The Mass Immigration of the 1840s
In the mid-1840s, the last major famine in European history would take place in Ireland. This famine would have significant ramifications for America, as it would lead to a massive wave of immigrants.
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The Second Florida War
With President Martin Van Buren in the White House came increasing extermination of the Native Americans. While many will recall the Trail of Tears leading to thousands of Native American deaths, the Second Florida War would be the “longest and most costly of all the army’s Indian Wars,” as it stretched from 1835 to 1842. […]
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Under President Andrew Jackson, and his successor President Martin Van Buren, there was mass removal of Native Americans westward across America.
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