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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson becomes third president of United States. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark leave to embark on their two year journey to explore the newly purchased Louisiana. -
Alexander Hamilton Killed
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel, in which Burr kills Hamilton and his image is ruined. -
Burning of the White House
The British burn down the White House and the Capitol together. The First Lady, Dolley Madison, saved a portrait of George Washington and one of Gilbert Stuart. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is signed. This was in attempt to balance the activity of slavery in the States and to keep the Union together. -
Gold Fever
James K Polk announces that, indeed, gold has been discovered. This causes mass migration to California by many people in hops to find gold and gain wealth. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was created, which delayed the Civil War but did not prevent it. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, which sells many copies and is very impactful for slavery. -
Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln is elected as president of the United States. -
Lincoln is Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in a theatre. -
End of the Civil War
A war started in 1861, ends. Led by Ulysses S. grant, the Union defeated the Confederacy. As a result the south did not secede and slaves were allowed freedom through the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president of the United States after Ulysses S. Grant.
