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Tech Project 3 #3
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was elected President -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson buys Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the country in one barely-constitutional action. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Indigenous peoples led by Tecumseh fight and lose a major battle opposing White settlement. -
White House
The British burn the White House and the Capitol, but first lady Dolley Madison saves the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson becomes an American hero at the Battle of New Orleans. -
John Quincy Adams
The American presidential election which made John Quincy Adams president is bitterly contested and must be resolved by the House of Representatives. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal opens up, making New York Empire State -
Alamo
A historic fight at the Alamo becomes legendary fight for Texas history -
Compromise of 1850
The ominous Compromise of 1850 over enslavement delays the Civil War -
The Civil War
The U.S. is torn by the Civil War