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Louisiana Purchase
United States bought the Louisiana territory from France, doubling the side of the United States -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson wanted to map the new Northwest territory -
4th President
James Madison is elected as president -
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War of 1812
War between the United States of America and Great Britain -
Second Bank of United States
Second Bank is chartered 5 years after the 1st Bank charter ends -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri enters the United States as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Along with that, any new territory north of the 36,30 latitude line is free -
Andrew Jackson
becomes the 7th president -
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith organizes the Mormon Church -
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Trail of Tears
removal of thousands of Indians from the east to the west. trail was over 2000 miles -
Annexation of Texas
Texas is viewed as an independent territory -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ends the Mexican War. United States get New Mexico and California. -
Compromise of 1850
California enters statehood as a free state -
16th President
Abraham Lincoln wins presidency on an anti-slavery standpoint -
South Carolina
Secedes from the Union after Lincoln becomes president -
Great State of Alabama
secedes from the Union -
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Civil War
war to end slavery -
Gettysburg Address
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln dedicating the fallen soldiers in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Death of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln gets assassinated by John Wilkes Booth -
13th Amendment
amendment to abolish slavery
