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The Southern economy of the early 1800s was agriculture-based with few cities and factories.
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 Addressed the issue of the equality in the number of slave states and free states.
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In the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams became President of the United States.
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President Jackson assisted in the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Congress.
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A technological advancement during the Jackson years as president was the steam power trains
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The Panic of 1837 was caused by the closure of a large number of American banks.
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California was part of Mexico in the 1840s.
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In the 1850’s most trade goods headed to California arrived by ships that had to sail around.
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The Missouri Compromise was no longer in effect in 1855.
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Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union Victory in the Antietam battle.
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The Presidential election of 1876 allowed the south to make a bargain to have federal troops removed.