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The second Great Awakening occurs in Cane Ridge, Kentucky
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Thomas Jefferson is elected as the third President
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America agrees and signs the Louisiana Purchase Treaty
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Main would admitted to the U.S. as a free state and Missouri would be admitted as a slave state
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James Monroe signs the Compromise
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The U.S. adopts the Monroe doctrine which opposes European colonization in North America; not given this name until 1850s
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Joseph Smith publishes the Book of Mormon
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New printing technology and steam boats allow reformers to reach new audiences
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The Texas revolution is fought
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A group of Unitarian ministers found the Transcendental Club, such as Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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The Battle of the Alamo is fought
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The Battle of San Jacinto is fought and lead to the capture of Santa Anna
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The "Trail of Tears" forcibly relocates 60,000 Native Americans
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The California Gold Rush occurs
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The first boat full of hopeful gold miners arrive in California
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Methodism is the most popular denomination
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Solomon Northup tells David Wilson his story. Wilson edits and publishes this a memoir
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Judge Taney rules that black people have no rights
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South Carolina votes unanimously to secede
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Mississippi follows South Carolina
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Florida follows suit
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Alabama hops on the secession train
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Georgia secedes
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Louisiana secedes
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Texas secedes and is the only state to use a popular vote
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated
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Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard fires on the Fort Sumter and the Civil War begins
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The Union and Confederacy fight the Civil War
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Union will free all slave that come under Union control, not ones already controlled
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The deadliest battle in American history at the time
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McClellan’s and Lee’s forces collided near the town of Sharpsburg. Single bloodiest day in American history and Emancipation proclamation is issued
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Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
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William Sherman captures of Atlanta and this event helps Lincoln win re-election
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Lincoln wins re-election
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Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, ending Confederate military campaigns
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The House of Representative approve the Fourteenth Amendment
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Republicans override the veto of President Andrew Johnson, pass the first Reconstruction Act, and dived he south into five districts
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The five districts ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, guaranteeing birthright citizenship and “equal protection of the laws."