1800-1876

By kassidymeyer

  • Thomas Jefferson is elected president

  • Louisiana Purchase

    doubled the size of the United States

  • 12th Amendment

    Says that presidents must be elected

  • War of 1812

    U.S. vs. Great Britain, the U.S. wants to stay neutral but still trade, and the U.S. is still salty with Great Britain

  • battle of New Orleans

    Fought between the US and Great Britain

  • Baltimore- Ohio railroad

    The beginning of the transportation revolution

  • fugitive slave act of 1850

  • The 15th Amendment is Added

    The 15th Amendment is added to the Constitution, allowing African-American men to vote

  • Presidential election

    Rutherford B. Hayes beats Samuel J. Tilden. A failed grave robbery of the Lincoln Tomb happens on the same night