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The Capitol, engraving, by Wilfred Jones, 1848 Traders opened the Santa Fe Trail from Missouri to the Southwest in 1822 In Virginia and other Southern states, agriculture continued to shape the landscape, economy, and culture The 1830 Indian Removal Act forced southeastern Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws westward onto reservations, along the Trail of Tears
In 1839, African captives on the slave ship Amistad mutinied; the Supreme Court upheld their right to freedom Mid-Atlantic and Northern states had abundant natural resources for industrial power and production The cotton gin made large-scale production of cotton profitable, leading to the expansion of slavery U.S. forces invaded Mexico in 1846, claiming nearly half of Mexico’s territory for the United States
Prospectors rushed to California and Colorado following gold discoveries in 1848 and 1859 The woman suffrage movement officially began at this meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848 The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, provided passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie Treaties with Indian Nations
 
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