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The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of both free and slave states.
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Factories were build by the river where all the factory steps were under one roof.
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It served as a vital commercial and military highway until the introduction of the railroad.
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A yearly trade was formeded, it lasted many days with trading, drinking and gambling.
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It was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard and the western interior of the United States that did not require portage.
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The Indian Removal Act was made to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river.
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He Led a rebellion that resulted in over deaths among their victims, the largest number of white fatalities to occur in one uprising
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The government was paying people to explore the land, and map it.
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The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States. Every bank began to accept payment only in specie
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American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
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The trail connected the states of the east via the passes across the mountains.
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For the first time accounts by journalist not opinionated politicians were the shapers of attitude towards war,
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New discovery of gold brought 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. About half came from the sea, and half from land.
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Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
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Declared that all runaway slaves be brought back to their masters.
