1800-1876

By MicahGun01

  • Thomas Jefferson Elected President, Aaron Burr Elected Vice President

  • Ohio Become 17th State

  • Louisana Purchase

    The U.S. paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase, and Napoleon gave up his empire in North America. The U.S. gained control of Mississippi trade route and doubled its size.

  • New Jersey Abolish Slavery

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins

    First American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States

  • Thomas Jefferson Reelected, George Clinton Elected as Vice President

  • Robert Fulton Invents Steamboat

  • Embargo Act Passed

    The Embargo Act of 1807 is passed, which forbid all exportation of goods from the United States.

  • International Slave Trade Outlawed

  • James Madison Elected President, George Clinton Reelected as Vice President

  • Non-Intercourse Act Passed

    The act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports.

  • Louisiana Become 18th State

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    War of 1812 Begins

    War between the U.S and the United Kingdom. Started over British violations of U.S. maritime rights.

  • James Madison Reelected as President, Elbridge Gerry Elected as Vice President

  • Burning of Washington

    During the War of 1812, British troops burned down many Washing buildings, including the White House.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Peace Treaty that ended the War of 1812.

  • James Monroe Elected as President, Daniel D. Tompkins Elected as Vice President

  • Indiana Become the 19th State

  • Mississippi Become the 20th State

  • Cumberland Road Opened

    First major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.

  • Illinois Become the 21st State

  • Panic of 1819

    Featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing

  • Adams–Onís Treaty

    Ceded Florida to the United States

  • Alabama become 22nd State

  • Missouri Compromise

    Provided for the admission of the District of Maine into the Union as a free state and of the southeastern portion of the Missouri Territory into the Union as the slave state of Missouri.

  • Monroe and Tompkins Both Reelected

  • Missouri Became 24th State

  • John Quincy Adams Elected as President

  • Andrew Jackson Elected as President, Calhoun Reelected as Vice President

  • Second Great Awakening Revival

    Second Great Awakening revival took place. It mainly caused for countless people to be converted and many churches were changed and revived.

  • Indian Removal Act Passed

    The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands.

  • Jackson Reelected as President, Martin Van Buren Elected as Vice President

  • Force Bill Passed

    The bill granted more power to the President

  • Texas Revolution Begins

  • Arkansas Becomes the 25th State

  • Martin Van Buren Elected as President, Richard Mentor Johnson Elected as Vice President

  • Michigan Becomes the 27th State

  • William Henry Harrison Elected as President, John Tyler Elected Vice President

  • President Harrison Dies, John Tyler Becomes President

  • Dorr Rebellion

    Civil war that took place in Rhode Island

  • James Knox Polk Elected as President

  • Texas Annexation

    Polk signed into law a bill admitting the Republic of Texas into the union as the state of Texas.

  • American-Mexican War Begins

  • Iowa Become the 29th State

  • Zachary Taylor Becomes President

  • Franklin Pierce Becomes President

  • Kansas Nebraska Act Passed

    Allowed for people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders

  • James Buchanan Becomes President

  • South Carolina secedes from the Union.

  • Ten more states seceded from the Union and established the Confederate States of America.

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    American Civil War Begins

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    Dakota War of 1862

    War between the United States and several bands of Dakota.

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

  • American Civil Wars Ends

    The war ended with the surrender of the last elements of the Confederacy.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment was Passed

    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, permanently outlawing slavery.

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassinated, Andrew Johnson Becomes President

  • Texas Readmitted to Congress

  • Ulysses S. Grant Becomes President

  • Colorado Becomes the 38th State

  • Rutherford B. Hayes Becomes President

    Although Rutherford B. Hayes had less popular votes in the election, he had 1 more electoral vote than his rival, which got him elected.