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Thomas Jefferson Becomes 3rd President of The United States
He would serve until 1809 -
Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Purchase
A very large chunk of land in the middle of the United States that was bought from the french. -
Lewis & Clark set out west in search of land
A famous set of explorers were sent out to see what land was in the western part of the continent. -
James Madison Becomes 4th President of the United States
He would serve until 1817 -
James Monroe becomes 5th President of the United States
He would serve until 1825. The last founding father to become president. -
John Q. Adams becomes 6th President of the United States.
Would serve until 1829. -
Andrew Jackson becomes 7th President of the United States
He would serve until 1837. -
Indian Removal Act
A controversial act to relocate the Indians in the south to now what we know as Oklahoma. -
Martin Van Buren becomes 8th President of the United States
He would serve until 1841. -
William Harrison becomes 9th President of the United States
He would die a month in his term. The first president to die in office. -
John Tyler becomes 10th President of the United States
Would take over for former President Harrison after he died. Tyler would serve until 1845. -
James K. Polk becomes 11th President of the United States
He would serve until 1849. Also, the first president to not seek re-election. -
Zachary Taylor becomes 12th President of the United States
Would serve only a year into his term before he died in 1850. -
Millard Fillmore becomes 13th President of the United States
Took over for President Taylor after he died. Fillmore would serve until 1853. -
Franklien Pierce becomes 14th President of the United States
He would serve until 1857. -
James Buchanan becomes 15th President of the United States
He would serve until 1861. -
Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States
President during the American Civil war. He was later assassinated by John Wilkes Booth just after the start of his second term in 1865. -
American Civil War Starts
A dispute between the northern and southern states on how things should be governed. The Union (North) would win the war and unite the country back. War lasted until 1865. -
Emancipation Proclamation
An act was called out by President Lincoln to free all the slaves. Which later happened after the war. -
Andrew Johnson becomes 17th President of the United States
Took over for Lincoln after he was assassinated. He would serve until 1869. -
Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States
A former union General during the civil war. He would serve until 1877
