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Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) defeated John Adams (Federalist) in the presidential election of 1800 by an electoral vote of seventy-three to sixty-five -
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. The deal granted the United States the sole authority to obtain the land from its indigenous inhabitants, either by contract or by conquest. -
The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, which was built by American inventor Robert Fulton in 1807. This started the growth of the economy for travel and greatly reduced both the time and expense of shipping goods to far places. -
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British North America. primarily they where fighting over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. The war ended inconclusively after three years of fighting. -
a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention—were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe. -
The Battle of the Alamo was part of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican state of Tejas won independence and became a self-governing republic: Texas. -
tes and Mexico (1846-48), a conflict that began with a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the U.S. in 1845. -
Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. -
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, formed by states that had seceded from the Union -
Between 1861 and 1865 10,000 battles and engagements were fought across the continent, from Vermont to the New Mexico Territory, and beyond.
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery,