1800-1876

  • Election of 1800

    Thomas Jefferson elected President
  • Louisiana purchase

  • Election of 1808

    James Madison elected President
  • Period: to

    War of 1812

  • Election of 1816

    James Monroe Elected President
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Protected Latin and South American countries from Europe
  • Election of 1824

    5 Republican candidates, John Quincy Adams won the election
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

  • Election of 1832

    Andrew Jackson was elected President
  • Oregon Trail

  • Period: to

    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

    California Admitted as free state, Fugitive Slave Act
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Allowed slaves to be captured anywhere to matter where they are and when they ran away
  • Election of 1852

    Franklin Pierce is elected President
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • South Begins to Secede

  • Period: to

    The Civil War