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Lessons: 1801-1868

Expansion and Reform (1801-1868)

Old propaganda poster
  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Anti-Railroad Propaganda Poster: The Growth of Regionalism, 1800-1860

  • The Slave Trade

  • The Amistad Case

  • Lincoln's Spot Resolutions

  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West

  • Migration North to Alaska

  • The Sioux Treaty of 1868

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