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The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.
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Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
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Louisiana Purchase
The United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, which extends west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and comprises about 830,000 sq mi. As a result, the U.S. nearly doubles in size -
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James Madison's Presidency
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The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was between the United States and Great Britain.
This war ended in 1815.
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James Monroe's Presidency
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Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.
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Missouri Comprise
In an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states, Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state; except for Missouri, slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30'. -
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John Quincy Adams's Presidency
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Construction is begun on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
the first public railroad in the U.S and goes into effect, having been ratified by nine states. -
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Andrew Jackson's Presidency
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President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
An enslaved African American preacher leads the most significant slave uprising in American history. He and his band of about 80 followers launch a bloody, day-long rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. The militia quells the rebellion, and Turner is eventually hanged. As a consequence, Virginia institutes much stricter slave laws. -
Eli Whitney Invents The Cotton Gin
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
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Martin Van Buren's Presidency
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The Trail Of Tears
More than 15,000 Cherokee Indians are forced to march from Georgia to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Approximately 4,000 die from starvation and disease along the “Trail of Tears.” -
William Henry Harrison's Presidency
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John Tyler's Presidency
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The Appearance of "Manifest Destiny"
The term “manifest destiny” appears for the first time in a magazine article by John L. O'Sullivan. It expresses the belief held by many white Americans that the United States is destined to expand across the continent. -
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James K. Polk's Presidency
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The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was between the United States and Mexico.
This war was from 1846 to 1848.
The United States won the war and received land from Mexico.
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Zachary Taylor's Presidency
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Millard FIllmore's Presidency
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Franklin Pierce's Presidency
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James Buchanan's Presidency
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Civil War
The Civil War was the biggest U.S. war in the 1800s.
The Civil War was between the North and the South.
This war was from 1861 to 1865.
Many Northern and Southern soldiers died in the war.
The Memorial Day holiday started after the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson's Presidency
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Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency
