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USA 19th century
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USA 19th century
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Exploration
Fur Trade
Cattle
Gold and mining booms
Trails and roads westward
Steamboats
Railways
Telegraph and communication
Mormons
Push and pull factors for settlers
‘Manifest Destiny’
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Florida acquisition 1819
Annexation of Texas 1845
Oregon Trail and Treaty 1846
Mexican-American War 1846-48
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Admission of new states to the Union
Federal Gov’t and communications
Homestead Act 1862
Morrill Act 1862
Economic impact of W.E
Social impact of W.E
Political impact of W.E
NA societies in early C19th
Tecumseh’s Confederacy and resistance
First Seminole War 1817-18
Other NA wars in early C19th
Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaties and broken promises
Indian Wars of 1860s and 70s
Americanisation and Dawes Act
Role of gold and settlers in NA displacement
North-South divide by 1850
Missouri Compromise 1820
Rise of sectionalism
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraksa Act and Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott v Sandford
John Brown and Harpers Ferry
Lincoln and rise of Republican Party
Election of 1860 and Southern secession
Failure of compromise and outbreak of war
Lincoln: character and leadership
Davis: leadership and challenges
Emancipation Proclamation
Union organisation
Confederate organisation
Union generals
Confederate generals
Impact of resources and industry
Election of 1864
Union military strategies
Confederate military strategies
McClellan’s early campaigns
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
March through Georgia
Wilderness Campaign
Union naval blockade
International situation during the war
