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Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.The Declaration of Independence was signed when young Andrew was nine years old and at thirteen he joined the Continental Army as a courier.
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President James Monroe’s annual message to Congress contained the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
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The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person
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supreme court ruling stating that slaves were not citizens
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Santa Anna's troops besieged the Alamo from February 23 to March 6, 1836
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In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River
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No nation ever existed without some sense of national destiny or purpose.
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In 1846, President Polk declared war on Mexico and sent troops to New Mexico and California under General Kearny.
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The 1846 Wilmot Proviso was a bold attempt by opponents of slavery to prevent its introduction in the territories purchased from Mexico following the Mexican War
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mass migration to california after the discovery of gold in 1848
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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife
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Harriet was made an official "conductor" of the UGRR.
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In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" to show slavery as a thing so cruel and unjust.
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On May 30, 1854 the areas of Nebraska and Kansas were territories that wanted to become states
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July 1861 the northern newspapers pressured President Lincoln to bring a quick end to the rebellion of the southern states
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Throughout March of 1861 the Confederate authorities sought to drive out the Union occupants of Fort Sumter .Davis and his cabinet decided to dispatch General Beauregard to siege Fort Sumter
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The Confederate army now numbered about 40,000 men
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This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863
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16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history--the CIVIL WAR
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ended slavery
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On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln
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gaurenteed full citizenship status and rights to every person born in the U.S. including african americans
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which gaurenteed that no male citizen could be denied the right to vote on the basic of race,color,etc.
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17 president of the united states.