1800-1876

  • Library of Congress

  • Thomas Jefferson elected President

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • 12th Amendment ratified

  • New Jersey abolishes slavery

  • James Madison elected as 4th President

  • War of 1812

  • British troops burn Washington DC

  • Battle of New Orleans

  • James Monroe elected as 5th President

  • John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th President

  • Andrew Jackson elected 7th President

  • Second Great Awakening

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Force Bill expands presidential powers

  • Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President

  • Civil War begins

  • Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Gettysberg

  • Civil War ends

  • 13th Amendment passed ending Slavery