US History 1800-1876

By nash.carlson

  • Thomas Jefferson Becomes Third President

    He will stay until 1809

  • Jefferson Buys The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana purchase, bought from France doubled the side of the country.

  • Lewis and Clark

    8,000-mile expedition to explore the new Louisiana Purchase territory.

  • The National Road

    The first contracts for The National Road are signed and the first 10 miles are constructed westward from Cumberland, Maryland, which will make westward migration possible.

  • The Battle of Tippecanoe

    Indigenous peoples led by Tecumseh fight and lose a major battle opposing White settlement.

  • The White House Burns

    The British burn the White House and the Capitol, but first lady Dolley Madison saves the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.
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    Battle of New Orleans

    Andrew Jackson becomes an American hero at the Battle of New Orleans.

  • The Missouri Compromise

    Precariously balancing the practice of enslavement, holds the Union together, at least temporarily.

  • John Quincy Adams' Presidential Election Causes Dismay

  • Erie Canal Opens

    The Erie Canal opens, making New York the Empire State.

  • The Battle at The Alamo

    A tragic siege at the Alamo becomes a legendary battle in the Texas War for Independence.

  • The Gold Fever In California

    U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that quantities of gold have been discovered and Gold Fever strikes the thousands of people who rush to California.

  • Compromise of 1850

    The ominous Compromise of 1850 over enslavement delays the Civil War.

  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act breaks the previous compromises over enslavement.
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    The Civil War

    The United States is torn by the Civil War.

  • President Lincoln Is Assassinated

  • Ulysses S. Grant Becomes President

    A hero of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) becomes president of the United States.

  • Yellowstone is Established as the First National Park

    President Ulysses S. Grant establishes Yellowstone Park as the first National Park.

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Lt. Colonel George A. Custer meets his end in an ill-considered fight with assembled Indigenous troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

  • Rutherford B Hayes Becomes The Next President

    Rutherford B. Hayes wins the hotly contested 1876 presidential election, although not the popular vote.