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  First written contract of government in America
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  Doubled land area of the US
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  15 to 17 thousand Cherokee Indians forcefully removed from Georgia, resulting in the death of nearly 4 to 8 thousand Cherokees
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  Many Americans relocated to California in hopes of finding gold and getting rich quickly.
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  John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Loncoln. He was the first American president to ever be assassinated.
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  Consumption and sale of alcohol banned in America.
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  The nineteenth amendment to the Consititution is passed saying women are now legally allowed to vote.
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  The day when the stock market crashed and began the Great Depression. The Depression lasts until the mid-1930's, when it finally begins to improve.
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  It is no longer illegal to consume or sell alcohol in America.
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  Germany's invasion of Poland officially begins the second World War.
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  The signing of the final treaty of surrender officially ends the war.
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  Ended seperation between East and West Germany.