Important Figures
Former leader of the Continental Army, created the two-term presidency, created the cabinet.
George Washington
Purchase that doubled the size of the United States for $15 million.
The Lousiana Purchase
The forced relocation of Native Americans living in the Southeast was called the...
Trail of Tears
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George Washington
War for American Independence
Revolutionary War
Man who bought the Lousiana Territories
Thomas Jefferson
What state was Annexed by the United States in 1844?
Texas
Why was the Missouri Compramise important?
It maintained a delicate balance between Slave and Free states in Congress
3rd
Thomas Jefferson
War between the North (the union) and the Seceeding South (Confederate States of America)
The Civil War
The 2 men who led an expedition into the new western territories
Lewis & Clark
The compromise that made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state in order to maintain balance
The Missouri Compromise
What did Thomas Jefferson do about slavery?
Abolished the import of them
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Andrew Jackson
War fought between 1914-1918, started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
WW1
The Shoshone woman who helped Lewis & Clark
Sacagawea
Treaty that gave America control of Florida
The Adams-Onís treaty
In addition to $5 million, The US had to renounce all claims to what territory/state when gaining Florida?
Texas
16th
Lincoln
War from 1812-1815 between Britain and America, fought over seatrading, impressment, and Frontier expansion.
The War of 1812
Man the US bought the Lousiana Territories from
Napoleon Bonaparte
How did the United States gain control of the territory that contains CA, NV, NM, UT, CO, etc....
The Mexican Session
What was Jacksonian Democracy?
It expanded voting rights from just the elites, to all white men.
45th
War that led to Mexico recognizing Texas as part of the United States of America
The Mexican-American war