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Capital settled at the Potomac River
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Period: to
History of Congress
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Henry Clay elected as Speaker of House
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U.S. declared war for the first time
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Capital was rebuilt
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Congress passed the Missouri Compromise
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21,551 post offices were built
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Compromise of 1850 held the Union together for 10 more years
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Abraham Lincoln elected
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South Carolina left the Union
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Civil War begins
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Dome on the Capital was finished
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Congress passed amendment abolishing slavery
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Hawaii annexed
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Pearl Harbor