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 | *1837 Abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery
mob. |
| 1837 Financial panic occurred, followed by depression lasting until
1843. |
| 1837 John Deere invented the steel-plow, steel surface kept soil from
sticking. Such made farming much easier in the rich prairies of the Midwest. |
| 1837 Panic of 1837 was followed by a major depression in the cotton
market. |
| 1838 Members of the Cherokees who saw no reason to give up their
homeland were rounded up by federal troops and forcibly marched to Oklahoma. Thus trek
become known as the "Trail of Tears" as almost a quarter of the Indians died on
the way. |
*Causes,** leading causes, ***immediate leading causes for a
Civil War.
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