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United States bought the Louisiana territory from France, doubling the side of the United States
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Jefferson wanted to map the new Northwest territory
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James Madison is elected as president
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War between the United States of America and Great Britain
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Second Bank is chartered 5 years after the 1st Bank charter ends
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Missouri enters the United States as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Along with that, any new territory north of the 36,30 latitude line is free
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becomes the 7th president
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Joseph Smith organizes the Mormon Church
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removal of thousands of Indians from the east to the west. trail was over 2000 miles
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Texas is viewed as an independent territory
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ends the Mexican War. United States get New Mexico and California.
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California enters statehood as a free state
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Abraham Lincoln wins presidency on an anti-slavery standpoint
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Secedes from the Union after Lincoln becomes president
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secedes from the Union
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war to end slavery
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Speech given by Abraham Lincoln dedicating the fallen soldiers in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Lincoln gets assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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amendment to abolish slavery
