Events
Massachusetts establishes the first state board of educationNathaniel Hawthorne's
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
is publishedU.S. census shows
17,069,453
people live in the United StatesRalph Waldo Emerson's
"Self-Reliance" is publishedMexican American War beginsUnited States acquires the
Oregon TerritoryElizabeth Cady Stanton
organizes the first women's rights
conventionCalifornia gold rush beginsHenry David Thoreau's
Walden is publishedHerman Melville's
"The Fiddler" is publishedSupreme Court
rules with Dred Scott decision that slaves are not citizen
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