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on this day sam houston became president
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Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent.
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Texas became part of the united states on december 29, 1845
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo entitled Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican republic
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In the November 1860 election, Lincoln won and made a law against slavery.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery
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The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that all citizens of the United States allowed to vote
