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Second Christian religous revival; helped to boost moral awareness of the American public on issues such as intolerance and slavery.
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The US purchases the French Lousiana territory of 828,000 square miles for $15 million, significantly expanding the US's territory.
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Expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the West Coast, and back. Explored parts of the new Lousiana territory.
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In order to prevent war, the US stops international trade.
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Robert Fulton invents the steamboat, which revolutionized water travel in the US.
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Due to British aggression, such as the impressment of US soldiers, and their provoking the Native Americans against the US, America declared war against Britain. War effectively ended with same pre-war relations/
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First major national highway opens. It was used by many for the journey westward.
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Through the Adams-Onís Treaty, the US acquires Florida.
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Henry Clay works out the Missouri Comprimise, attempting to end debates on slave vs free states by defining a boundary of the southern border of Missouri.
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President James Monroe declares further colonization of North America off-limits to the Europeans.
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The 363 mile long canal connects the Hudson river to Lake Erie.
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Son of John Adams, 2nd president.
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Slave revolt led by Nat Turner. Eventually subdued.
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Cyrus McCormick invents the mechanical reaper for harvesting crops.
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Economic recession caused by excessive economic expansion earlier
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Harrison's vice president
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Died in office
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Texas annexed into the Union in 1845 after gaining freedom from Mexico.
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War between US and Mexico after tensions from the annexation of Texas. Ended with the US gaining much of Mexican possesions in the Western US, including California.
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Died in office
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A "package" of 5 bills, including the Fugitive Slave Act, that attempted to reduce tensions on the slavery issue; ultimately, it only made it worse.
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Taylor's vice president
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Purchase of parts of modern-day New Mexico and Arizona completes US acquisitions of Mexican territory in the US.
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The Supreme Court rules that blacks do not count as citizens under the Constitution.
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Exonomic recession caused by an over-expanding economy, and reduced international trade.
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Southern states secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, starting with South Carolina
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In response to Abraham Lincoln's arrival in office and presumed anti-slavery policies, several states of the South succeded to form the Confederate States of America. The civil war began soon afterward. Ended in victory for northern(Union) states.
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Assasinated just after the beginning of his 2nd term.
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Civil War battle that is the bloodiest day in US history, with over 22'000 men killed, or wounded.
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A 3-day Civil War battle that is the most costly in terms of lives taken, with at least 46,000 men dead. Considered the turning point of the war.
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13th Amendment permanently outlaws slavery in the US.
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Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant. Soon afterward confederate general Joseph E. Johnston surrenders, effective ending the US Civil War
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Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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Lincoln's vice president
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Declared that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
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Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million.
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Made all former slaves US citizens.
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Transcontinental railroad completed, allowing quick transportation across the nation.
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Prohibits the Government from denying or removing the right of a citizen to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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Just over 3 square miles of Chicago burned in a major fire.
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The act was made after civil rights violations against blacks; supposed to "protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights".