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He is the 3rd president of the U.S.
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Through negotiations with Napoleon, the U.S. gained the territory for 15 million dollars. This helped westward expansion.
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Made by Jefferson, and it prohibited American trade with foreign nations in an attempt to punish Britain and France.
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Between Britain and the U.S., caused by restriction on trade and impressments
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This compromise made Missouri and slave state and Maine a free state. This was an attempt to keep the North and South together, but it only ended in more problems.
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This act removed all the Indian and forced them to live in the West, despite them complying to all the American's previous requests. This also started the Trail of Tears.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, and this leads to the entire South seceding and forming the Confederacy.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president and was very controversial due to his views on slavery.
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The Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) fought in a bloody war over slavery and states' rights. The North ended up winning and slavery was abolished.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while at the theatre.