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U.S. bought 828,000 square miles of land from France.
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They begin exploring in 1804 and return in 1806.
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Congress declares war.
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British attacks Washington and burns the Capitol and Library of Congress down.
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Purchased from Spain.
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The first steamboat to cross the Atlantic.
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Declares the U.S. will not tolerate the European interference in the Western Hemisphere.
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Constructed in Baltimore-Ohio in the U.S.
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Samuel Moore sends the first telegraph from Washington to Baltimore, reading "What hath God wrought?"
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Ended in February 1848.
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First convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York
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Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president
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Ended April 9, 1865.
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Abolished Slavery in America
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A speech Abraham Lincoln delivered during the Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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John Wilkes Booth kills Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
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U.s. buys Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million
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First Continental Railroad is complete
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Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone