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Second Great Awakening
Throughout the early 1800s *no specific date recorded -
Louisiana Purchase
The US bought the Louisiana territory from France for over eleven million dollars *no specific date recorded -
Robert Fulton Invents the Steamboat
The first voyage was on August 17, 1807 *no specific date recorded -
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War of 1812
A war between the US and the United Kingdom -
James Monroe becomes president
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Missouri Compromise
Beginning of sectional conflict. Missouri entered as a slave state. No slavery above the 36°30' line. *no specific date recorded -
Andrew Jackson becomes president
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Complete Disestablishment in the United States
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Trail of Tears
Forceful removal of Cherokee Indians. *no specific date recorded -
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Texas Rebellion
The people of Texas vs. The Mexican Government -
Compromise of 1850
The North received California as a free state, Texas lost the boundary dispute with New Mexico, and the prohibition of the slave trade in Washington D.C. The South received permission for slaveholding in Washington D.C., no ban on slavery in Utah or New Mexico territories, the Fugitive Slave Law, and Texas got $10 million. *no specific date recorded -
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Bloody Kansas
Violent disputes of the legality of slavery in Kansas *no specific date recorded -
First Commercial Oil Well In North America
Drilled by George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake *no specific date recorded -
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American Civil War
Between the North and the South. Main cause was the issue of slavery -
Emancipation Proclamation
Signed by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Set all southern slaves free. -
Transcontinental Railroad is Complete
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Alexander G. Bell Invents the Telephone
The first call was made on March 10, 1876