Nation-building and westward expansion 1826–1914

US westward expansion and civil war; the age of caudillos in Latin America.

Map of the Americas in 1900, during the Nation-building and westward expansion — Border map for 1900. See the world in 1900.

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Timeline

Year	Event	Where
1836	Battle of the Alamo	Battle of The Alamo
1848	Gold is found in California	San Francisco
1861	The American Civil War begins
1863	Battle of Gettysburg	Battle of Gettysburg
1865	Lincoln is assassinated	Washington, D.C.
1910	The Mexican Revolution	Mexico City

Battles and sites

Battle of The Alamo · 1836
Battle of Gettysburg · 1863

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Notable people of the Nation-building and westward expansion

Lived	Person
1743 – 1826	Thomas Jefferson	Third president of the United States
1778 – 1850	José de San Martín	Leader of South American independence
1783 – 1830	Simón Bolívar	Liberator of South America
1806 – 1872	Benito Juárez	President of Mexico
1809 – 1865	Abraham Lincoln	Sixteenth president of the United States
1825 – 1891	Pedro II of Brazil	Emperor of Brazil
1853 – 1895	José Martí	Cuban poet and independence leader

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.