1800-1876

By SierraMcD1

  • 1800

    The U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

  • 1820

    Missouri compromise took place.

  • 1829

    Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.

  • 1830

    President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi River.

  • 1841

    William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the ninth president.

  • 1854

    Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

  • 1860

    Abraham Lincoln is elected president.

  • 1861

    Confederate States of America is established.

  • 1870

    Fifteenth Amendment to the constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote.

  • 1876

    The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.