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Third President of the United States, known as a Founding Father and an author of the Declaration of Independence.
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A group of territories purchased from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the US.
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They went on an expedition to discover the new lands of America from the Louisiana Purchase.
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Signed by President Andrew Jackson, that allowed for the Indians to move to lands west of the Mississippi in return for their land within state borders. Many Indians resisted.
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Texas Revolution and Independence gained from Mexico, ended with the Treaty of Velasco. Eventually joined the Union in 1845.
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention that launched the movement. The main goal was to gain the right to vote.
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The rush to move when gold was discovered in California, brought about 300,000 people from America and abroad.
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Required runways to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
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This repealed the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. Produced the violent uprising of "bleeding kanas" against pro and antislavery.
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Between the Union and Confederacy caused over slavery, especially the expansion of it into new territories.
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, declared all persons held as slaves shall be free.