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Election of 1800
The election of 1800 is sometimes known as the "Revolution of 1800" due to its importance in the presidency's shift to the Democratic-Republican Party. The presidency would soon usher in a vast amount of Democratic-Republican leadership. -
Marbury vs. Madison
The case of Marbury vs. Madison included Marbury suing the government for writ of mandamus. John Marshall, the supreme court's Chief Justice, decided to rule section Judiciary Act of 1790 unconstitutional. This event worked to instate the judicial rule of the federal government fully. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase marked the first massive purchase of land for a United States president and left Jefferson with a massive dilemma: Was Louisiana territory constitutional? The Louisiana territory would add massive amounts of land to the United States' territory and allow for westward expansion -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1825 would work to smooth tensions between free and slave states. The Missouri Compromise stated that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state, while Maine entered as a free state. According to the Compromise, any future states would be divided based on the 36°30' parallel. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 would signal significant discrimination and sorrow for Native Americans. The Act allowed for Natives to be removed from their lands. The most famous example of the Act's impact is the Trail of Tears. The Trails of Tears was pushed upon Cherokee tribes and forced the tribes to leave their lands and face disease and unfamiliar territory. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a time in United States' history when massive amounts of people were renewing or finding faith. The Awakening led to further work in temperance, reforms of society, and slavery, abolition. -
Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was a conflict between Mexico and America over the independence and statehood of Texas. Texas annexed from Mexico in 1845, though Mexico did not recognize Texas' freedom until the end of the Mexican-American War. The end of the War in 1848 also brought great success in the expansion of U.S. territory with the addition of modern-day California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. -
Bleeding Kansas
Due to the growing tension on abolition and slavery, the event of Bleeding Kansas was almost inevitable. After the Kansa Nebraska Act (1854), in which Nebraska would be entering in as a free state and the slave stance was left up to popular sovereignty, many citizens began to migrate to Kansas to shift the vote. The influx of people with conflicting opinions led to bloody fights and harmful events that fully put into focus the conflict in the United States. -
South Carolina's Secession
The secession of South Carolina came a mere month after the announcement that Abraham Lincoln would be the next president. Due to rising conflict over slavery and abolition, South Carolina felt it was their right to secede if they were not correctly receiving their state rights. The decision led to ten other states seceding from the Union -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter marks the beginning of the Civil War. Located near Charleston, South Carolina, the Union base was bombarded by Confederate fire, to which they responded. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation in January of 1863, three years into the Civil War. The proclamation stated that all people held as a slave within confederate states were free and would be free going forward. -
Fourteenth Amendment
Following the Civil War, there was a great discussion over the true citizenship of former slaves. Though the amendment was intensely contested, mostly by former Confederate states, the amendment passed. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The fifteenth amendment of 1870 allowed African American men to have the right to vote.
