Virginia and US History SOL map study: US expansion 1789-1959: Difference between revisions

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Preparation for the state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test: US expansion 1789-1959



1790s	US after becoming an independent nation acquired the lands between the Appalachian Mountains Mississippi River
	Organization of new territories between claims of existing states (former 13 colonies) federal territories created by Congress especially the Northwest Territory



Slavery in American colonies as of 1770	Slavery in the 13 American colonies prior to the American Revolution
Distribution of free and slave states, 1850	See this animated map timeline for expansion of slavery from colonial to Civil War period

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 |Slavery in the 13 American colonies prior to the American Revolution
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-|[[File:1850 US 1850 free-slave-states-map-of-usa.jpg|thumb|Distribution of free and slave states, 1850]]
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+|See [[wikipedia:Slavery_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_Slave_Free_1789-1861.gif|this animated map timeline]] for expansion of slavery from colonial to Civil War period
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