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America buys Louisiana Territory for France for a cheap price and doubles its size.
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The first cotton factory was created. It was worked by a bunch of cotton gins working together.
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Missouri is admitted into the union and Maine is admitted as a free state.
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Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States of America
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Andrew Jackson removed the Native Americans and gave them a place to live in Oklahoma.
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The Indians are removed and many of them died on the way to Oklahoma. It was very sad for the Indians.
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A war between Mexico and America over the border. Mexico thought the border was the the Nueces River, but America thought the border was the Rio Grande.
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Nothern California would become a free state and the south would have the Fugitive Slave Law
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This is a book that was written to show how slaves were treated in the south
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There was a lot of fighting in Kasas because everybody either wanted slavery or no slavery.
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This was basicly a fix of the Missouri compromise. Lots of people now rushed to Kansas becuase popular soveirnty was being used.
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This process turned molten iron into steel. This would later help the skyscraper industry.
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Dred Scott was very disrespected in court as did not recieve a fair trial. The government was very racist to him.
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It was discovered in Titusville, PA by Edwil L. Drake. This started a new industry that help other industries like later, the car industry.
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On this day John Brown led 21 men into a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. He was trying to free the slaves.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as president for the United States of America
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This was a war between the South and the North. The South wanted slavery, and the North wanted to abolish it.
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The South tried to invade the North. This was a turning point in the war. The Union won this battle.
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President Lincoln wrote this proclimation stating that slavery everywhere will be abolished. Now the North had something to fight for.
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Sherman captured the a port in Savannah at the end of this march.
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The South surrendered here and the North had won the war. This ended the bloodies American wars of all time.
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America had to rebuild itself and make freedom available to all people. This probably would take a long process, but it needed to be done.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Boot in Fords Theater. He was shot in the back of the head.
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These were secrative codes that the South used. They stated that African Americans still didn't have rights in the South.
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This abbolished slavery everywhere in America. Now slaves were free anywhere they went.
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Andrew Johnson had a case was might have gotten impeached becuase of crimes and misdemeanors
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This amendment granted freedom to all people that live in America and that laws apply to them.
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A railroad across the country that would make travel quicker and more effective. Now a 6 month trip could take 6 days.
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This granted voting right to African Americans and any color of race.
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John D. Rockefeller invented this industry and make million using tactics and bought other companies.
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Now people could talk from their own homes and communicate the same. This was inspired by the telepraph.
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the light bulb was invented by burning cardboard between an electiric current. This would revolutionize electricity
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Now other companies could not buy eachother. This would eliminate major compitition, and help not as good compainies
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Mark Twain state that America looked like gold on the outside but when you look at it close you call tell its anything but gold.
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Now steel was being massed produced, and available for everyone.
