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Society for the Prevention of Pauperism established in New York
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Missouri Compromise balancing "slave states" and "free states"
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Indian Removal Act passes U.S. Congress.
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Dread Scott Decision - U.S. Supreme Court rules that slaves do not become free if they move to free teritory; denies citizenship to African Americans and therefore access to federal courts.
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Battle of Little Bighorn: Sioux victorious over Custer and U.S. Seventh Cavalry
