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Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States
Served term from 1829-1837
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John Quincy Adams
Sixth President of the United States
Served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives. -
Jefferson Inaugurated
First president inaugurated into the white house. -
Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between U.S. and France. U.S. $827,000 square miles for $15 million. -
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Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
Serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 -
Battle of Tippecanoe
United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison
Native American warriors led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh
United States tactical victory -
Battle of Baltimore
Start date- September 12, 1814
End date- September 15, 1814
Sea/land battle
Fought between British invaders and American defenders
War of 1812 -
Battle of New Orleans
Start date December 4th
End date January 8th
Slow getting to America
American victory
Jackson national hero -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Agreement between the USA and Spain
Negotiated by John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís
Spain gave up Mississippi River and the Oregon Territory -
Missouri Compromise
Designed to maintain the balance of power between free states and slave states
Missouri slave state
Maine free state
States south of Missouri border= slave
Paired with a state north of the border= free -
Election of 1824
Starting date of when John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson ran for presidency. -
The Corrupt Bargian
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams run for office throughout Tuesday, October 26, to Thursday, December 2, 1824.
John Quincy Adams wins the election due to the Corrupt Bargian. -
Indian Removial Act
Passed by congress on this date.
Authorized the preisdent to negotiae with indians for their teritory. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
Fought in Harris County, Texas
The decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
Lasted 18 min -
Arkansas Becomes the 25th State
Arkansas was a part of the land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase
became a separate territory in 1819 and achieved statehood in 1836
A slave state
9th state to secede from the union
Joined the Confederate States of America -
Martin Van Buren (Election of 1836)
Started running on November 3rd
Ended on December 7th
Served as the 8th President of the United States (1837 – 1841) -
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Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator
Created the first practical telephone -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic
Signed in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Short novel
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Described the life of a slave as brutal & an inhuman existence.
Spread the abolitionist idea of slavery as evil
Led to growing support for the abolitionist movement
Aboliitionist propaganda -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Passed by congress on this date.
Allowed people who lived in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for or against slavery within the borders. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857
Dred Scott Decision
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Abraham Lincoln's Term
serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 -
Fort Sumter Attack
P.T.G Beauregard and the Union open fires on Fort Sumter. -
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Civil War
4 years, 3 weeks and 6 days
Union victory
Slavery abolished
Beginning of the Reconstruction Era -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Battle of First Manassas
The first major battle of the American Civil War
Confederate victory
McDowell & the Union vs. P.T. Beauregard.
Confederacy won because of Stonewall Jackson.
McClellan replaced McDowell as a result of the loss. -
Monitor vs Merrimack
First battle between iron ships
Confederate- Merrimack (attacked wooden ships)
Union- Monitor (Hampton Roads) -
Battle of Shiloh
Ended on the 7th
U.S. Grant vs P.T. Beauregard
Beauregard replaced the confederate genera on the second day
Grant’s army outnumbered the Confederates
Confederates retreated
violence & loss astounded North & South -
Morrill Act
An Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
Provided each state with 30,000 acres of Federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation -
Antietam
Bloodiest one day battle
victory for the North
Encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Was supposed to free all slaves in confederate states
freed no slaves -
Chancellorsville
Ended on may 6th
A Confederate victory
Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire -
Battle of Vicksburg
Ended July 4th 1863
Union victory
The confederare surendered on July 4th -
Battle of Gettysburg
Ended Juy 3rd
Meade vs Lee
Second attempt by the Confederates to
invade the North
Bloodiest battle
A Union victory and turning point in the
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Appomatox Court House
One of the last battles of the Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was assinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Chisholm Trail
On this date, the first load of cattle were shipped via rail from Kansas
Used to drive cattle overland, from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads
Trail marked by Jesse Chisholm -
Promontory Point, Utah
First transcontinental railroad in the United States. -
The 15th Amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote
States: "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Ratified on February 3, 1870 but not fully realized for almost a century -
Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden submits an application to the U.S. Patent Office for his clever new design for a fencing wire with sharp barbs -
Bell Invented the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
The first coherent complete sentence was Mr. Watson, come here; I want you, was heard on this date. -
Hayes Elected
Ray Morris Jr. ran against Samuel Tilden.
Morris became the peresident even though he lost the popular vote but won the electorial vote. -
Dawes Act
Approved on this date
General Allotment Act
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
Surveyed American Indian tribal land and divided it into allotments for individual Indians
