1800-1876

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    Second Great Awakening

    Second religious revival movement.

  • Thomas Jefferson elected as the 3rd President (1800 Revolution)

    Tied with Aaron Burr in the Electoral College which eventually became his VP.

  • John Marshall appointed Chief Justice

    Appointed by President Adams.

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Allowed the Supreme Court to invalidate laws passed by Congress.

  • Lousiana Purchase

    Land acquired from France.
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    Napoleonic Wars

    Fought between the French empire and several European powers, led by Napoleon I

  • 12th amendment

    Provided the procedure to elect the President and VP.

  • Lewis and Clark expedition

    First US expedition. Its purpose was to explore the west of the US.

  • Thomas Jefferson reelected

    George Clinton VP.

  • Embargo Act

    Embargo from all foreign nations during Napoleon ruling time.

  • Steamboat invented

    by Robert Fulton.

  • James Madison elected as the 4th President

    George Clinton VP.

  • War of 1812

    Conflict fought between the US and the UK.

  • James Madison reelected

    Elbridge Gerry VP.

  • Treat of Ghent

    Settled the War of 1812

  • Second Bank of US chartered

  • James Monroe elected as the 5th President

    Daniel D. Tompkins VP.

  • Panic of 1819

    The first financial crisis in the US followed by an economic collapse.

  • Adam-Onis Treaty

    Spain ceded Florida to the US.

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    Defined Congress' legislative power.

  • Dartmouth College v. Woodward

    Protects the principle of honoring contracts.

  • Missouri Compromise

    To let Missouri be a state where slavery was permitted.

  • James Monroe reelected

    Daniel D. Tompkins also reelected.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Opposed European Colonialism in American territory.

  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gave the Supreme Court the power to regulate interstate commerce.

  • John Quincy Adams elected president by HoR

    John C. Calhoun VP.

  • Erie Canal completed

  • Andrew Jackson elected as the 7th President

    John C. Calhoun reelected VP.

  • Indian Removal Act

    Allowed the President to negotiate with southern tribes to be removed west.

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Two day rebellion of slaves led by Nat Turner.

  • Worcester v. State of Georgia

    Supreme Court in favor of Native Americans, President Jackson ignores the ruling.

  • Black Hawk War

    Led by Black Hawk, a native Sauk leader.

  • Tariff of 1832

    Reduced existing tariffs as a solution to the tariff of 1828.

  • Andrew Jackson reelected

    Martin Van Buren new VP.

  • Texas War for Independence

    Santa Anna nullifies the 1824 constitution.
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    Second Seminole War

    Seminoles resisted relocation from Florida.

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Santa Anna defeats Texas Rebels.

  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Santa Anna defeated, recognized Texas independence.

  • Martin Van Buren elected as 8th President

    No one VP, Richard M. Johnson elected VP by Senate.

  • Panic of 1837

    Second financial crisis in the US.

  • Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge

    Reverted Dartmouth College v. Woodward.

  • Trail of Tearsf

    Forced removal of the Cherokee tribe.

  • William Henry Harrison elected as the 9th President

    John Tyler VP.

  • VP Tyler becomes President

    William Henry Harrison died after one month in office.

  • James K. Polk elected as the 11th President

    George M. Dallas VP.

  • Texas Annexation

    Texas became part of the Union as the 28th state.
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    US-Mexican War

    Right after the annexation of Texas.

  • Zachary Taylor elected as the 12th President

    Millard Fillmore VP.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Ends the Mexican-American War.

  • California Gold Rush

  • VP Fillmore becomes 13th President

    President Taylor dies.

  • Franklin Pierce elected as the 14th President

    William R. King VP.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Nullified the Missouri Compromise.

  • James Buchanan elected as the 15th President

    John C. Breckinridge VP.

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Slaves and blacks descended from slaves were not citizens.

  • Panic of 1857

    Third economic panic in the US.

  • Pony Express

    First mailing system in the US.

  • Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President

    Hannibal Hamlin VP.

  • States secede from the Union creating the Confederate States.

    South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
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    American Civil War emerges

    Between the Union and the Confederate States.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle with the largest amount of deaths in the civil war.

  • Abraham Lincoln is reelected

    Andrew Johnson VP.

  • Confederate surrender

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House.

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery.

  • Andrew Johnson 17th President

    Abraham Lincoln assassinated.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Defined citizenship and that everybody was equally protected.

  • Alaska Purchase

    Bought from the Russian Empire.

  • Andrew Johnson Impeached.

  • 14th Amendment

    All people born in the US is a citizen.

  • Ulysses S. Grant elected as the 18th President

    Schuyler Colfax VP.

  • 15th Amendment

    Allows every citizen to vote no matte of what race, color, etc.

  • Ulysses S. Grant reelected

    Henry Wilson VP.

  • Panic of 1873

    Fourth economic panic that started depression in Europe and North America.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    Gave all citizens equal treatment in public.

  • Rutherford B. Hayes elected as the 19th President

    William A. Wheeler VP.