1800s

• 1803


  -Marbury v Madison, a court case to strike down laws

  -Louisiana Purchase, Americans bought territory from the French for 15 million
• 1804


  -Lewis and Clark, an expedition to explore the newly gained territory form the Louisiana Purchase
• 1807


  -Embargo Act of 1807, closed ports to all exports and British imports due to the war between Britain and French
• 1809


  -Non intercourse act, allowed the ports to reopen and trade continued between France and Britain
• 1815


  -Battle of New Orleans, the battle between British general and American General Andrew Jackson
• 1812


  -War of 1812, a war between Britain and America, ended with the Treaty of Ghent
• 1817


  -The American System was created by Henry Clay, it included tariffs, roads, national banks, and new ways of transportation
• 1816-1824


  -Era of Good Feelings, an era where political peace exsisted, most americans were Republicans at this time
• 1819


  -Mcculloch v Maryland, court case where tax was imposed on banks but The Second Bank refused

  -Panic of 1819, Americans were in a panic after being in debt due to wars

  -Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain gave Florida to the U.S
• 1820


  -Missouri Compromise, made Missouri a slave state and Maine a non-slave state
• 1823


  -Monroe Doctrine, a policy to warn Europeans not to colonize North America any further
• 1828


  -Andrew Jackson forms the Democratic Party
• 1829


  -Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th President

  -Start of the Era of Common Man, the common man had more rights due to Jackson being from humble origins
• 1830


  -The Indian Removal Act, moved Indians more west so that Americans could claim more land

  -Caused the Trail of Tears, where native tribes walked over 5,000 miles to relocate
• 1831


  -Nat Turner's Rebellion, a slave revolt held by Nat Turner where rebels killed 50 white men in Virginia
• 1833


  -The Whig Party was created, a political party in opposition to the Democratic Party
• 1830-1850


  -Manifest Destiny, the idea that americans were destined to expand land west and claim the entire North America
• 1837

  -Panic of 1837 due to financial debt of the country
• 1841


  -William Henry Harrison becomes the 9th President, but dies after 31 days in office

  -John Tyler becomes the 10th President
• 1790-1840


  -Second Great Awakening, a religious revival that spread religious free will
• 1845

  -Texas is annexed and becomes part of the United States
• 1846-1848


  -Mexican-American war, a war between Mexico and America to claim Texas

  -Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, marked the end of the Mexican-American war

  -Mexico gives up California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico (CANCUN)
• 1850


  -Millard Filmore becomes the 13th President

  -Compromise of 1850, series of bills used to defuse rising tensions between free and slave states

  -Fugitive Slave Law, a runaway slave must be returned to its master, even when in a free state
• 1848


  -Seneca Falls Convention, first women's rights convention, used to advocate rights for women
• 1852


  -Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about slavery, gained empathy for slavery

  -Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th President
• 1854


  -Kansas Nebraska Act, two new states were added, the Missouri Compromise was repealed, the Whig Party ended

  -Led to Bleeding Kansas, a short war to decide if Kansas should be a slave state or free state
• 1857


  -Dred Scott v Sandford, a court case where black men were not citizens, therefore they did not have the rights that white men did

  -James Buchanan becomes 15th President
• 1858


  -Lincoln and Douglas Debates, a series of debates between ,Abrahambraham Lincoln, a Republican and Stephen Douglas, a Democrat

  -Freeport Doctrine, states that a state could be free or slave based on popular vote
• 1861


  -Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President

  -Civil war began, a war between the Union and Confederacy to determine if slavery was moral or not and ends in 1865
• 1863


  -The Emancipation Proclamation was created in which all slaves were declared free

  -Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, in which he declared that the Civil War was a fight for freedom and equality
• 1865


  -Civil War ends and the Union wins

  -Freedmen's Bureau was created to help the newly freed slaves
• 1863-1877


  -Reconstruction Era, an era where Americans had to figure out how to incorporate the newly freed slaves into society

  -America followed Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, and loyalty is sworn to the union and the Constitution could then be rewritten
• 1867


  -America bought Alaska for 7 million dollars

  -Military Reconstruction Plan, the South was divided into 5 military districts
• 1876


  -Battle of Little Big Horn, a battle between the victor native tribes Sioux and Cheyenne against Americans
• 1887


  -Interstate Commerce Act, addressed the problem of railroad monoplies
• 1890


  -Wounded Knee Massacre, a mass shooting of Lakota Natives by American troops in South Dakota

  -The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, prohibits restrictions on commerce and competition in the marketplace or foreign trade
• 1894


  -Pullman Strike, railroad workers wanted higher wages and better conditions and quit their jobs when their requests were refused

  -Wilson Gorman Tariff, cut off tariffs on imports of coal, iron, lumber, and wool
• 1896

  -Cross of Gold, a speech given by Jennings Bryan saying that gold was too expensive to produce for currency and that silver would be more affordable

  -Plessy v Ferguson, a court case that allowed equal but separate facilities for white and colored race
• 1898


  -Spanish American war, America drives out Spain from having control over the Philippines

  -Treaty of Paris 1898, America wins the Spanish war and gains control of Puerto Rico and Philippines