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Bought for 15 million from Nepolean
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A case that allowed a judicial review
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The expedition set out down the Ohio River to the West Coast.
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William Henry Harrison and his troops engage Shawnee and Creek forces.
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Purpose of which is to return freed slaves to Africa.
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Congress offers a $50 reward for reporting the illegal importation of slaves into the United States.
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Stating that the U.S. will not tolerate European interference in Western Hemisphere.
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Creek Indians sign a second treaty ceding lands in western Georgia
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President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act authorizing the move of several tribes to Western lands.
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Americans in Texas territory vote to separate Texas from Mexico.
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To increase the amount of available money needed for a growing economy, the state banks begin to issue banknotes not backed by gold and silver. Inflation results from this practice.
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Santa Anna leads 3,000 men in a siege of the Alamo, killing all 187 Texans inside
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Cherokees from Georgia results in an estimated 4,000-8,000 deaths.
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U.S. settlers proclaim the independent Republic of California,
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Scott sued for his freedom, but the court ruled that he had never ceased to be a slave, denied that he was a citizen, and denied him the right to sue.
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Signals the beginning of the Civil War.
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Stating all slaves are free.
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The transcontinental railroad is completed as the two lines meet at Promontory Point, Utah.
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Marks a step backward as it makes tribal members children of the state rather than preserving their rights as members of sovereign nations.
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States that no citizen can be denied equal use of public facilities.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
