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The U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.
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Missouri compromise took place.
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.
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President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi River.
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William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the ninth president.
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Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
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Confederate States of America is established.
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Fifteenth Amendment to the constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote.
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The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.