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America 1820-1830s
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise: The admittance of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also prohibiting slavery in much of the Louisiana Purchase -
James Monroe becomes President
James Monroe becomes 5th President of the United States -
First Women's College
The first pharmacy college is founded in the Philadelphia College of Apothecaries. -
Free Blacks can vote
New York gives free blacks the right to vote -
Florida becomes an official territory of the United States.
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Monroe Doctrine
U.S. foreign policy that stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. -
John Quincy-Adams President
John Quincy-Adams becomes 6th President of U.S -
James Monroe ends his presidency
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Erie Canal Opens
Erie Canal was open to give New York direct access to the West -
Annexation of Texas
This legislative action made Texas a part of the United States causing the turmoil of the Mexican-American war -
First U.S warship to navigate world
The first United States warship to navigate the world, the U.S.S. Vincennes, leaves New York City under the command of William Finch. -
First use of steam-powered printing press
Caused a greater production rate of newspapers, books, and other forms of writing. -
In New York State, slavery is legally abolished.
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Railroad Era Begins
The first passenger railroad in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio, begins. -
Andrew Jackson as President
Andrew Jackson becomes 7th President of the United States -
William Burt Patents the typewriter
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Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson signed an act that removed the Native Americans from their land
