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Thomas Jefferson Elected President
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) defeated John Adams (Federalist) in the presidential election of 1800 by an electoral vote of seventy-three to sixty-five. -
Louisianna Purchase
This was bought by President Thomas Jefferson from France. It occupied the land West of the Mississippi and North up to Canada. The total cost of this land was 15 million dollars. -
Embargo Act of 1807
This act closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. This was President Jefferson's response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars. -
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War of 1812
Before the war: Britain against France. The U.S. was friends with both Britain and France. The U.S. wanted to try and remain neutral and also still trade with everyone. Great Britain and the U.S. still had some bad blood from the revolution.
Actual war: U.S. against Great Britain. There were 3 Theatres of War: The Atlantic Ocean, the American-Canadian frontier, and the Southern and Gulf regions. -
Battle of New Orleans
The United States achieved its greatest land victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The battle thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port. -
Star Spangled Banner was Written
During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write The Star Spangled Banner. This song was later adopted as the national anthem in 1931. -
Treaty of Ghent
This was the peace treaty of the War of 1812. Now the United States and Great Britain loved each other again. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Passed by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
In this court case, an enslaved Black man named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court. They claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited. However, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle marked the turning point of The American Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy.