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Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is elected as the third president. (1801-1809) -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 prohibited American ships from trading with all foreign ports. This act was put in place in hopes of devastating Britain and Frances economies. -
Presidency of James Madison
James Madison was Elected as fourth president. -
War of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. -
Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner is written by Francis Scott Key. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Indian Removal Act
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 white settlement of their ancestral lands. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. -
Compromise of 1850
Five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. The bill mandated popular sovereignty allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders -
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president. -
Civil War
War between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
15th Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote.