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Arrived at Arkansas Post in 1820, it was the first steam engine driven train in Arkansas.
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A new mail route was invented to make carrying mail with much less difficult.
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William Woodruff used the "Arkansas Gazette" to support the ideals of the "Family." Many articals attacked not only Crittenden and his supporters, but also ideas related to the Whig Party.
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Many tribes signed treaties that forced them to sell or surrender their lands to the government. These tribes received little or nothing in return.
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President Jackson ordered troops to march into Georgia and forcibly remove all remaining tribes.
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It was the first State Capitol Building.
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25th STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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One bank's records mysteriously disappeared. The other bank was accused of playing favorites and making high risk loans to family members and friends.
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A war between Mexico and 'murica.
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People in Van Buren and Fort Smith promoted the area as a major supply center for those heading to California. It boosted population and economy.
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Allowed California to enter the Union as a slave-free. Discontinue the salve trade in the nation's capital. Let the new western territories decide the question of slavery for themselves. Strengthened the fugitive act.
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Harriet Beecher Stove decided to write "Uncle Tom's Cabin, she knew the story would make the horrors of slavery come alive for thousands of readers.
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A. Douglas of Illinois created a bill suggesting taht the Louisianna Purchase lands be divided into the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
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20 men marched into the U.S. Arsenal in Harper's Ferry
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A group of Mormons attacked the Fancher wagon train killing all but 17 of the children.