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Jefferson becomes the third president of the United States after a tie-breaking vote is taken in the House.
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20,000 people gather in Cane Ridge, Kentucky, for a nine day camp meeting.
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These two enemies met on a dueling ground in New Jersey, and Burr shoots Hamilton in the stomach.
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Robert Fulton sells the first steam boat on the Hudson River
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Handpicked by Jefferson, Madison comes to power in the middle of a war.
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William Henry Harrison gained the victory in this battle against the British and the Native Americans.
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In this second war between Britain and America, American forces emerge victorious after 3 years of fighting.
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The shortest U.S President, Monroe is best known for his Monroe Doctrine, which he created as Secretary of State.
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Enacted to protect American manufacturing against the flood of British goods entering the market, the tariff is deeply unpopular with the agricultural South.
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This convention sets the boundary between U.S and Canada at the 49th Parallel.
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The first major depression in American history, this panic is brought on by an abrupt drop in world agricultural prices.
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Congress reaches a compromise on the Missouri question. All states north of 36' 30 are free, while those south of that line remain slave states.
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In order to balance the House between slave and free states, Maine and Missouri enter the Union together, as free and slave states, respectively.
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This controversial figure of the Second Great Awakening became a minister after studying law for several years.
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Sometimes referred to as the "Eigth Wonder of the World," the Erie Canal expanded water transportation in America.
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After a three way tie between Adams, Jackson, and Crawford, Henry Clay manipulates the House to ensure Adams is elected President.
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Adams, Jackson, Clay, and Van Buren join together to secure this high new tariff. The South is enraged and refers to this as the "Tariff of Abominations."
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Joseph Smith founds the Mormon church and becomes its first president.
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In November 1832, the South Carolina Nullification Convention declares the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void, and threatens to secede the union if the federal government attempts to collect the tariffs.
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Passed to calm the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, the Force Bill allows Jackson to send troops into South Carolina to ensure that the federal law is obeyed.
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With the invention of the mechanical reaper, grain harvesting is made easier and more profitable.
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The Senate censures President Jackson for executive tyranny.
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Martin Van Buren easily wins this election. He faced four Whig candidates.
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This perfectionist community in New York evolved into a silverware company.
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The first campaign with songs and slogans, Harrison and his Vice President Tyler win by a landslide.
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After the death of President Harrison, John Tyler becomes the leader of the nation.
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One month after taking the Oath of Office, Harrison dies of pneumonia.
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Imprisoned Smith is killed when an anti-Mormon lynch mob storms the jail where he is a prisoner.
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The "Rainbow" is the first clipper in America.
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This transcendentalist commune is dissolved due to economic failure.
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Lincoln is sworn in as the 16th president of the United States.
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signed in Montgomery, Alabama
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Confederate forces attack Union ones at Fort Sumter, thus beginning the Civil War.
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Lincoln's request for half a million Union soldiers is approved by Congress.
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This bloody battle results in more than 20,000 casualties.
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Over 26,000 soldiers are killed or missing in action at this Battle, which is the bloodiest day in U.S history.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in Union captured territory.
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Accidentally shot by his own men, General Jackson dies of gunshot wounds.
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As he dedicates the National Cemetery, Lincoln gives this famous speech.
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Union forces almost destroy Richmond, Virginia while capturing this Southern stronghold.
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This infamous white supremacist group is created in Mississippi.
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General Lee surrenders to General Grant, officially ending the Civil War.
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Shot by John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln dies a little over a month into his second term as president.
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Andrew Johnson becomes the de facto president after Lincoln's death.
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This amendment abolishes slavery in the United States.
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This amendment guarantees citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
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The victorious Grant becomes president.
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This amendment gives all men the right to vote.
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