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Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana territory from France.
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The U.S. get into another war with Britain as a result of events in the on-going Napoleonic Wars.
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British forces burn Washington D.C.
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Politicians try to come up with a fair way to divide land into slave and free states entering the union to maintain balance.
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Settlers begin using the Oregon Trail. The Second Great Awakening begins. The Indian Removal Act is passed.
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Preacher Nat Turner leads a slave revolt, an event that began to draw connections between faith and the abolition of slavery.
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The U.S. get into a war with the Creek Nation over the Indian Removal affairs.
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The U.S. goes to war with Mexico
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The war between the U.S. and Mexico ends with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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California Gold Rush begins causing many more to journey west and rapidly settle the wilderness.
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The Compromise of 1850 puts off any serious action regarding slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act is passed.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullifies the Missouri Compromise and raises tensions in the U.S.
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Tensions between slave states and free states erupt with the secession of southern states. Under the Insurrection Act of 1807 the U.S. Army march south to Virginia to neutralize the threat of rebellion. the southern states resist leading to all out war. Many battles are fought and more Americans die than in any other war.
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Government issues the Homestead Act which boosts settlement out west
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The 13th Amendment passes outlawing slavery in the U.S.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn takes place as a climax of hostility between the U.S. and native peoples. Though the native peoples won, it was short lived as they were slowly driven out in the following years.
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