because all his people are died.