APUSH 1800-1860

  • Thomas Jefferson was elected

    Thomas Jefferson was elected

  • Louisiana purchase

    Louisiana purchase

    This purchase greatly increased the size of america
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    This was a power struggle between Britain and America. It caused people to respect american more after we had been shown we could protect ourselves.
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland

    The state of maryland sued McCulloch because he would not pay the tax.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    How they determined what states would be free, and which states would be slave states
  • Andrew Jackson was elected

    Andrew Jackson was elected

  • Nullification crisis

    Nullification crisis

    The government put a large tariff on imported goods, but it only helped the north.
  • Tocqueville published Democracy in America

    Tocqueville published Democracy in America

    This showed an outsider's perspective on how america was run.
  • Emerson publishes Self-Reliance

    Emerson publishes Self-Reliance

    This showed through emerson's life experiences that bad would come to those who conform to the world.
  • Dorothea Dix visits her first jail with insane inmates

    Dorothea Dix visits her first jail with insane inmates

    She fights to change the way the insane are treated
  • Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography

    Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography

    Described his journey and promoted abolition efforts.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention

    This was when all the women gathered together so they could all agree on what they wanted before they started protesting. They also compiled a list of all the things they wanted
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

    Forced the northerners to return slaves to the south after they had run away
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin published

    This book showed the harsh reality of slave life.
  • Thoreau publishes Walden

    Thoreau publishes Walden

    Showed america we would be better off living the simple life.
  • Whitman published Leaves of Grass (1st Edition)

    Whitman published Leaves of Grass (1st Edition)

    A collection of poems written by whitman
  • Dred Scott decision

    Dred Scott decision

    Was when the supreme court said that just because they had moved to a free state did not make him free, and that blacks could not sue.
  • John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry

    John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry

    John brown wanted to have a armed slave revolt
  • Abraham Lincoln was elected

    Abraham Lincoln was elected

  • Civil war begins

    Civil war begins

    The south declares war on the union