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Erie Canal: is a waterway in New York (Albany) that travels 363 miles on the Hudson River to Buffalo New York, at Lake Erie joining a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. it opens in 1825. The Erie Canal was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard and the western interior of the United States that did not require river obstacles. It was way faster than carts pulled by animals. It cut transport costs by about ninety five percent.
swivel chair: Thomas Jefferson, and invented mac and cheese.
Lewis and Clark: the Louisiana purchase.
George Washington: 1st president passed away at the age of 67. died 2 years after he was the president.
Gold Rush: it drew a bunch of peoples attention because people thought they were gonna become rich and it ended when the found silver in Nevada!
Trail of tears: called the trail of tears because there were so many deaths around that time.
Battle of Ge ties burg: it ended the civil war, it lasted for three days the north won and that's ho the civil war ended. (1863)
Underground rail road: Helped escape people and all the slaves had to escape during the night because it they were caught they had to go back to there owners and would get beaten to death and people would take in the slaves in till they could move again.
Alamo: at the time Mexico owned Texas some people that lived there wanted freedom!
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