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1790s-1840s
Second Great Awakening
1816
American Colonization Society formed
1826
American Society for the Promotion of Temperance founded
1828
Jackson elected president
1830
Congress passes Indian Removal Act
1831
Tocqueville and Beaumont tour America
1833
American Anti-Slavery Society founded
1838 -1839
Trail of Tears
1841 -1847
Brook Farm
1848
First board of education
Seneca Falls Convention
An interactive, expanded timeline for the period before 1876 can be found in Program 13.
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