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Congress approves a declaration of war with Mexico.
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The Homestead Act passed. Allows citizens to acquire up to 160 acres by settling on public land for five years and paying $1.25 an acre.
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Plessy v. Ferguson case upholds the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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Theodore Roosevelt is elected president, and Charles W. Fairbanks becomes vice president.
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