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Missouri Compromise
To maintain balance between slave states and free states, Maine became a free state so Missouri could stay a slave state. It helped the slavery issue a bit. -
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe speaks about how the European colonies can no longer settle in the Americas. -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson signs this act which forces nearly 50,000 Native Americans to move east of the Mississippi River. -
A Reserved Territory in Arkansas
President Andrew Jackson signed Congress' first act to protect natural resources which were mineral springs in Arkansas territory. -
Oregon Trail
The second organized wagon train on the trail leaves with more than one hundred pioneers from Elm Grove, not welcomed due to company policy that discouraged emigration. -
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar left his home in Philadelphia for New York City, but did not get paid well enough.
