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Thomas Jefferson was elected
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Louisiana purchase
This purchase greatly increased the size of america -
War of 1812
This was a power struggle between Britain and America. It caused people to respect american more after we had been shown we could protect ourselves. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The state of maryland sued McCulloch because he would not pay the tax. -
Missouri Compromise
How they determined what states would be free, and which states would be slave states -
Andrew Jackson was elected
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Nullification crisis
The government put a large tariff on imported goods, but it only helped the north. -
Tocqueville published Democracy in America
This showed an outsider's perspective on how america was run. -
Emerson publishes Self-Reliance
This showed through emerson's life experiences that bad would come to those who conform to the world. -
Dorothea Dix visits her first jail with insane inmates
She fights to change the way the insane are treated -
Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography
Described his journey and promoted abolition efforts. -
Seneca Falls Convention
This was when all the women gathered together so they could all agree on what they wanted before they started protesting. They also compiled a list of all the things they wanted -
Fugitive Slave Act
Forced the northerners to return slaves to the south after they had run away -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
This book showed the harsh reality of slave life. -
Thoreau publishes Walden
Showed america we would be better off living the simple life. -
Whitman published Leaves of Grass (1st Edition)
A collection of poems written by whitman -
Dred Scott decision
Was when the supreme court said that just because they had moved to a free state did not make him free, and that blacks could not sue. -
John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry
John brown wanted to have a armed slave revolt -
Abraham Lincoln was elected
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Civil war begins
The south declares war on the union
