Map 3

1800-1876

By lizeverett
  • Capital Moved

    Capital Moved

    The US capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC. After this, all Congress and Presidential meetings were in Washington DC.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson bought 530,000,000 acres of land out west from France.
  • Thomas Jefferson In Office

    Thomas Jefferson In Office

    Jefferson's second inauguration
  • James Madison In Office

    James Madison In Office

    James Madison is inaugurated as the 4th president
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    America declared war on Britain for interfering with their trade in Europe. They also tried to interfere with the westward expansion of the United States.
  • James Monroe

    James Monroe

    James Monroe was inaugurated as the 5th president
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    The US was trying to keep a balance of slave and free states. The admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

    Confederate troops opened fire on the Union troops who were at Fort Sumter.