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After a highly contentious election, Jefferson became our third president.
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Jefferson purchases a massive amount of land in the West...without asking Congress.
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The first post-Revolution war that America was involved in, once again facing the British.
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A Supreme Court case involving taxes and state versus federal supremacy.
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The federal government decides that they're responsible for determining the legality of slavery. They don't do a good job.
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Another contentious election results in the appointment of our seventh president.
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An abolitionist newspaper begins to circulate, fanning the flames of the brewing civil war.
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A fight between state and federal governments about taxes.
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A Frenchman writes his thesis on democracy based on his observations of our country.
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Appalled at the mistreatment of mental illness patients, Dix fought for reform.
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Transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his essay about, well, relying on yourself.
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Male and female allies alike meet to discuss the future of equality.
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A law that equates African-American slaves to literal property by allowing owners to recapture escapees in any state.
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A black woman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, publishes a revolutionary novel that helps white people sympathize with her people's cause.
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Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau publishes his thoughts on living alone in the woods.
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One of the first black slaves to publicly take a stand against his owner, Douglass catches the attention of all races in America with his life story.
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Transcendentalist poet Walt Whitman publishes a book of poetry about the beauty of humans, earning him poet laureate status in the U.S.
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A free man with an education, Douglass begins to shift the perception of whites towards blacks.
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The Supreme Court rules in a slave's favor, but enacts judicial review to prevent slaves from filing future lawsuits. This was probably an attempt to appease their guilty consciences for sweeping the slavery issue under the rug.
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A probably well-intentioned white man leads a revolt against slavery and gets executed for treason.
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The only president to go to the Good Place (according to Ted Danson), Lincoln's time in office was mostly spent dealing with the Civil War.
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