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History of 1800-1876
This is a timeline of the history in 1800-1876. There are many dates that are not included, but theses are a few dates that I researched. -
Tripolitan War
The Tripolitan War started in 1801 and ended 1805. This war also goes by the name First Barbary War. The war was caused by a conflict between the United States and Tripolitan. The conflict arose because the United States refused to pay acclamation to the rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. -
President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, and his presidency ended in 1809. Jefferson became a leader of the Democratic-Republican political party. He became Vice President under John Adams after the 1796 election. Four years later, he defeated both Adams and Aaron Burr in the 1800 election. Jefferson became president in 1801. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France. This purchase doubled the size of the young republic. -
President James Madison
Madison was president from 1809-1817. Madison was elected fourth President of the United States. When he became president, he brought many enslaved individuals to the White House and hired out additional enslaved people to help run the presidential household. During his presidency, he faced great tension between the United States and Great Britain. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812was a conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain. The conflict was over Britain's violation of United States maritime rights. The war ended with the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars caused the War of 1812. -
British Attack
British army attacks Washington and burns the Library of Congress and the Capitol. -
President James Monroe
James Monroe was president from 1817-1825. He was considered the last Founding Father. Monroe created the Monroe Doctrine that was one of his significant accomplishments. The Monroe Doctrine warns the European nations that the United States doesn't authorize colonization. The Western Expansion was another one of his accomplishments. The Western Expansion was a 19th century movement of settlers into American west. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states. Maine, which was a part of Massachusetts, was permitted as a free state. This allowed Missouri to be permitted as a slave state. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was publicly declared on December 2, 1823 by president James Monroes, and it announced that the United States would not permit European intervention in the Western Hemisphere. -
President John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was president from 1825-1829. John Quincy Adams was the son of John and Abigail Adams. Quincy Adams witnessed the American Revolution, the founding of a new nation, and the American Civil War during his lifetime. He was devoted to public service, and he is remembered as a vocal opponent of slavery. As president, Quincy Adams made internal improvements. -
President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was president from 1829-1837. When he became president, he signed the Indian Removal Act. He also imposed dozens of unfair treaties on the Native Americans. -
Electric Telegraph
In Germany, during 1833, Carl Friedrich Gauss invented the Electric Telegraph. This was the earliest electrical method of communication. The invention was used to communicate with people that were in other cities, states, and countries by transmitting information through a wire. -
Propeller
The propeller was invented in the United States. It was invented by Francis Pettit Smith. A propeller is a rotating hub or a radiating blade that spirals, and it was primarily used on boats. It pushes against the water to move something in a specific direction. -
President Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was president from 1837-1841. When he was president, he continued many of his predecessors' policies and removed thousands of Native Americans from their lands. -
Morse Code
Samuel Morse invented Morse code for the telegraphs. They used it while they were on ships or if they were in danger and needed help. -
President John Tyler
John Tyler was the president during 1841-1845. Tyler was elected as the Vice President under William Henry Harrison. Harrison died after one month in office, and Tyler was elected to be the next president. -
President William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was president for one mont in 1941. The Whigs, in need of a national hero, nominated him as their president. Harrison caught a cold that developed into pneumonia. On April 4, 1841, he died. He was the first president to die as a president in office, and with him, the Whig Party died, too. -
President James K. Polk
James K. Polk was the president during 1845-1849. Polk had his mind set on being a Vice President, but he was elected as a presidential nominee because of his support for the Manifest Destiny. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in U.S. This convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. -
President Zachary Taylor
President Zachery Taylor was in office from 1849-1850. Taylor got sick on July 9, 1850, and he died of a gastrointestinal illness at the White House. While he was in office he was in office, he was a slave owner and surrounded by enslaved valets, cooks, and maids. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. She tells the story of Tom is depicted as a dignified slave. When Tom was being transported on a boat to a slave auction in New Orleans, he saves the life of a littler girl named Eva. Eva's father is so grateful to Tom for saving his daughter that he purchases Tom, and Eva and Tom become friends. -
President James Buchanan
John Buchanan was in office from 1857-1861. The nation was dividing rapidly at the time of his presidency. Buchanan did not grasp that he could rely on the constitutional doctrine to close the rift of slavery, and he failed to understand that concept. He was not a very successful president because he let other people do his work. -
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court denies citizenship to the African Americans. -
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was in office from 1861-1865. Lincoln thought secession was illegal, and he always defended federal law and the Union. He wanted to balance the Union because he cared very much for the citizens and his country. Lincoln won the election in 1864, and he continued to make many impacts in the Union and the country by taking steps to unify the nation after the American Civil War. -
American Civil War
The American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States lasted from 1861-1865. The war was between the United States and eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. This war was during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. The Union Arm6 was twice the size of the Confederate army, and this war was the deadliest war in American history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves -
Transcontinental Railroad
The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 and was very successful. The railroad transported Western food crops and raw materials to the East Coast markets and transported manufactured goods from the East Coast to West Coast. This railroad was used for transpiration. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone for communication. The telephone was used to communicate information.
