US History 1800-1876

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  • Library of Congress founded

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins

  • Steamboat created by Robert Fulton

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    War of 1812

  • Treaty of Ghent ending War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

    Signed by Pres James Monroe

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Andrew Jackson becomes President

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

  • Battle of Alamo

  • Texas Annexation

  • Period: to

    US - Mexican War

  • California Gold Rush Begins

  • Matthew Perry opens Japan

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    This nullifies the Missouri Compromise

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Declared blacks are not citizens of the United States
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    Raid on Harper's Ferry

    Done by John Brown
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    Pony Express

  • South Caroline Secedes from Union

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President

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    Confederate States of America

  • Civil war Begins at Fort Sumter

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    American Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Period of Reconstruction begins

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    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Sherman's March to the Sea Begins

  • 13th Amendment abolishing slavery

  • Abraham Lincoln Assasinated

  • First Transcontinental Railroad Completed