1. The United States of America Na Rae Sin, Muhan Chen

2. March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845 President  seventh President of the United States (1829–1837)  He was First in many ways Born  Waxhaw area, on North Carolina-South Carolina border Career: Lawyer, Soldier Political Party : Democrat

3. 1789-1849 The original territory  The United States - in 1783, thirteen States. * Ceded to the United States  All the territory west of the present boundaries of the States Virginia, 1784; Massachusetts, 1785; Connecticut, 1786 and 1800; South Carolina, 1787; North Carolina, 1790; Georgia, 1802. *Cede = (v) to give sb control of sth or give them power

5. 1846-1848 Causes of conflict  The desire of the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean  The Texas War of Independence and the subsequent annexation of that area to the United States Consequences of conflict  The United States acquired the northern half of Mexico Flash Map

6. 1848-1855 American Dream Discovery  James Marshall : January 24th, 1848 Fever  By early 1849, gold fever was an epidemic  The Gold Rush attracted people - Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China.

7. as one of a series of fortifications on the southern U.S. co ast Construction began in 1827, and the structure was still unfinished in 1860 build up a sand bar in the entrance to Charleston harbor It was designed to house 650 men and 135 guns in three tiers of gun emplacements, although it was never filled near its full capacity.

8. The Confederate States of America AKA CSA an unrecognized state eleven southern slave states and after four years of fighting in the American Civil War, the Confederate armies surrendered, its government collaps ed and its slaves were emancipated

9. the Union federal government of the United States supported by the twenty free states and five border slave s tates(Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nort h Carolina, Tennessee) It was opposed by 11 Southern slave states that had declar ed a secession to join together to form the Confederacy

10. Credits Andrew Jackson http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson http://ncpedia.org/biography/jackson-andrew Westward Expansion http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/westward-expansion.htm Mexican American War http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html Gold Rush http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War#cite_note-MissFacts-118 http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=%C3%C0 %B9%FA%C4%DA%D5%BD&in=21756&cl=2&lm=-1&pn=2&rn=1&di=31117701615&ln=1& fr=&ic=0&s=&se=&sme=0&tab=&width=&height=&face=0&fb=0