Romanticism Era

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  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

  • First Wagons Cross the Continental Divide on the Oregon Trail

    First Wagons Cross the Continental Divide on the Oregon Trail

  • Six Year Campaign Known as the Trail of Tears Begins to Remove Indians from their Homes on the East Coast

    Six Year Campaign Known as the Trail of Tears Begins to Remove Indians from their Homes on the East Coast

  • Revolution of Texas Begins with the Battle of Gonzales

    Revolution of Texas Begins with the Battle of Gonzales

  • Fire in New York Destroys 530 Buildings Including the New York Stock Exchange

    Fire in New York Destroys 530 Buildings Including the New York Stock Exchange

  • Texas Added as a State

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Published One of His Most Famous Novels, "The Scarlet Letter"

    Nathaniel Hawthorne Published One of His Most Famous Novels, "The Scarlet Letter"

  • Congress Passes the Fugitive Slave Act

    Congress Passes the Fugitive Slave Act

  • Herman Melville Published Moby Dick

    Herman Melville Published Moby Dick

  • First YMCA Opens in Boston, Massachusetts

    First YMCA Opens in Boston, Massachusetts

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act Becomes Law

    Kansas-Nebraska Act Becomes Law

  • Walt Whitman Published First Edition of "Leaves of Grass"

    Walt Whitman Published First Edition of "Leaves of Grass"

  • Start of American Civil War

    Start of American Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln Sworn in as President

    Abraham Lincoln Sworn in as President

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

  • Homestead Act Approved

    Homestead Act Approved

  • End of Civil War/End of Romanticism

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassinated in Ford's Theatre

    Abraham Lincoln Assassinated in Ford's Theatre