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The election of 1800 was in favor of Republican Thomas Jefferson, "The People's president". This brought a new era to the young United States by dividing the country into warring political factions, marking a turning point in the nation's history. This election marked the dominance of the Republican Party and slave-holding in the southern states. -
Judiciary Act of 1801 which the Federalists had passed right before the transfer of power to the Jeffersonian Republicans. The Republican controlled congress then repealed the act. These controversial efforts to repeal the act sparked a case of the Supreme Court and Marbury v. Madison. John Marshall and the court said Marbury deserved his judgeship, but the court didn't have jurisdiction. -
The purchase of land from the French, this was the most significant event in Jefferson's presidency and one of the most important in American history. It was the leading factor to western expansion and exploration, it allowed for many more southerners to settle and many cotton growers moved there. -
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled up the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, they were eager to find their way to the Pacific Ocean. With the help of Sacagawea they found their way to the Pacific while crossing over the Rocky Mountains and descended the Snake and Colombia Rivers. They later returned to St. Louis spread the stories of their travels and findings in 1806. -
Passed by Thomas Jefferson, the Embargo Act stopped all American exports by prohibiting U.S ships from sailing to foreign ports to keep the U.S people at sea safe from impressment. The only thing the Embargo did was destroy the American economy, and turned politics upside down. Citizens were enraged at Jefferson and Embargo act. -
This was the first time that Congress had declared war, even though the British had promised to quit interfering with American shipping since they were preoccupied with their war with France. But, President Madison and the Republicans believed that only war would stop the practice of impressment and stop the Indian attacks across the frontier. -
This treaty marked the end of the War of 1812, both countries agreed to return each side's prisoners and restore the previous boundaries. The British also pledged to stop supporting Indian attacks. Most importantly the treaty saved the nation from possible civil war and financial ruin. -
The Missouri Compromise was passed by Congress it allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state. It marked the beginning of the conflict over slavery that eventually led to the civil war. The main problem was that the unbalance of slave and non-slave states, the compromise admitted Maine as a non-slave state and Missouri as a slave state which allowed the balance of slave and non-slave to stay even. -
This was the most powerful and versatile form of transport. Trains allow for faster travel, more people, and cheaper travel. Another advantage of trains was their year round operation they could function under any conditions. Railroads were major in stimulating the national economy of the U.S. -
Samuel Morse developed the first electromagnetic telegraph system (Morse Code). By the end of the 1840s most major cities benefited from telegraph lines. It allowed for faster communication and over longer distances. It also helped the train transportation system by coordinating travel. -
The war started after Mexican troops crossed border and killed 11 Americans, this caused James Polk to ask for soldiers, but since south was so invested many volunteers rushed to help, so many that even some were turned around. The Americans had a major advantage. Many battles happened mostly on Mexican territory, but after the fall of Mexico City, Santa Ana fled the country. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican American War in 1848. Mexico gave up half of their territory. -
The American Civil War took place in the United States between the Union, the North, who favored anti-slavery and the Confederacy, the South, who favored slavery. The Confederacy was the state that had seceded from the Union before the war. The cause was the dispute over whether slavery would be allowed to expand into the western territories, or be prevented from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on course of extinction. With the North victory it gave them power in the country. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was passed by president Abraham Lincoln. The Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states. It took more than two years for news of the proclamation to reach the slaves in the distant states. This marked the abolition of slavery in the U.S from then and still to this day.