1800-1876 Timeline

  • Thomas Jefferson becomes President

    Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president of the United States
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson Purchased from France, doubling the size of the country
  • Burning of the White house

    The White House is burned down by the British.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    Makes Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state to satisfy the needs of both the Confederacy and the Union.
  • Battle of the Alamo

    A hard-fought battle between Texas and Mexico
  • The Compromise of 1850

    Dealt with the issue of what states are slave states and which states arent when expanding westward.
  • Civil war starts

    A war between the north and the south
  • Civil war ends

    A war between the North and the South
  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Killed in a theatre
  • Ulysses S Grant Becomes President

    Becomes the 18th president of the United States. A Civil war hero