US Timeline Assignment

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Name________________________
Block________________________
Date_________________________
Events and People Dates:
Use your reading “A Nation Torn”, your atlas and your Write Source 2000 to find out the dates for the following. On your timeline, write an entry that explains the significance of and tells about each.

Fugitive Slave Act
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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All presidents through 1850 – just put in their term in office
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First factories
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Railroad expansion
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over over


Expansion Dates:

www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u5/index.html

The United States began expanding its territory shortly after becoming a nation. Between 1800 and 1842 several significant changes happened. Use the site listed above to find out when and how these lands became part of the US. Find out what the following words mean and then use them Dates in your explanations.

Bought means _______________________________________________________
Cede means ________________________________________________________
Annexed means _____________________________________________________
Treaty _____________________________________________________________

Louisiana Territory ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

East Florida
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West Florida
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Red River Territory
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Maine Border Adjustment
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Now put these dates and events on your timeline.