United States Expansion
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Annexation of the Republic of Texas and Texas Statehood (1836–1846)
1836 - 1846
California Gold Rush and Western Mining Booms (1848–1880)
1848 - 1884
Cattle Drives, the Open Range, and the Cowboy Economy (1866–1890)
1866 - 1890
Chinese Migration, Labor on the West Coast, and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1850–1892)
1849 - 1892
Construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad (1862–1869)
1862 - 1872
Erie Canal and Eastern Inland Waterways Expansion (1817–1862)
1817 - 1862
Ethnic Settlement of the Great Plains: Scandinavian and German-Russian Communities (1870–1915)
1862 - 1917
Federal Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation Campaigns (1879–1934)
1879 - 1934
Gadsden Purchase and Southern Territorial Adjustments (1853–1854)
1853 - 1912
Homestead Act and Settlement of the American West (1862–1900)
1862 - 1893
Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (1830–1838)
1830 - 1839
Louisiana Purchase and Territorial Organization (1803–1812)
1803 - 1812
Mexican Cession and Incorporation of the Southwest (1846–1853)
1846 - 1854
Mexican–American War and U.S. Territorial Expansion (1846–1848)
1845 - 1848
Mormon Migration and the Settlement of Utah (1846–1890)
1846 - 1890