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Thomas Jefferson elected president
Thomas Jefferson was the third president elected. He drafted the Declaration of Independence, served in two continental congresses secretary of state under George Washington, and a minister in France. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson was president and made the deal for the Lousiana purchase from France, and he only paid $15 million. This was 828,000 sq mi of land, that spread from Lousiana to Montana. -
Act prohibiting importation of slaves
This law stated that it was illegal to import Africans to America. This did not stop slavery, people till held slaves and slaves started to grow in population. Smuggling Africans in on ships still happened. -
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War of 1812
This was a conflict between the United States and Britain. The British attempted to restrict U.S. trade. The British burned down the nation's capital during the war of 1812. -
Panic of 1819
This was the first financial crisis in America. The economy went down, people went bankrupt and lost their homes. -
President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president he was a soldier and a general in the military. He founded the democratic party and instituted policies that forced Native Americans to migrate. -
Nat Turner's slave rebellion
A slave by the name of Nat Turner led the largest slave rebellion in history. Nat Turner and rebel slaves killed around 50 whites, men, women, and children. Nat hid for a few months, in retaliation the state of Virginia executed 56 slaves and punished more if the state thought that the slaves were a part of or knew about the rebellion. Nat was found and hanged for his rebellion. -
James K. Polk
The 11th president of the United States. -
Texas annexation to the U.S.
Texas was the 28th state accepted into the U.S. -
Abraham Lincoln
16th president, he led the Civil War and he pushed for freedom for slaves. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. -
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Civil War
The Civil War was the war between the Northern and the Southern states in America. The Northern states wanted to free the slaves, and the southern states wanted to keep slavery inn place. This made the southern states separate form the union and became known as the Confederate states.The northern states won the war, and slaves were freed. -
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Reconstruction period
Reconstruction period was after the Civil War and congress sent military troops across the U.S. to make sure that states government was implementing the new law that slaves were to be free. -
The first transcontinental railroad
This was called the Pacific railroad, the railroad stretched across from the east coast to the pacific side of the U.S. This made transportation across America in less time. Transporting goods in faster time to Americans on the Pacific coast.
