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the u.s. capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC
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Thomas Jefferson was the third U.S. President
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America bought 800,000 square miles from France for around $15,000,000
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lewis and clark trek through the newly bought territory
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after nearly a year they finally reach the other end of the continent
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James Madison becomes the fourth U.S. President
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a war between America and England, over England taking Americans for solders
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while in control of the capital they burn down the white house
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James Monroe becomes the fifth President
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Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States
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John Quincy Adams becomes the sixth President
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the first Public railroad in the U.S.
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Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh President
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this act allows the removal of Indians from the eastern parts of America to the west
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico
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Martin Van Buren becomes the eighth President
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William Henry Harrison becomes the ninth President
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one month into his presidency Harrison dies and vice president John Tyler takes over
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James Polk becomes the eleventh President
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a war between America and Mexico over the south west territories of North America
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after gold was found in California hundreds of people rushed down trying to claim it
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Zachary Taylor becomes the twelfth President
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after the death Taylor vice president Millard Fillmore takes the role as President
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Franklin Pierce becomes the fourteenth President
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establishes Kansas and Nebraska
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James Buchanan becomes the 15th President
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Abraham Lincoln Becomes the 16th President
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South Carolina secedes from the U.S. over the differing opinions on slavery
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Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede
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the states that seceded form into their own union, lead by Jefferson Davis
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Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee secede
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the southern and northern states fight over the expansion of slavery into the rest of the American states
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one of the biggest fights in the Civil war
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Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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a new amendment that prohibits slavery
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U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million
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Ulysses S. Grant becomes the 18th President
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this amendment gave blacks the right to vote
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Lt. Col. George A. Custer's regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Mont.
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