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Period: to
1825-1850
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Opening of the Erie Canal
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First American Use of the Steam-Powered Printing Press
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Tariff of Abominations
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Andrew Jackson is elected president
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Jackson is in-augurated
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Congress Passes Indian Removal Act
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Nat Turner's Revolt in Virgina
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Nullification Crisis
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General Santa Anna elected president of Mexico
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Martin Van Buren inaugurated
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William Henry Harrison elected president
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Harrison dies, John Tyler takes office.
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Samuel F. B. Morris operates 1st telegraph
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James K. Polk elected president
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Wilmot Proviso
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Free-Soil Party was formed
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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General Zachary Taylor elected president
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Millard Fillmore takes office
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The American Know-Nothing Party is founded
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California admitted as free-state
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Compromise of 1850
