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1803; United States' largest land purchase, roughly doubling the size of the country; sold by Napoleon Bonaparte of France to Thomas Jefferson

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

The expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reached the Pacific Northwest and provided valuable information about the Oregon and Louisiana territories

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

The US declared war on Great Britain and was hoping to win land in Canada and Florida; British burn Washington, DC; Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner; Andrew Jackson becomes a war hero; the Federalist Party fades out after the US victory

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

Signed and ratified by the US; ended the War of 1812

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

Written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812; becomes America's national anthem

• Star Spangled Banner

• Nationalism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

Extreme pride and loyalty for one's country

• Star Spangled Banner

• Nationalism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

Issued by Pres. James Monroe in 1823; made it clear that North and South America were no longer open to European colonization

• Star Spangled Banner

• Nationalism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

Most Americans believed it was the country's destiny to expand and possess territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• Star Spangled Banner

• Nationalism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state; the southern boundary of Missouri, 36*,30' N, would become a dividing line for any new states admitted to the Union; slavery only permitted below the line

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Alamo

• Annexation

• Mexican-American War

Texas delegates declared Texas as an independent republic in 1836; Santa Anna answered with military force and met a small group of Texans who took their stand at an old mission called the Alamo; Texans defeated and all were killed

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Alamo

• Annexation

• Mexican-American War