1800-1876

By dunn234

  • Election of 1808

    James Madison defeats Charles Pinckney when Jefferson decided not to run again.

  • War of 1812

    Declaration of war against Britain starting with an immediate attack on Canada

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri came in as the last slave state above the Missouri Compromise Line.

  • Election of 1824

    John Quincy Adams won with the corrupt bargain where Clay under the table got the Secretary of State position.

  • Election of 1828

    Andrew Jackson was the first President from Trans-Appalachian state.

  • Joseph Smith organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

    Lots of problems.

  • Mechanical Reaper

    McCormick decided to attempt to bring power to grain harvesting.

  • Slave Rebellion

    Nat Turner and other slaves kill fifty-five to sixty whites.

  • Election of 1836

    Martin Van Buren won from the Democratic Party and was hand picked by Jackson.

  • First Steel Plow

    John Deere came up with the first steel plow.

  • Mexican American War

    Mexico and United States fighting over where the divide line was.

  • Kansas and Nebraska Act

    One of the last band aids on trying to keep our nation together with free versus slave territory.