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Adams–Onís Treaty

Treaty ceding Spanish Florida to the U.S. (1819)

Alaska Purchase

1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia

American Civil War

1861–1865 conflict in the United States

American frontier

Undeveloped territory of the United States, c. 1607–1912

American Indian Wars

Frontier conflicts in North America, 1609–1890s

American System (economic plan)

Antebellum South

Historical period in the American South

Argentine War of Independence

Conflict for Argentine independence from the Spanish Empire (1810-1818)

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1865 shooting of the 16th U.S. President in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Assassination of James A. Garfield

1881 murder of the 20th President of the United States

Political struggle in the 19th-century United States

Battle of Antietam

Major battle (1862) of the American Civil War

Battle of Atlanta

Battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Chancellorsville

Major battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Chickamauga

American Civil War battle

Battle of Cold Harbor

Major battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Fort Donelson

Battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Fort Pillow

Battle and massacre of the American Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

1861 American Civil War battle

Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Naval battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Fredericksburg

Major battle (1862) of the American Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of the American Civil War (1863)

Battle of Hampton Roads

1862 naval battle in the American Civil War, the first between ironclads

Battle of Mobile Bay

Naval battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Perryville

Major battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Shiloh

Battle (1862) of the American Civil War

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Major battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the Alamo

Major battle of the Texas Revolution

Battle of the Little Bighorn

1876 battle of the Great Sioux War

Battle of Wilson's Creek

Battle of the American Civil War

Bleeding Kansas

Violent political confrontations in the United States centered around slavery

Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada

Military campaign in Venezuelan War of Independence (1819–1820)

Bolivian War of Independence

Conflict for Bolivian independence from the Spanish Empire (1809-25)

California genocide

Widespread killing and forced labor of Indians (1846–1871)

California gold rush

Gold rush from 1848 until 1855 in California

Canadian Confederation

1867 unification of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into the Dominion of Canada

Caste War of Yucatán

1847–1915 war between the Yucateco and the Maya

Chattanooga campaign

1863 series of battles of the American Civil War

Chilean War of Independence

1812–1827 war between patriots and royalists, which resulted in the ''de facto'' independence of Chile from the Spanish Crown

1825-1828 war between Brazil and the United Provinces of the River Plate

Civil rights movement (1865–1896)

Movement aiming to eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans

Compromise of 1877

Speculated unwritten political deal in the United States

Confederate States of America

Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)

Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era

Post-civil war voter suppression efforts in the United States

Ecuadorian War of Independence

Armed conflict in Ecuador between 1820 and 1822

Empire of Brazil

State in South America (1822–1889)

Federal Republic of Central America

State in Central America from 1823 to 1841

First Battle of Bull Run

First major land battle of the American Civil War

Gettysburg Address

1863 speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

Era of US history from the 1870s to the late 1890s

Republic in South and Central America from 1819 to 1831

Great Sioux War of 1876

Battles and negotiations between the US and the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

American Old shootout

Haymarket affair

1886 aftermath of a bombing in Chicago, US

Independence of Brazil

Independence movement

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

1859 effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in Southern states

Kansas–Nebraska Act

The 1854 organic act

Klondike Gold Rush

1890s migration

Lewis and Clark Expedition

American overland expedition to the Pacific coast

Louisiana Purchase

Acquisition by the United States of America of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana

Manifest destiny

Cultural belief of 19th century American expansionists

Mexican Revolution

Major nationwide armed struggle in Mexico between 1910 and 1920

Mexican War of Independence

Armed conflict which ended Spanish rule of New Spain

Mexican–American War

Armed conflict between the US and Mexico (1846–1848)

Missouri Compromise

1820 law on slavery in the United States

Monroe Doctrine

US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823

Nat Turner's Rebellion

1831 rebellion of enslaved individuals in Southampton County, Virginia

Oregon boundary dispute

Early 19th century US–UK boundary dispute

Historic route to and through the American Old West

Origins of the American Civil War

Overview of the origins of the American Civil War

Financial crisis in the United States

Financial crisis leading to economic depression in Europe and North America

19th century financial crisis in the United States

Large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)

Peruvian War of Independence

Armed conflict in Peru and Bolivia between 1811 and 1826

Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

November 1889 historical event in Brazil

Rebellions of 1837–1838

Canadian reformers' rebellion against the British Canadian government

Reconstruction era

Era of military occupation (1865–1877) in the Southern United States after the American Civil War

Republic of Texas

Historical republic, 1836–1846

Second Bank of the United States

National bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1816-41)

Second Battle of Bull Run

Major battle of the American Civil War

Second Great Awakening

Protestant religious revival in the early 19th-century United States

Second Mexican Empire

Imperial Mexican state ruled by King Maximilian I for the duration of it's short existence

Siege of Petersburg

Battles of the American Civil War

Siege of Vicksburg

Battle of the American Civil War's Anaconda Plan

Conflicts between the USA and subgroups of the Sioux people from 1854–1890

Spanish American wars of independence

Series of armed conflicts in the Americas between 1808 and 1835

Spanish–American War

1898 conflict between Spain and the United States

Texas annexation

Annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America

Texas Revolution

Rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos against the Mexican government (1835-36)

Forced relocation of the southeastern Native American tribes

Underground Railroad

Network for fugitive slaves in 19th-century U.S.

USS Maine (1890)

19th-century battleship of the United States Navy

Venezuelan War of Independence

Conflict between the Spanish Empire and its Venezuelan colonies (1810-23)

Conflict between United States and British Empire

War of the Confederation

1836–39 war between Chile and Argentina and Peru-Bolivia

War of the Pacific

Territorial conflict in South America between Chile and allied Peru and Bolivia (1879–83)

Wounded Knee Massacre

Violent attack on Lakota Indians in 1890 by the United States Army