1800-1865

By Henry Jones
  • Thomas Jefferson gets Elected to the Presidency

    Thomas Jefferson gets Elected to the Presidency

    Which became the first peaceful shift of party
  • The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening

  • U.S. Purshases the Louisiana Territory

    U.S. Purshases the Louisiana Territory

  • Atlantic Slave Trade Outlawed

    Atlantic Slave Trade Outlawed

  • The War of 1812 Begins

    The War of 1812 Begins

    The U.S. once again goes into the oppressive state of war, with hopes of being less oppressed when it is over.
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    The War of 1812

  • Treaty of Ghent Signed

    Treaty of Ghent Signed

    War of 1812 ends
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    Missouri would become a slave state; Maine would become a free state
  • Petit Gulf Cotton Discovered

    Petit Gulf Cotton Discovered

    Most usable cotton discovered
  • Missouri Becomes a State

    Missouri Becomes a State

  • Erie Canal Completed

    Erie Canal Completed

  • First Long-Distance Railroad

    First Long-Distance Railroad

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

  • Texas Becomes a State

    Texas Becomes a State

  • The Battle of San Jacinto

    The Battle of San Jacinto

  • Santa Anna Admits Texas's Independence with the Treaty of Velasco

    Santa Anna Admits Texas's Independence with the Treaty of Velasco

  • The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837

  • Andrew Jackson Dies

    Andrew Jackson Dies

  • Florida Becomes a State

    Florida Becomes a State

  • Texas Becomes Part of the U.S.

    Texas Becomes Part of the U.S.

  • The U.S. Mexican War Begins

    The U.S. Mexican War Begins

  • The War with Mexico Ends; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The War with Mexico Ends; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • The Comprmise of 1850

    The Comprmise of 1850

  • South Carolina is the First State to Suceed from the Union

    South Carolina is the First State to Suceed from the Union

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

    Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

  • First Shots Fired on Fort Sumter

    First Shots Fired on Fort Sumter

    The Civil War has begun!
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    The Civil War

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    The Battle of Shiloh

    The most losses of any American battle to that time
  • The Battle of Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam

    The Bloodiest single day in American history
  • Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect

    Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect

  • Lincoln Gets Elected for a Second Term

    Lincoln Gets Elected for a Second Term

  • Slavery Officially Abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment

    Slavery Officially Abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment

  • The Confederate Army Surrenders

    The Confederate Army Surrenders

    The Civil War ends!
  • Lincoln Gets Shot

    Lincoln Gets Shot