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United States Military Academy founded
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Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Robert Fulton's steamboat makes first trip
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Importation of slaves made illegal
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War of 1812
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Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner
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White House burned by British
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Missouri Compromise
creates compromise between slave and free states -
Monroe Doctrine
first important foreign affair policy dealing with America's interaction with other countries -
Samuel Morey invents internal combustion engine
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Mormon Church formed by Joseph Smith
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Trail of Tears
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Battle for the Alamo
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Texas annexed to the US
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Department of the Interior created
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Compromise of 1850
last bill introduced by Henry Clay -
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Dred Scott case ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in states
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Pony Express founded
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Abraham Lincoln becomes President
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln
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Thirteenth Amendment
abolishes slavery -
Fifteenth Amendment
extends voting rights to black Americans -
Civil Rights Act passed by Congress
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Battle of Little Bighorn