U.S History from 1800-1850

By 19steckbeckha

  • Census Population from 1800-1850

    1800- 5.3 million
    1810- 7.2 million
    1820- 9.6 million
    1830- 12.8 million
    1840- 17 million
    1850-23.1 million

  • Admission of each state from 1800-1850

    Alabama-1819 Arkansas-1836 California-1850 Connecticut-1788 Delaware-1787 District of Columbia-Unknown

    Florida-1845 Georgia-1788 Illinois-1818 Indiana-1816 Iowa-1846 Louisiana-1812 Maine-1820 Maryland-1788
    Massachusetts-1788 Michigan-1837 Mississippi-1817 Missouri-1821 New Hampshire-1788New Jersey-1787 New York-1788 North Carolina-1789 Ohio-1803 Pennsylvania-1787 Rhode Island-1790 South Carolina-1788 Tennessee- 1796 Texas- 1845 Vermont-1791 Virginia-1788 Wisconsin-1848

  • Congress passed Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

    In 1807, Congress made importing slaves into America illegal.

  • The Second Bank of the United States was created

    The Second Bank of the United States was created in 1816, and chartered for 20 years.

  • Erie Canal was constructed

    The construction of the Erie Canal changed the way people traveled and traded.

  • United States gains Florida from Spanish

    By the Adams-Onis treaty,United States acquired the Spanish possession of Florida

  • Missouri Compromise

    In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

  • Santa Fe Trail opened

    In 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was opened. The Santa Fe Trail was established to haul freight from Kansas City to Santa Fe, New Mexico and to trade with the Spanish.

  • Monroe Doctrine created

    The Monroe Doctrine was a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring war, if necissary.

  • California passes the State Income Tax Equity Act

    California Senate Bill 1827, the "State Income Tax Equity Act," establishes the requirement that couples registered as California domestic partners file their state income taxes as married couples. It was signed into law on September 29, 2006 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • The Tariff of Abominations passed

    The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.

  • Indian Removal Act passed

    In 1830, the Indian Removal Act was passed, which opened up much of the southeastern United States to white settlers.

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831

  • 2nd Bank of the United States charter renewed

    The Second Bank of the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian National Bank in the United States during its 20-year charter from February 1816 to January 1836.

  • Texas Revolution

    The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists that began October 2, 1835 and resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April 21, 1836.

  • The Alamo Siege

    People worldwide continue to remember the Alamo as a heroic struggle against impossible odds — a place where men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
    The Mexicans won the war, so they got Texas.

  • Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears forced many Native Americans to travel to reserves- about 4,000 to 6,000 died.

  • The Oregon Trail

    The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail, to reach Oregon.

  • Great Famine,or Irish Potato Famine begins

    The Irish Potato Famine was when the potatoes were dug from the ground, and they began to turn into a slimy, decaying, blackish blob.Over the next ten years, more than 750,000 Irish died and another 2 million left their homeland for Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. So, the United States population grew.

  • The Mexican-American War

    The U.S went to war with the Mexicans because the U.S took Texas and the Americans' desire for California and other Mexican territories.

  • Mexican-American War ends, Gold Rush in California begins

    In 1848, the Mexican-American War ends (American won) and the rush to get gold and get rich in California begins.