1800-1876 By akgreen 1801 Thomas Jefferson Became President, 1801 1803 Marbury vs. Madison, 1803 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1803 Period: 1804 to 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1805 1809 James Madison Becomes President, 1809 Period: 1812 to 1814 War of 1812, 1812 1814 Star Spangles Banner was Written, 1814 Written by Francis Scott Key 1814 Treaty of Ghent, 1814 1817 James Monroe Became President, 1817 1820 Missouri Compromise, 1820 1823 Monroe Doctrine, 1823 1825 John Quincy Adams Becomes President, 1825 1829 Andrew Jackson Became President, 1829 1830 Indian Removal Act, 1830 1831 Nat Turner Started a Slave Uprising, 1831 1831 William Lloyd Garrison began The Liberator, 1831 1836 Texas Declares Independence from Mexico, 1836 1837 Martin Van Buren Became President, 1837 1838 Trail of Tears, 1838 1841 William Henry Harrison Becomes President, 1841 He died very early on in his presidency and John Tyler took his position. 1845 James Polk Became President, 1845 1845 The Term "Manifest Destiny" Became Popular, 1845 Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican War, 1846-1848 1849 Zachery Taylor Becomes President, 1849 1853 Franklin Pierce Becomes President, 1853 1857 James Buchanan Becomes President, 1857 1860 Abraham Lincoln Becomes President, 1860 Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil War, 1861-1865 1865 Lincoln Was Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth,1865 1865 Thirteen Amendment, 1865 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Becomes President, 1869 1871 Chicago Fires, 1871