westward expansion

  • louisiana purchase

    louisiana purchase
    with the Louisiana purchase , the united states purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory in France.
  • lewis and clark expedition begin

    the went on stream to the Missouri river. they had stated there journey.
  • trail of tears starts

    Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up it's land east of Mississippi river.
  • california gold rush begins

    the gold was found in clomba and California
  • Kansas nebraska act

    Kansas nebraska act
    the Kansas Nebraska act was passed by the u.s. congress.
  • homestead act

    the homestead act encouraged western migration by providing settler 160 acres of public land.
  • Buffalo solders formed

    Buffalo solders were originally members of the u.s. 10th cavalry regiment of the united states army.
  • u.s. civil war ends

    after four years of civil war, the united states of America were reunited in the spring and summer of 1865. through blood, smoke, and gravel, we became one and undivided.
  • transcontinental railroad completed

    the transcontinental railroad was not like the under ground railroad.
  • Cheif Joseph surrenders to us armys

    Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrenders to u.s. generals Nelson A. miles of the bear paw mountains of Montana.