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large numbers of immigrants crossed the Atlantic to begin new lives in the United States
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on average Americans drunk 7 gallons of alcohol
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cholera epidemic
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Horace Mann became Massachusetts's first secretary of education
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Utopian communities formed
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potato blight
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Anti slavery society asked Douglass to give regular lectures
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New York City created the first city police force
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an election flyer gave Americans a warning about immigrants
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the rules of baseball were formalized
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some Germans had staged a revolution against harsh rule
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low wages forced Irish immigrants to live in poor housing
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the Know nothing party formed
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chlorea epidemic
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nativists became politically active