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Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in the election, with Jefferson emerging victorious in 1801 only after dozens of house votes.
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In the case of Marbury v. Madison, The supreme court gave itself the power to decide if an act of Congress was unconstitutional.
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The U.S. buys the Louisiana purchase from France for $15 million, nearly doubling in size.
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The U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion. The most well known of these interferences being impression.
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The panic of 1819 was the first widespread American financial crisis in the history of the nation.
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In 1825, the Know-Nothing or American party nominates its first presidential candidate
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The first long distance railroad in the U.S. is launched from Baltimore in Maryland. Baltimore’s city government and the state government of Maryland provided half the start-up funds for the new Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Rail Road Company.
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The trail of tears is the collective name for several forced Cherokee reallocations carried out by the U.S. government.
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The United States declares war on Mexico over a territorial dispute in the new state of Texas.
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Abraham Lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation, freeing all southern slaves.
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The 100th anniversary of the United States Independence