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Thomas Jefferson gets Elected to the Presidency
Which became the first peaceful shift of party -
The Second Great Awakening
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U.S. Purshases the Louisiana Territory
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Atlantic Slave Trade Outlawed
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The War of 1812 Begins
The U.S. once again goes into the oppressive state of war, with hopes of being less oppressed when it is over. -
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The War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent Signed
War of 1812 ends -
The Missouri Compromise
Missouri would become a slave state; Maine would become a free state -
Petit Gulf Cotton Discovered
Most usable cotton discovered -
Missouri Becomes a State
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Erie Canal Completed
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First Long-Distance Railroad
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Texas Becomes a State
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The Battle of San Jacinto
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Santa Anna Admits Texas's Independence with the Treaty of Velasco
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The Panic of 1837
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Andrew Jackson Dies
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Florida Becomes a State
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Texas Becomes Part of the U.S.
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The U.S. Mexican War Begins
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The War with Mexico Ends; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The Comprmise of 1850
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South Carolina is the First State to Suceed from the Union
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Abraham Lincoln Becomes President
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First Shots Fired on Fort Sumter
The Civil War has begun! -
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The Civil War
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The Battle of Shiloh
The most losses of any American battle to that time -
The Battle of Antietam
The Bloodiest single day in American history -
Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
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Lincoln Gets Elected for a Second Term
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Slavery Officially Abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment
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The Confederate Army Surrenders
The Civil War ends! -
Lincoln Gets Shot
