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US Capital
The Capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. -
3rd United States President
Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third President of the United States -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States paid France for the Louisiana Territory which expands west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains causing the US to double in size. -
Lewis and Clark
The exploration in search of a route to the Pacific Ocean. -
4th United States President
James Madison is elected as the fourth United States President. -
5th United states President
James Monroe is elected as the fifth President of the United States. -
6th United States President
John Quincy Adams is elected at the sixth President of the United States -
7th United States President
Andrew Jackson is elected as the seventh United States President. -
Texas Gains Independence
Texas gains independence from Mexico. -
8th United States President
Martin Van Buren is elected as the eighth United States President. -
Manifest Destiy
Intentions of spreading all the way to the West Coast -
11th United States President
James K. Polk is elected as the eleventh United States President. -
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and begins to help others do the same -
12th United States President
Zachary is elected as the twelfth President but soon dies and is replaced by the Vice President. -
14th United States President
Franklin Pierce is elected as the fourteenth United States President. -
15th United States President
James Buchanan is elected the fifteenth United States President. -
16th United States President
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth United States President. -
Civil War
conflict Between North and south over the expansion of slavery into western states begins -
confederacy President
Jefferson Davis is elected President -
Emacipation Proclamation
All slaves are freed from the confederate states. -
civil war
conflict Between North and south over the expansion of slavery into western states ends -
President Lincoln Assasinated
Vice President Andrew Johnson took on the role of President. -
13th Amendment
Prohibiting slavery in every state -
18th United States President
Ulysses S Grant is elected as the eighteenth United States President. -
First Transcontinental Railroad
Central and union Pacific railroads are conjoined.