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Thomas Jefferson became the third President of the U.S. and the first Republican to hold this office
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The Supreme Court in enacts the idea of Judicial Review
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Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to the Pacific Ocean
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The first war that the U.S. fights as a country
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The Missouri Compromise eases tension between the free North and the slave South
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The hero of New Orleans starts his controversial presidency
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The beginning of the removal of Indians and cause of the Trail of Tears
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The battle for the Alamo begins
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Sutter's findings of gold led to the California Gold Rush in 1849
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the infamous book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about slavery
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The Election the Lincoln caused many states to secede to the Confederacy
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
