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1800-1876
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The Louisiana Purchase
The United States acquired the Louisiana territory from France in exchange from 15 million dollars. -
The Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat after 23 years. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri is admitted as a slave state but slavery is then barred in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30' N. -
The First camera for Commercial Manufacturing
The first camera for commerical manufacturing was invented by Alphonse Giroux. -
Mexican-American War
A conflict between the United States and Mexico which stemmed from the annexation of Texas by the U.S. and later its borders. -
The California Gold Rush
gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. This brought around 300,000 people to California. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Publication
A anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe which heated things up leading to the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. -
Start of the Civil War
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
An order by the United States which declared all slaves within the rebellious states free. -
End of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assasination
John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Ford's Theater in Washington.