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U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
[20] [g] The province brought along its dispute with the United States over the San Juan Islands, [22] as well as its portion of the Alaska boundary dispute. [16] Disputes: October 21, 1872 The dispute with the United States over the San Juan Islands was resolved in favour of the United States claim. [22] Disputes: July 1, 1873
The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [367] [375] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...
The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was created by combining Lower Canada and Upper Canada. It was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837 .
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Swedish immigrants. The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862, and to its eventual home in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875. Sedalia, Missouri is incorporated. The American South has c. 4 million slaves. 1860–1900 – 14 million immigrants come to the United States.
In 1958 Canada established (with the United States) the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). [208] There were voices on both left and right that warned against being too close to the United States. Few Canadians listened before 1957. Instead, there was wide consensus on foreign and defence policies from 1948 to 1957.
1899 (United States) Miners in Idaho dynamite a mill in retaliation for the Bunker Hill Mining Company firing 17 union members. [25] 1899 (United States) Brotherhood of Teamsters founded. [25] 1899 (United States) Buffalo, New York, Grain Shoveler's Strike occurred. [25] 1899 (United States) Cleveland, Ohio, Street Railway Worker's Strike ...