1800-1876

By Kyount

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the US.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    America buys a large amount of land from France for the cheap sum of 15 million dollars.

  • The Missouri Compromise

    This compromise was proposed so that they could keep a balanced amount of free and slave states.

  • Denmark Vesey

    Denmark Vesey was an African American who bought his freedom. He tried to create a slave revolt but was found out. He was hanged along with his accomplices.

  • Nat Turner

    Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion that goes down in history.

  • The "Trails of Tear"

    Thousands of Cherokee Native Americans are forced to walk to a reservation where they are forced to live on.

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    This supreme court decision ruled that slaves are not citizens.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States.

  • States begin to Secede

    Southern states begin to secede from the Union and form the Confederacy.