Years 1800-1876 in the United States

By JosephAgui2528

  • Thomas Jefferson Becomes President

    Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president of the United States.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Territory is purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France, expanding the United States and jump-starting the Westward Expansion Movement.

  • James Madison Becomes President

    James Madison becomes the fourth president of the United States.

  • War of 1812 Begins

  • James Monroe Becomes President

    James Monroe becomes the fifth president of the United States.

  • John Quincy Adams Becomes President

    John Quincy Adams becomes the Sixth president of the United States.

  • Andrew Jackson Becomes President

    Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh president of the United States.

  • Trail of Tears

    over 60,000 Native Americans are forced to move westward due to the Indian Removal Act of 1830

  • Martin Van Buren Becomes President

    Martin Van Buren becomes the eighth president of the United States.

  • William Henry Harrison Becomes President

    William Henry Harrison becomes the ninth president of the United States.

  • John Tyler Becomes President

    John Tyler becomes the tenth president of the United States.

  • James K. Polk Becomes President

    James K. Polk becomes the eleventh president of the United States.

  • California Gold Rush begins

    Gold is found in California and many Americans begin to make the trip to California.

  • Zachary Taylor Becomes President

    Zachory Taylor becomes the twelfth president of the United States.

  • Millard Fillmore Becomes President

    Millard Fillmore becomes the thirteenth president of the United States.

  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce becomes the fourteenth president of the United States.

  • James Buchanan Becomes President

    James Buchanan becomes the fifteenth president of the United States.

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

    Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth president of the United States.

  • The Civil War begins

    Tensions between the North and South becomes too much and a war breaks out, dividing the country until 1865.

  • Emancipation of Slaves

    All slaves are freed in every region that the Union has control over with the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Andrew Johnson Becomes President

    Andrew Johnson becomes the seventeenth president of the United States.

  • Civil War Ends

    The Civil War ends as things go back to normal within the United States.

  • Ulysses S. Grant Becomes President

    Ulysses S. Grant becomes the eighteenth president of the United States.