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U.S. Capital
Washington D.C. becomes the new capitol -
3rd President
Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president -
Marbury v. Madison
Supreme Court establishes itself the right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional -
Louisiana Purchase
United States pays France for the Louisiana territory. Almost doubles the United States in size -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Explore the West in search of route to the Pacific Ocean -
4th President
James Madison is elected as forth president -
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War of 1812
United states declares war on Britain for interfering with shipping and westward expansion -
Treaty of Ghent
Officially ended the war of 1812 -
5th President
James Monroe is elected as the fifth president -
Florida
Spain gives Florida to the U.S. -
Missouri Compromise
A compromise trying to maintain a balance between free and slave state. Slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe declares that European power can't colonize on American soil -
6th President
John Quincy Adams is elected as the sixth president -
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Would become the first public railroad in the United States -
7th President
Andrew Jackson is elected as the seventh president -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson signed for all Native Americans to be forced to live west of the Mississippi River -
Declaration of Independence
Texas gained their Independence from Mexico -
8th President
Martin Van Buren is elected as the eighth president -
Trail of Tears
15,000 Cherokee Indians were marched from Georgia to Indian territory in Oklahoma -
9th President
William Henry Harrison is elected as the ninth president -
Manifest Destiny
John L. Sullivan brought the term to the public eye with intentions of spreading all the way to the west coast -
11th President
James K Polk is elected as the eleventh president -
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Mexican War
United States declares war on Mexico to try and gain California and other territories. Ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
Gold Rush
Gold is discovered in California causing the Gold Rush to begin -
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and becomes one of the most effective members -
12th President
Zachary is elected at the twelfth president. He later dies and is replaced by the Vice President -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Congress passed an act gaining the Kansas and Nebraska territories -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Supreme Court revealed that they don't have a right to ban slavery and decides that slaves are not citizens -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina secedes and becomes the first state -
16th President
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president -
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Civil War
Conflict about the expansion of slavery between the North and South -
Texas secedes
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Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves are freed from the confederate states -
Battle of Gettysburg
The turning point of the Civil War -
President Lincoln was assassinated
Vice President Andrew Jackson took over his role -
13th amendment ratified
It prohibited slavery in every state -
First transcontinental railroad
Central and union pacific railroad are joined to create the first transcontinental railroad -
15th amendment ratified
Gives the African-Americans the right to vote