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Delaware Statehood
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Pennsylvania Statehood
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New Jersey Statehood
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Georgia Statehood
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Connecticut Statehood
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Massachusetts Statehood
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Maryland Statehood
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South Carolina Statehood
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New Hampshire Statehood
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Virginia Statehood
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New York Statehood
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George Washington Presidency
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North Carolina Statehood
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Rhode Island Statehood
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Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey, one of the most popular drinks of early America, was taxed along with a few other things. Many people were outraged and there were many small outbursts until the rebellion came to a climax when 500 armed militia men tried to attack a tax collector at his home. The tax was then repealed. -
Vermont Statehood
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Kentucky Statehood
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Tennessee Statehood
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Washington's Farewell Address
After his presidency, Washington told his successors to stay away from political parties. -
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John Adams presidency
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Four bills passed that made it munch harder for foreigners (aliens) to vote and made it far easier to deport them. This was a result of French threats. -
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but were destined to stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
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Thomas Jefferson Presidency
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Marbury v. Madison
The trial was held to settle the decision as to which branch of government had the final authority in determining the meaning of the constitution. The two people most involved were William Marbury and James Madison. -
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Chief Justice John Marshall
Chief Justice for the longest of all time, John Marshall had one of the biggest impacts on the American legal system. With major cases in 1803, 1810, two in 1819, 1821, and 1824. Some notable cases are Marbury v. Madison, McCullouch v. Maryland, Dartmouth v. Woodward, and Gibbons v. Ogden. -
Ohio Statehood
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Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. bought the Louisiana territory from the French, 828,000 square miles of land for around $15,000,000 which is about 4 cents an acre. -
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Lewis And Clark
An expedition created by president Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana purchase to discover new routes of travel and trade. The leader of this expedition was Captain Meriwether Lewis who asked his close friend Second Lieutenant william Clark to be his right hand man. -
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James Madison Presidency
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Louisiana Statehood
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War of 1812
The U.S. declares war on The British and their allies because of their ally France's trade restrictions, Britain's support for the Native Americans during the U.S.'s expeditions to expand. -
Indiana Statehood
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James Monroe Presidency
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Mississippi Statehood
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Illinois Statehood
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Dartmouth v. Woodward
The case arose when the president of Dartmouth College was deposed by its trustees, leading to the New Hampshire legislature attempting to force the college to become a public institution and thereby place the ability to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor of New Hampshire.The decision, handed down on February 2, 1819, ruled in favor of the College and invalidated the act of the New Hampshire Legislature, which in turn allowed Dartmouth to continue as a private institution and take bac -
McCullouch v. Maryland
The two involved parties were James McCulloch v. The State of Maryland. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland.This case established two important principles in constitutional law. First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. Second, state action -
Transcontinental Treaty
A treaty between the U.S. and the Spanish that gave the Florida to the U.S. and made the boundary between New Spain(Mexico) and the U.S. -
Alabama Statehood
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. The compromise, made by Henry Clay, was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress and passed as a law in 1820. -
Maine Statehood
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Missouri Statehood
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Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
A New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Laws like this one were duplicated elsewhere which led to friction as some states would require foreign (out-of-state) boats to pay substantial fees for navigation privileges. In this case Thomas Gibbons -- a steamboat owner who did business between New York and New Jersey under a federal coastal license -- challenged the monopoly license granted by New York to Aaron Ogden. -
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John Quincy Adams Presidency
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Andrew Jackson Presidency
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Abolitionist Movement
The goal of the abolitionist movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. Abolitionist ideas became increasingly prominent in Northern churches and politics beginning in the 1830s, which contributed to the tension between North and South leading up to the Civil War. -
William Lloyd Garrison
He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded in 1831. He promoted immediate emancipation of slaves in the United States. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. In retaliation, whites killed 300 slaves and stuck their body parts on stakes. -
Arkansas Statehood
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Michigan Statehood
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Martin Van Buren Presidency
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Horace Mann's Campaign
Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn the nation's unruly children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers for building public schools. -
Trail of Tears
During Andrew Jackson's presidency, Cherokees east of the Mississippi River were forced to give up their land and move west. Many died on the way. -
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman was a free abolitionist black who was a spy for the union and helped many run away slaves reach safety in the north. Tubman was born into slavery but escaped and later saved more than seventy slaves. -
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William Henry Harrison Presidency
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John Tyler Presidency
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She went to court to recover her son from her slaver and became the first black woman in history to win such a case and beat a white man. -
Florida Statehood
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James Polk Presidency
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Texas Statehood
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Mexican-American War
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Iowa Statehood
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States. -
Wisconsin Statehood
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Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's rights convention. The meeting had six sessions, included a lecture on law, a humorous presentation, and multiple discussions about the role of women in society. -
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Zachary Taylor Presidency
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Millard Fillmore Presidency
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California Statehood
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He performed his "What, To The American Slave, is Your Fourth Of July?" speech on July 5, 1852. -
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Franklin Pierce Presidency
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James Buchanan Presidency
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Dred Scot v. Sanford
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 -- decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slaveowners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property. -
Minnesota Statehood
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Oregon Statehood
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John Brown's Resistance
John Brown was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He led an armed slave insurrection, killing five slavery supporters. He was tried and hanged for his actions. His insurrection helped the beginning of the Civil War. -
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Abraham Lincoln Presidency
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1863, she began the women's loyal national league and got the largest amount of signatures on a petition to date.
