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US Capital
The US Capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC -
Louisiana Purchase
The Americans spent 15 million dollars from the French on 2.14 million square kilometers of land -
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Created the Electoral College -
The Embargo Act of 1807
The Us Congress imposed a trade embargo on all foreign countries -
The charter of the First Bank of the United States expires
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War of 1812
A battle between the United States and Great Britain and was fought over because there were British violations of U.S. maritime rights. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent and in America's favor. -
Burning of Washington
British troops burned Down Washington, D.C., but were forced to return to Baltimore -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a letter delivered to Congress by President James Monroe that warns European nations that America will no longer be tolerated any more colonization or puppet monarchs. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal provided water transportation between the Hudson River on the east and Lake Erie -
The Tariff of 1828
tariff passed by the Congress emplaced to protect industry in the Northern US. This forced the South to pay more for Northern and European goods. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening, which spread religion through revivals and emotional sermons, gave rise to many revolutionary movements. The revival was a key part of the movement, attracting hundreds of thousands of Protestants. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur traders and trappers between about 1811 and 1840 and can only be crossed on foot or on horseback -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Evacuation Act into law on May 28, 1830. This practice has been called a single act of systematic genocide because it has discriminated against a race in determining the mass death of a population. -
Force bill
The Forces Bill expanded the powers of the President -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexican troops defeated The Texas rebels at the Battle of the Alamo -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the US that caused an economic depression and lasted until the mid-1840s. -
Republic of Texas
The United States recognizes Texas. -
Trail of Tears
Forced withdrawal from the Cherokee nation from the southeastern United States, resulting in more than 4,000 deaths in the Trail of tears. -
US Mexican War
The annexation of Texas and the purchase of California led to the intensification of conflicts between the United States and Mexico, which eventually led to the War between the United States and Mexico. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American war. This has led to the loss of much of Mexico's land. -
California Gold Rush
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Fugitive slave laws in the United States
The compromise of 1850 included a series of laws that allowed slavery in the New Territories and forced officials in the free States to hear slave owners who enslaved people without a jury. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package by the United States Congress after five separate ACTS in September 1850 was to resolve the political confrontation between slaves and the status of free states in the acquisition of territory in the Mexican-American War. It also set the western and northern borders of Texas and included provisions for fugitive slaves and the slave trade. -
Scott vs Sandford
The Scott v. Sandford, otherwise known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a decision in which US Supreme Court held that the US Constitution was not intended to include American citizenship for black people, whether they were enslaved or free, and that the rights and privileges that the Constitution confers upon American citizens could not apply to them. -
South Carolina's Secession
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the US after Abraham Lincoln's victory in the presidential election. -
Abraham Lincoln became president
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States of America and served as president from 1861-1865. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the major turning points in the Civil War. This battle cost the Union 23,000 missing, wounded, or killed and the Confederates 25,000 casualties. This war is still the bloodiest battle in American history. -
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Slavery outlawed -
Ending of the Civil War
The Confederate surrendered under General Lee at Appomattox Court House. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth