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Library of Congress is Founded
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Thomas Jefferson Becomes President
3rd President of the U.S. -
Marbury v. Madison
Established judicial review -
Louisiana Purchase
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First Steamboat Journey
by Robert Fulton on the Hudson River -
James Madison Becomes President
4th President of the U.S. -
War of 1812 Begins
U.S. declares war on Great Britain -
Treaty of Ghent
Ends War of 1812 -
Panic of 1819
Foreclosures, bank failures, and unemployment -
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Preserved balance of free states and slave states -
Internal Combustion Engine
Patented by Samuel Morey -
Indian Removal Act
Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi River -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Deadly slave rebellion in Virginia -
Trail of Tears Begins
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Texas Revolution Begins
Battle of Gonzales -
Battle of the Alamo
Ended on March 6, 1836 -
Texas Independence from Mexico
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Panic of 1837
Financial crisis resulting in a major recession -
Mexican War Begins
U.S. and Mexico fought over land in Texas and other areas -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
End of the Mexican War -
Compromise of 1850
Attempt to avoid increasing tensions between the North and South -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave living in free territory was denied his freedom -
Abraham Lincoln Becomes President
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Civil War Begins
Battle of Fort Sumter -
Civil War Ends
Battle of Appomattox Court House: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
Standard Oil Company
Created by John D. Rockefeller -
15th Amendment
The right to vote is given to African Americans