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American History
Slavery: Millions of Africans were brought to the US as slaves. In the 1820-1850 slavery was limited to territories in the South.
In 1954, however, a law passed that allowed slavery to expand westwards. A new political party was established with Lincoln as their leader. When Lincoln became president in 1861, civil war broke out.
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Barack Obama, first black president
The Iraq/Afghanistan war (started in 2001 with America wanting to remove Taliban from power, main suspects of the 9/11 attacks.)
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After France's defeat in 1763, Native Americans were given reservations of land by the british government.
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New constitution in 1787. Became framework for democracy. 
In the 1850's Native Americans and Mexicans were forcibly killed or removed to reservations. Mexican-American war broke out in 1846-1848. Mexico lost.
Within a century, colonial settlements grew into 13 separate colonies with territories expanding westward. This made conflict with France.
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By 1920 America has become the largest industrial power in the world. (And also grown significantly due to immigration.)
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