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Law that prohibits engaging in slave ships and trade.
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President Thomas Jefferson purchases land from France, which doubled the size of the country.
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The 12th amendment allows congress to break a tie in the electoral vote.
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The war of 1812 begins
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Law that limits the term of civil servants to 4 years.
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President Andrew Jackson passes a law that pushed the Indians west to claim their land.
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People traveled west to search for gold
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Supreme Court rules that black people are not citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected to be the 16th president of the United States.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union. The First state to do so.
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Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederacy.
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The American Civil War begins in Fort Sumter
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Robert E. Lee is placed in command of the Army of North Virgina
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Civil War battle which that was the bloodiest day in American History.
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Order by President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves.
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Slavery is permanently outlawed.
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Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant, which ends the Civil War.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates president Abraham Lincoln
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Gave equal protection under the law to all citizens
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President Andrew Johnson is impeached but acquitted.
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Protected Rights of all people
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Prevents states from denying voting rights.
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Gave black people equal access to public services.
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President James Garfield Assassinated after only 200 days in office.
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The Food and Drug Administration regulates food and drugs to maintain public health.
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Nearly 150 women and girls were killed in a fire at the factory. This event helped establish unions and labor laws.
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British passenger liner that sank.
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Income Tax established
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Allows direct election of senators
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The Central bank of the United States is established.
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British ocean liner holding American passengers is attacked by Germany. This contributed to Americas involvement in WW1.
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The U.S. gets involved in WW1.
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Prohibited the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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Grants women the right to vote.
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The Stock Market crashes starting the great depression
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Ended prohibition
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Social security provides compensation for the old and wounded workers.
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor, sparking Americas involvement in WW2
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A communist witch hunt targeting politicians.
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13 day military standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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President John F. Kennedy is Assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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Act passed by L.B.J. that outlawed discrimination in the workplace.
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Presidential candidate and brother of J.F.K. Robert Kennedy is assassinated.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon.
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Shooting at Kent State by the Ohio National Guard at unarmed college students.
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President Richard Nixon is connected to a crime where the FBI broke into Democratic party offices.
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President Richard Nixon resigns after the Watergate scandal.
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Terrorist attacks on the World Trade center and the Pentagon.