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James Madison
James Madison is elected as the 4th president -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson doubles the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase -
Effects of Exploration
- Accurate maps
- Growth of Fur trade
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Embargo Act of 1807
American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foriegn ports, This damaged U.S. trade because merchants lost important markets. -
War of 1812
Causes of war
-impressment of U.S. citizens
-Interference with American ships
-British supprt and aid to the Native Americans
Effects of war
-increased American patriotism
-weakened Native American resistence
-U.S. manufacturing grew
.-The Federalist Party gained strength -
James Monroe
James Monroe is elected as the the 5th president -
John Q. Adams
John Q. Adams becomes the 6th president -
The Missouri Compromise
Was Missouri a free state or a slave state?
slavery was to be banned North of the 36 parallel of the Missouri border. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson elected as the 7th president -
Oregon Trail
In the 1830's AMerican began to travel to the Oregon County to settle. Reports of Oregons fertile land drew many people. THe Oregon trail ran from Independence, Missouri to Oregon. -
Jacksons Removal Policy
Jackson supported a plan of moving the Native Americans west of the Mississippi. Treaties were created to force tribes off their land. He believed the Natives could adopt white culture or move. The Indian Removal Act forced Natives to relocate. -
Trail of Tears
Whites began invading Native homelands. Under the treaties Natives would be moved to an area that covered what is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. This area came to be called Indian Territory. The harsh journey became known as the Trail of Tears -
Matin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren became the 8th president -
The Trail to Santa Fe
was a route for bringing trade goods from the western edge of the United States to the territory of New Mexico
