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US History 1800 - 1900

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  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The United States purchased territory from the French First Republic. This territory makes up a large amount of middle America.

  • British Troops Set Fire to The White House

    British Troops Set Fire to The White House
    In retaliation for the attack on York in Ontario, Canada; British troops attack and set fire to the White House

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    President James Monroe articulated the US foreign policy stance against further European colonization or influence in his seventh annual state of the union address.

  • Texas Joins The Union

    Texas Joins The Union
    President Polk signed the bill accepting Texas as the 28th state of the Union.

  • Republican Party Founded

    Republican Party Founded
    A meeting held in Wisconsin by former Whigs came together to form a new party to oppose the spread of slavery. After two years of gaining support, mostly from the northern states, John Fremont became their first elected presidency candidate.

  • American Civil War Began

    American Civil War Began
    Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor.

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Boothe conspired to assassinate the 16th President of the United States. At the Ford's Theatre in Washington D. C., President Lincoln was shot by Boothe in the back of the head on April 14 1865. The President went into a coma state and passed the next morning.

  • U.S. Department of Justice Formed

    U.S. Department of Justice Formed
    The DOJ was formed and it's primary function at that time was to preserve civil liberties and bring punishment to terrorist groups, such as, the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty
    The statue of liberty arrived in America on this day as a gift of peace from France. It arrived in 350 dismantled pieces. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. It has since become a symbol of freedom welcoming immigrants arriving by sea.

  • Explosion of USS Maine

    Explosion of USS Maine
    U.S. Navy ship sinks in the Havana harbor due to explosion killing 268 sailors. The exact cause of the explosion is still up to debate as one theory suggests there was a mine placed outside the ship and another suggest a spontaneous fire started in the coal bunker. However, this event is of particular significance because U.S. newspapers engaged in yellow journalism spread stories blaming the Spain. Thus igniting the fuel that accelerated events leading up the the US Spanish war.