Timeline Assignment

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  • Marbury vs. Madison

    Marbury vs. Madison

    U.S. Supreme Court case that asserted power for Judicial Review.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    The US purchased the western half of Mississippi from the French in 1803 for about 828,000 acres.
  • Embargo act

    Embargo act

    Nonviolent resistance to war between the British and the French by President Thomas Jefferson.
  • war of 1812

    war of 1812

    A military conflict was fought between Great Britain and the United States. It happened from June of 1812 to Feb of 1815
  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri compromise

    This law was passed in 1820 to keep a balance in power between slaves and free states in Congress!
  • Monroe doctrine

    Monroe doctrine

    a U.S. policy that warned European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    The displacement of approximately 60,000 people of "five civilized tribes".
  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War

    Conflict between the United States and Mexico
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Ended the Mexican-American war
  • 16th president of the U.S. was elected

    16th president of the U.S. was elected

    Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860