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U.S. Congress meets
first time -
The third president
Thomas Jefferson -
Supreme Court decision
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Louisiana Purchase
spend 15 million dollars in buying the Louisiana from France -
Lewis and Clark
Found the way to the Pacific Ocean. -
The fouth president
James Madison -
Period: to
War of 1812
USA and Britain -
Treaty of Ghent
War of 1812 ended -
the fifth president
James Monroe -
Missouri Compromise
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Monroe Doctrine
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Articles of Confederation
the first U.S. constitution -
the sixth president
John Quincy Adams -
the seventh president
Andrew Jackson -
Indian Removal Act
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the eighth president
Martin Van Buren -
the ninth president
William Henry Harrison -
manifest destiny
John L. O'Sullivan -
U.S. annexes Texas by joint resolution of Congress
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Oregon Treaty
U.S. acquires Oregon territory. -
Period: to
Mexican War
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the 12th president
Zachary Taylor -
Enact a law to hunt down fugitives
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Perry led to Japan, and the following year, he coerced Japan into signing a treaty open to US ships
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The United States forced the Qing government of China to conclude the China-US Tianjin Treaty.
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Seven southern states form the U.S. Federal League
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American Civil War
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Declaration of Liberation
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The Confederate army surrendered and the American Civil War ended.
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President Lincoln was killed while watching a movie at the Washington Ford Theater and died the next day.
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The United States purchased Alaska and the Aleutian Islands from Tsarist Russia, thereby expanding the US border to the Arctic Ocean.
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The Central Pacific Railway and the United Pacific Railway were officially connected in Promontole, Utah, becoming the first transcontinental railway.