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1800
Washington D.C. becomes U.S. capital
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1803
Louisiana Purchase from France doubles U.S. size
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1804
Lewis and Clark explore Louisiana and Northwest Territories
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1812 - 1814
War of 1812 fought between U.S. and Britain
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1819
U.S acquires Florida from Spain
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1830
Indian Removal Act forces Native Americans west of
Mississippi River
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1836
Texans defend the Alamo
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1838
Cherokee Nation forced west on "Trail of Tears"
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1846
Mexican War gives U.S Southwestern Territories
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1846
Britain cedes Oregon Country to U.S
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1848
Gold discovered in California
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1853
National Council of Colored People is founded
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1860
Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president of the U.S
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1861
Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter
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1862
Lincoln proclaims abolition of slavery in the U.S.
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1869
Coast- to- coast railroad is finished in Utah
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1876
Custer defeated at Battle of Little Big Horn
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1889
Jane Addams founds Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants
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1898
U.S. defeats Spain in Spanish, American War
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