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U.S. Federal Government moved to Washington D.C.
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U.S. negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France for 15 million dollars
Doubling its territory from Mississippi river to Rockies and from Gulf of Mexico to British North America -
Lewis and Clark expeditions begin
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First successful steamboat trip
Robert Fulton completes first successful steamboat trip on Clermont between New York City and Albany -
Congress Bars importation of Slaves
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war of 1812
U.S. war with Britain over freedom of the seas -
War of 1812 ends
Ended by the Treaty of Ghent -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri admitted as slave state but slavery barred in rest of Louisiana purchase -
U.S. Monroe Doctrine
warns European nations not to interfere in Western Hemisphere -
Nat turner leads unsuccessful slave revolt
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Slavery abolished in Britain Empire
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Congress adopts joint resolution for annexation of Texas
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U.S. declares war on Mexico
California and New Mexico annexed by U.S. -
U.S. Mexico war ends
Mexico cedes claims to Texas California Arizona New mexico Utah Nevada -
U.S. treaty with Britain sets Oregon Territory boundary at 49th parallel
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Women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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California Gold rush begins
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Henry Clay opens great debate on slavery
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Kansas-Nebraska acts permit local option on Slavery
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Pro Slavery constitution rejected in Kansas
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South Carolina secedes from Union
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U.S. civil war begins
Missisppi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennesse, North Carolina secede and join confederate states with Jefferson Davis as President. -
First battle of Bull run
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Battle of Shiloh, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antitetam
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Gen. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
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Civil War ends
Gen. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox. -
Lincoln's Assasination
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14th Amendment is ratified
Giving Blacks civil rights -
First U.S. transcontinental rail route completed
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Congress gives Amnesty to most Confederates