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Capital moved to Washington DC
moved from Philadelphia to DC -
Marbury vs Madison
Greatly expands power of Court -
Louisiana Purchase
Bought from France for 15 million, nearly doubles the US size. Extends from the Mississippi to the Rockies. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark set out to map out the new terrain. -
James Madison for president
Madison is inaugurated as fourth president. -
War of 1812
US declares war on Britain for interference with shipping. -
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty that ends the War of 1812 -
McCulloch vs Maryland
gives right to Congress to establish a national bank -
Missouri Compromise
an effort to keep the balance of free and slave states, Missouri becomes a slave state -
Monroe Doctrine
America is off limits by European Powers -
Articles of Confederation
Continental Congress adopts the first US constituion -
Gibbons vs Ogden
Congresś right to regulate interstate commerce -
Indian Removal Act
Forces all Native Americans out of US territory -
Trail of Tears
more than 15,000 Cherokees are forced to move -
Mexican War
US declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico recognizes Rio Grande as boundary and US gains California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and parts of Wyoming and Colorado -
Women Rights
convention held at Seneca Falls, N.Y. -
Gadsden Purchase
U.S acquires border territory from Mexico for 10 million. -
Abe Lincoln for President
Lincoln is elected President -
South Carolina secedes
South Carolina secedes from the union. -
Confederate States of America
Many Southern states leave and form their own country. -
Civil War
The North and South go at it over the expansion of slavery -
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg is fought -
Emancipation Proclamtion
Freeing slaves in the Confederate -
Lincoln dies
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth -
13th Amendment
Slavery is prohibited -
Alaska
US buys Alaska for 7.2 million -
15th Amendament
Allows blacks to vote.