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American Common School Period
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Oregon Trail
People started going through the Oregon Trail to emigrate from Independence, Missouri to the western states primarily Oregon and California -
Free public education
Horace Mann established free public education -
Horace Mann established free libraries
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McGuffey Readers textbook was published
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School Curriculum was established
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Teachers started to gain confidence in their roles
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The Morrill Act
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African-Americans get schooling
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Establishment of kindergarten
Friedrich Froebel developed the idea of kindergarten -
Second Morrill Act was expanded