SAT Reading section historical timeline & themes: Difference between revisions

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  - 1820s-40s US: railroads/ canals / telegraph
  - 1820s-40s US: railroads/ canals / telegraph
  - 1830s-50s: Manifest Destiny / western expansion
  - 1830s-50s: Manifest Destiny / western expansion
  - 1848: Mexican-American War (ends compromise of 1820 due to new states/ territories; leads to North-South division)
  - 1846-48: Mexican-American War (ends compromise of 1820 due to new states/ territories; leads to North-South division)
'''1861-1865: Civil War'''
'''1861-1865: Civil War'''
  - slavery / states’ rights / union  
  - slavery / states’ rights / union