Antebellum

Industrial Revolution

Period: May 2, 1780 to May 3, 1860

Second Great Awakening

Period: May 2, 1790 to May 3, 1820

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

Mar 14, 1794

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 30, 1803

Manifest Destiny

Period: May 2, 1803 to May 3, 1860

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

Indian Removal Act

May 28, 1830

Frederick Douglass' First Autobigraphy

May 8, 1845

Mexican-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

Kansas-Nebraska

Oct 8, 1854

Dred Scott

May 8, 1857

Harper's Ferry Raid

Oct 16, 1859

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865