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John Adams
He won the 1797 Presidential Election -
Louisiana Purchase-Thomas Jefferson
Expanded America. Enabled us to take Florida -
Louis and Clark Expedition
Louis and Clark discovering the western territory. Sent by Thomas Jefferson. -
James Madisan Election
Winner of the Presidential Election of 1808 -
War of 1812
Also known as "Madison's War" -
The Missouri Compromise
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Maine immediately gives right to vote and education to all male citizens. The compromise also prohibited slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30'N lat. (southern boundary of Missouri). -
Erie Canal Completion
major transportation achievement which made New York and New York City ascend commercially. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Winner of the election of 1828 -
Nat Turner
a Baptist slave preacher, leads a revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, killing at least 57 whites. Alabama makes it illegal for Blacks to preach -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Karl Marx publishes Communist Manifesto
Oregon organized as territory -
Lincoln Elected President
Major accomplishement "Emancipaton Proclaimation" -
Wright Brother
First Flight in Kitty Hawk -
World War I
Begins in Europe -
ZImmerman's Telegraph
Asking Mexicans to become their allies against the U.S. and they will get some of their land back in return -
Fourteen Points
Speech given to a joint section of Congress -
World War I
The War Ends