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President John Adams was the first President to live in the White House (then called the Executive Mansion),
Sixteen days later, the United States Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C. By December 6th by Thomas Jefferson. -
Thomas Jefferson left office as President of the United States
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Ohio was admitted as the 17th state of the Union
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Martha Washington, the first first lady of the United States, died.
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Michigan was established
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James Madison was elected the fourth President of the United States
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James Madison was founded
Succeeding Thomas Jefferson as President. -
President James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton
Won the Election to enter the War of 1812 by a 128-89 majority in the Electoral College. -
James Monroe defeated Rufus King in the US presidential election.
Received 183 electoral votes to become the Federalist King by 34 votes. -
James Monroe was inaugurated as President of the United States by James Madison.
His vice President, Daniel D. Tompkins, will be with Monroe for eight years. -
The United States recognized Mississippi as the 20th state
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James Monroe was re-elected for a second term
In a landslide at the College of Elections, Monroe beat John Quincy Adams 231 to 1. -
Florida became an official territory of the United States.
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In New York State, slavery was abolished by law
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The boundary treaty with Mexico entered into force.
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The incumbent Democratic President, Andrew Jackson, became President
To succeed John Quincy Adams for the sole term. -
President Andrew Jackson signed the Forces Act.
It authorized him to use troops if necessary to enforce federal laws in South Carolina. -
Martin Van Buren continued to win for the Democratic Party in the November presidential election
He defeated the Whigs, William H. Harrison, 170-73 in the Electoral College vote. -
President Martin Van Buren and Vice President Richard M. Johnson served.
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The city of Jackson, Mississippi, passed the first state law allowing women to own property
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William Henry Harrison defeated President Martin Van Buren for a second term.
Harrison, a Whig, won the popular vote contest with 234 electoral votes in favor and 60 in favor. -
Democrat James K. Polk received 170 electoral votes for 105 in exchange for Clay defeating Henry Clay to become President.
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Congress vetoed the President's veto. President Taylor vetoed military appropriations.
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The Department of the Interior
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Democrat Franklin Pierce won a convincing victory for the President,
He defeated Whig Winfield Scott by 254 votes to 42. He also won a majority of votes. Four years as President, beginning on March 4, 1853, would frustrate The Democrats, who failed to renominate him for the presidency in 1856. -
In The United States, President Franklin Pierce held the first World's Fair, an exhibition of industries of all nations.
Twenty-three foreign countries and colonies are located on Sixth Avenue of the great Palace where the New York Public Library is currently located. -
Booker T. Washington was born
Born into slavery on a tobacco farm in Franklin County, Virginia, he went on to become one of the most important black leaders and educators of the 20th century. -
James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th President of the United States
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Dred Scott, an American slave who prompted the Supreme Court to rule on slavery, died.
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Oregon was admitted as the 33rd state of the Union
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South Carolina responded to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
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Officially established CSA- Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President of the United States
Hannibal Hamlin served as vice President. -
The USS Monitor won the battle with the Allied iron Virginia on Hampton Road, Virginia
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Daniel Freeman filed one of the first homestead applications with the Land Authority in Brownsville, Nebraska
Consolidated the first day of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. -
President Lincoln defeated former Confederate General George B. McClellan's rebellion in the South
Lincoln received 212 votes by 2.2 million votes in the College of Elections, while McClellan received 1.8 million votes by 21 votes in the College of Elections. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
Five days after the surrender was signed. Actor John Wilkes Booth shot in a play about "Our American Cousin," ending a lifetime of presidents who presided over a rebel war and the end of slavery. Lincoln would die a day later. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
It was the first federal law to protect the rights of African Americans. It was vetoed by President Johnson, but it was vetoed by Congress. -
Farms are organized to protect the interests of American farmers.
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Wyoming passed the Suffragette Act.
This was the first step towards the success of the suffragette movement. -
Standard Oil was founded by John D.Rockefeller.
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The first African American to be sworn in by the United States Congress
Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Mississippi Republican, took over as U.S. Senator. -
The Secretary of State announced the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution
It gave black people the right to vote. Race is officially no longer a ban on voting. -
The first major league baseball
The National Association, for the first time, played Cleveland's Forest City against Wayne Keikiasburg. Fort Wayne won the first official game 2-0 -
New York Mayor Boss Tweed has been arrested
Thomas Nast, the German-American satirist who played a major role in the downfall of Boss Tweed in the cartoon, distorted the ring -
In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened
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Senator Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in Rochester, New York, in the presidential election to promote women's right to vote
Republican President Ulysses S. Grant was elected in a landslide election committee victory, with 286 votes. His opponent, Horace Greeley, died just before the Electoral college vote on November 29th. His vote was divided into four. -
America's first zoo opened in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park
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Congress passed the Civil Rights Act.
Blacks were given equal rights in jury service and accommodation. It would be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883. -
The federal government has passed legislation
To complete the privately funded Washington Monument, which at the time allocated $2 million -
President Grant signed the law establishing the world's first national park
To establish Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
