1800-1876

By akgreen

  • Thomas Jefferson Became President, 1801

  • Marbury vs. Madison, 1803

  • Louisiana Purchase 1803

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1805

  • James Madison Becomes President, 1809

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    War of 1812, 1812

  • Star Spangles Banner was Written, 1814

    Written by Francis Scott Key

  • Treaty of Ghent, 1814

  • James Monroe Became President, 1817

  • Missouri Compromise, 1820

  • Monroe Doctrine, 1823

  • John Quincy Adams Becomes President, 1825

  • Andrew Jackson Became President, 1829

  • Indian Removal Act, 1830

  • Nat Turner Started a Slave Uprising, 1831

  • William Lloyd Garrison began The Liberator, 1831

  • Texas Declares Independence from Mexico, 1836

  • Martin Van Buren Became President, 1837

  • Trail of Tears, 1838

  • William Henry Harrison Becomes President, 1841

    He died very early on in his presidency and John Tyler took his position.

  • James Polk Became President, 1845

  • The Term "Manifest Destiny" Became Popular, 1845

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    Mexican War, 1846-1848

  • Zachery Taylor Becomes President, 1849

  • Franklin Pierce Becomes President, 1853

  • James Buchanan Becomes President, 1857

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President, 1860

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    Civil War, 1861-1865

  • Lincoln Was Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth,1865

  • Thirteen Amendment, 1865

  • Ulysses S. Grant Becomes President, 1869

  • Chicago Fires, 1871

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