1800-1876

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • 12th Amendment

  • Period: to

    Lewis and Clark

    Jefferson sent them out to explore the land he purchased.
  • Hamilton and Burr Duel

  • Act that no longer let them importation of slaves legal

  • Election

    Madison won
  • America declares war against Britain

  • Treaty of Ghent

    All conquered territory must be returned and new boundaries were set up.
  • Tariff of 1816

  • Monroe becomes president

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri was accepted as a slave state only because Maine came in as a free state.
  • Election

    Quincy won.
  • Tariff of 1828

  • Election of 1836

    Van Buren was elected.
  • Election of 1840

    Harrison won by a landslide.
  • Period: to 65

    The Civil War