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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is elected 3rd President of the United States -
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Second Great Awakening
This was the second revival movement in the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 Million, doubling the size of the young United States. -
Embargo Act
This Presidential act closed American ports to Foreign trade. This was in response to the continued impressment of American Sailors into British Naval Service. The Act was discontinued the following year in 1808. -
Full Steam Ahead
Robert Fulton establishes the first commercial steam boat service on the Hudson River -
James Madison
James Madison is elected the 4th President of the Untied States. -
Slave Trade ends
The Atlantic Slave trade is canceled as put down in the U.S. Constitution, 20 years ealrier -
The New Orleans
The steamship New Orleans traveled from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the port of New Orleans. -
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War of 1812
This was the second war between the United States and Britain. The war started because of the increasing tensions between France and Britain, tensions in which United States wished to remain neutral. This wish was violated by acts of impressment and stipulations on trade. -
Old Ironsides
The U.S.S. Constitution defeats the HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson defeats the Muskogee Indians in present day Alabama. -
Washington Burns
British Forces set fire to the capital city of Washington. Simultaneously, British ships were able to blockade American ports. -
Treaty of Ghent
This treaty officially brought an end to the War of 1812. -
James Monroe
James Monroe is elected the 5th President of the United States -
Ohio and Indiana
Ohio and Indiana are accepted as states in the Union. -
The American System
This plan put forth by John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, proposed a system of roads and canals to connect the United States to itself. -
Illinois
Illinois is accepted into the union. -
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Fight for Florida
Andrew Jackson lead an army into Spanish-Florida to defeat the Seminole Indians and the slaves they were defending. This was the First Seminole War.
Jackson again entered Florida and occupied the Spanish town of Pensacola. -
Adams-Onís Treaty
This treaty ended the American occupation of Florida by giving the Florida territory to the United States. John Quincy Adams used Andrew Jackson's Seminole War success to push the treaty through with Spain -
Civilization Fund Act
This act allowed $10,000 annually to be spent on missionary schools on Indian land. -
Missouri Compromise
This compromise allowed Missouri to become to enter the United States as a new state. However, Missouri was to enter as a slave state, upsetting the delicate balance of power in Congress. To counteract this shift, Maine would enter as a free state. A third part of this compromise restricted Slavery above the 36'30 degree line. -
Gossypium barbadense
The discovery of this strand of cotton, also called Petit Gulf cotton, allowed the cotton industry to boom and create the well-known antebellum South. -
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams is elected 6th President of the United States. -
Eire Canal
The state of New York completes the 350-mile Eire Canal -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is elected 7th President of the United States. -
Book Of Mormon
Joseph Smith publishes the Book Of Mormon -
Indian Removal Act
This Presidential Act allowed the government to remove Native Indians from the land east of the Mississippi River -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
In Southampton, Virginia, Slave Nat Turner led a rebellion against slave holders. By the end of his rebellion, Turner and his men had killed 57 people before they were stopped by local militia. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis arose when the Tariff of 1828 was voted as "null" by South Carolina. The thought was that if a state believed a law to be unconstitutional, they could declare it void. President Jackson responded by sending a military force to enforce the tariff -
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren is elected 8th President of the United States -
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Second Seminole War
This war took place in the Florida territory, between the American Military and the Seminole Indians. The Indians were aided by escaped black slaves -
Arkansas
Arkansas admitted as a State -
Texas declares Independence
Texas issues its declaration of independence from Mexico. This was declared during the Texas Revolution of 1835-36. -
Treaty of Velasco
This treaty brought an end to the Texas Revolution, forcing Mexico to acknowledge Texas as an independent state. -
Michigan
Michigan admitted to the Union -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison is elected 9th President of the United States. -
John Tyler
John Tyler becomes 10th President of the United States, following the death of William Henry Harrison. -
James K Polk
James K Polk is elected 11th President of the United States. -
Texas
Texas is admitted into the Union by President James Tyler -
Manifest Destiny
John O'Sullivan coins the term Manifest Destiny, the belief that it is America's God-given right to spread across the North American continent. This began a massive Westward expansion by city-dwelling Americans. -
Florida
Florida enters the United States as a new state -
Taylor Crosses Border
General Zachary Taylor is ordered to cross into Mexico as a show of force. Mexican cavalry attack the men 3 months later. -
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Mexican-American War
This was a war between Mexico and the United States over the borders of Texas. The war resulted in American victory and granted the lands of the Southwestern United States -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin admitted as a state in the Union. -
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor is elected the 12th President of the United States. -
Gold
Gold is found at Sutter's mill, sparking the California Gold Rush and further Western expansion -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty brought peace and an end to the Mexican-American War. -
Irish Potato Famine
The Irish Potato Famine of the 1850s drove many Irish immigrants to the United States in search of work. -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore becomes 13th President of the United States after Zachary Taylor dies. -
Compromise of 1850
This Compromise helped to keep the terms established in the Missouri Compromise from being discarded. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act increased the penalty for officials who helped slaves to escape from captivity. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce is elected 14th President of the United States. -
Bleeding Kansas
Citizens of Missouri begin moving into the Kansas territory in an attempt to swing the state toward the slave holding South. Riots would break out between those who supported slavery and those who didn't -
James Buchanan
James Buchanan is elected 15th President of the United States -
Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist James Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry. He planned to take weapons stored there and lead a slave rebellion. He was stopped by General Robert E. Lee two days after his raid. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th President of the United States. -
Secession
South Carolina secedes from the United States in response to Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency. It is followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -
Bull Run
First Clash of Union and Confederate forces in the Civil War. It resulted in a Confederate victory. -
Fort Sumter
This was the first Battle of the Civil War. It started when General P.T. Beauregard fired upon the Union fort -
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Civil War
The Civil War broke out between the Free Union States and the Slave-holding Confederate States. This war would be the bloodiest in American History. -
New Orleans
Union forces capture New Orleans, dealing a heavy blow to the Confederate South. -
Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads saw the first clash of Ironclad ships, changing naval warfare. -
Confiscation Acts
These two acts affected slavery in the Union. The first abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. The second emancipated slaves in Union controlled areas. -
Fredericksburg
This was another major battle between Union and Confederate forces, only it resulted in heavy Union casualties and a Confederate victory. -
Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was the most costly battle in United States history at that point in time -
Antietam
This was the first major battle of Union Soil. It is still the bloodiest single day in American History. It resulted in a Union Victory. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam. This Proclamation freed slaves that remained under Confederate control. -
Chattanooga
Grant takes Chattanooga -
Women’s Loyal National League
Elizabeth Cady Stanton forms the Women’s Loyal National League to help propose the 13th Amendment. The League went on to push for Women's rights -
Chancellorville
This was a month battles between Union and Confederate Forces. Although the Confederacy eventually won, it came at the cost of General "Stonewall" Jackson, a general respected by both sides of the conflict. -
Gettysburg
This was the turning point of the War. After a 3-day offensive, Union forces defeated General Robert E Lee, head of Confederate forces. Lee's retreat marked the end of the war in Northern territory. -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg fell to General Ulysses S Grant, after months of fighting. The capture of Vicksburg allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River. -
Grant Promoted
General Ulysses S Grant is promoted to General-in-Chief. Grant was willing to relentlessly attack his enemy allowed him to achieve vistory in many bloody battles. -
Savannah
Union General takes Savannah, Georgia. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment is added to the Constitution. It legally abolished slavery throughout the country -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson become the 17th President of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln -
Appomattox
At Appomattox Court House, General Lee of the Confederate States of America surrendered to General Grant of the Union, ending the Civil War. -
Booth at Ford's Theater
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John's Wilkes Booth shortly after his second election. The assassination happens 5 days after Lee's surrender. -
Civil Rights Act
This act defined American born residents as citizens of the United States. -
KKK
The Ku Klux Klan is formed to try and preserve the ways of the antebellum South. They did this in largely terrorist methods and by terrorizing anyone they thought was against what they stood for. -
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Reconstruction
This was an era in which the Southern States attempted to rebuild after the Civil War -
Fourteenth Amendment
This Amendment allowed the Civil Rights Act to be passed -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant is elected 18th President of the United States. -
Enforcement Acts
These Acts made it illegal to deprive black men and women of the rights granted them by the 13th and 14th amendments. -
Rutherford B Hayes
Rutherford B Hayes is elected 19th President of the United States.
