Jefferson-Reconstruction By collegeswag Period: Jan 1, 1803 to Dec 31, 1865 Jefferson-Reconstruction Feb 24, 1803 Marybury v Madison Jul 4, 1803 Lousiana Purchase May 14, 1804 Lewis and Clark Dec 22, 1807 Embargo Act Jan 1, 1808 Slave importation banned Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 May 2, 1816 American Colonization Society May 2, 1816 Nullification Crisis Mar 5, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jul 14, 1822 Denmark Vesey insurrection plot Dec 2, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Oct 26, 1825 Erie Canal Completion May 28, 1830 Indian Removal Act Aug 13, 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion Jul 2, 1833 American antislavery Society Feb 23, 1836 Alamo Mar 1, 1846 Mormons May 2, 1846 Mexican American War Jul 19, 1848 Womens Rights Convention May 2, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Jun 5, 1851 Uncle Toms Cabin Mar 20, 1854 Republican Party Founded Dec 14, 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act May 2, 1855 California Gold Rush Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision May 2, 1858 Lincoln Douglass debates May 2, 1859 John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry May 2, 1859 John Brown Raid May 2, 1860 South Carolina secedes from Union May 2, 1863 Emancipation proclaimation Jan 2, 1865 13th Amendment Apr 2, 1865 Lincoln assassination May 2, 1865 surrender at Appomatox May 2, 1865 Reconstruction Era Dec 2, 1865 15th Amendment