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=== '''Louisiana Purchase, 1803''' ===
=== Louisiana Purchase, 1803 ===
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=== '''Mexican Texas, 1827-1836 & Republic of Texas, 1836-1846''' ===
=== Mexican Texas, 1827-1836 & Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 ===
[[File:1828 United States 1828-1834.png|thumb|1828: showing re-organization of the Louisiana territory and Mexican lands|alt=|none]][[File:1836 United States 1836-06-1836-07.png|none|thumb|1836: Texas Republic (independence from Mexico)]][[File:1837 United States 1837-03-1838.png|none|thumb|1837: Texas expands territory into Mexico]]
[[File:1828 United States 1828-1834.png|thumb|1828: showing re-organization of the Louisiana territory and Mexican lands|alt=|none]][[File:1836 United States 1836-06-1836-07.png|none|thumb|1836: Texas Republic (independence from Mexico)]][[File:1837 United States 1837-03-1838.png|none|thumb|1837: Texas expands territory into Mexico]]
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 4 July 2022
Preparation for the state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test: US expansion 1789-1959
Content: timeline maps showing growth in territories and addition of new states
Following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, southern states "seceded" (left) the Union (the "union" of states under the Constitution)
as candidate, Lincoln said that he would not end slavery, but he would oppose any further expansion of it
following Lincoln's election, South Carolina became the first state to secede, followed by other states (marked in dark red on the map; the states marked in red seceded after Lincoln's inauguration)
the "border" states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri did not seceded
but primarily because they were occupied by the Union (northern) Army, especially Maryland