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March, 1801: Thomas Jefferson was Elected

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March, 1801: Thomas Jefferson was Elected

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In 1801 Thomas Jefferson was elected into office. Jefferson would later make decisions that built the foundation of the U.S. (Made the decision to buy land which the war would be fought in.)

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The Louisiana Purchase changed the United States forever. It was bought in 1803 by president Thomas Jefferson. The Louisiana Territory took up land from Louisiana all the way up to the border of Canada and took up 530,000,000 acres. Jefferson bought it from France for only 15 million dollars. (Land would cause tension between the two sides and they would eventually fight war here.)

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Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on a journey to try and find a waterway through America from the East to the West. Although they didn't find a waterway, with the help of Sacagawea they built good relations with the native and mapped land throughout the West. (Explored new states which would become free or slave states.)

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The War of 1812 was mainly caused because of port issues between England and the U.S. There were also unpermitted searches of U.S ships by France and England.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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The Compromise of 1820 was a line below Missouri which determined if it was a slave state or not. If the state is below the line it is a slave state and if it is above the line it is a free state. (The Missouri Compromise Line caused lots of violence between slave supporters and anti-slaves.)

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Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the West of the Mississippi River. (Expanded lands for Americans by moving Indian-Americans out, land that would soon be fought in.)

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Mexico troops attack Alamo Mission killing almost every Texan.        This spurs the Texans on in the Texas Revolution.(Battle caused because South supporters wanted only slave states, same reason that the Civil War happened.)

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The Cherokee Nation is forced to march from the east coast to Oklahoma. Many thousands die along the way.

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People all across the country begin to move west. Hundreds of thousands of people move hoping for a better life. (People moving West made the Northerners mad because slavery might expand with it.)

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Manifest Destiny was a new saying for Westward Expansion. It turned into a belief that it was America's "destiny" to move West. However, eventually people start to interpret it as expansion of slavery.

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Texas officially becomes a part of the United States. This will lead to major wars and events in the future. (Texas would later become one of the most important parts of America and would hold wars that led to the civil war.)

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A war fought over the rights to Texas. After the war U.S payed Mexico 15 million dollars for what currently is California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Nevada, and small parts of other states.(The Texas-American War led

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England signs the Oregon Treaty giving the land in the Oregon Territory to the United States.

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James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill. People from all around rush to California to try and get rich.

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By 1849 everyone is on their way to California. Even though only a few will get lucky 90,000 people have expanded to California.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise in which the Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory would be decided by popular sovereignty. However, this caused lots of tension and violence in those areas.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act in which there were two separate governments were set up in one area, and one supported slavery and the other didn't. This caused very violent issues in Kansas and was nicknamed "bleeding Kansas."

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Civil War was a war in which the South and North of America fought over slavery. South supported slavery and wanted it across America, North was against slavery and fought to try and stop it.)