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1800-1900 History
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Sacagawea
"Native American Sacagawea, while 6 months pregnant, meets explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their exploration of the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The explorers realize her value as a translator."(History.com) -
Mexico declares independence from Spain
Mexico declares independence from Spain, gained 1821
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Jacksonian Era
"The election of Andrew Jackson as president ushered in the Jacksonian Era, which marked another kind of revolution in American politics. Unlike his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was seen as a "common man." A planter from Tennessee, he was not part of the Eastern elite, and probably would not have been elected just a decade earlier." -
Trail of Tears
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Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson brought the Indian Removal Act of 1830, taking away any Indian title to land claims in the Southeast.
The Trail of Tears was ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" (the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw) Forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to new Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.(Wikipedia,240, prior learning) -
Battle of Gonzales
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Women's Rights Movement
"Seneca Falls Convention (1848): This was the first formal gathering devoted to women's rights in the United States and was held in July of 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. The organizers were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott"(240) -
Indian Appropriations Act
"Congress passes the Indian Appropriations Act, creating the Indian reservation system. Native Americans aren’t allowed to leave their reservations without permission."(History.com) -
Sojourner Truth's Speech
"Sojourner Truth was a former slave who also supported abolition and women's rights. She gave a famous speech that focused on equality and is still quoted today." "Look at me! I have ploughed and planted and … no man could head [outwork] me. And ain't I a woman?"(240) -
National Woman Suffrage Association
"National Woman Suffrage Association Founded (1869): Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage served as co-founders. The organization was formed in response to the passing of the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote. The NWSA led the effort to include women in the extended voting rights as well." 249 -
Charles Curtis
January 29, 1907: Charles Curtis becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.