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Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He is the author of the Declaration of Independence. During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia. He also served as a Vice President from 1797-1801.
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The Louisiana purchase costed $15 million. The United States acquired land west of the Mississippi River from France. It not only doubled the size of the United States, but it also strengthened the US materially and strategically.
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This war was between the United States and Great Britain. The cause was from the British restrictions on US trade and Americas desire to expand its territory. The war ended with exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
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This compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. The compromise also banned slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30’ parallel.
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Cherokee Indians were being forced out of their land and had to travel on this trail. It got its name, Trail of Tears, due to harsh weather, poor planning, and difficult travel. Sixteen thousand Cherokee embarked on the journey; only ten thousand completed it.
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This revolution was also called the War of Texas Independence. This revolution was between Texas and Mexico and resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico.
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This compromise passed five laws that had to do with slavery and territorial expansion:
1.Admit California under her free state constitution.
2.Organize Utah and New Mexico without the prohibition of slavery for the reason that the region was already free under Mexican law.
3.Establish the old boundary of New Mexico and compensate Texas for her loss of territory by a money payment.
4.Pass an effective fugitive slave law.
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He led the nation through the Civil War to preserve the nation. Not only was he a leader but he also helped put an end to slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment. This amendment stated, 'Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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This was the bloodiest in the nation’s history and resulted in approximately 750,000 deaths. This war was between Northern states that were loyal to the Union and the southern states that had seceded (confederate states). This war started because of the debate of whether states should be free or slave states.
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The first transcontinental railroad was constructed between 1863-1869 and was 1,912-miles long. The transcontinental railroad crossed western plains and mountains and linked the West Coast with the rail networks of the eastern United States. Helped to improve transportation of western food crops, raw materials, and other manufactured goods.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone on March 7, 1876. This invention revolutionized communication. He was very interested in sound technology mainly because his wife and his mother were deaf. Not only did he invent the telephone but he also launched the Bell Telephone Company in 1877.
