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Election of 1800
Jefferson and Burr both had 73 votes, but Jefferson won. -
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Domestic Slave Trade
The number of slave states increased by 7 within 50 years of the 19th century. In 1800, there were 8 slave states and 15 slave states 50 years later -
Treaty of Cession
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Election of 1808
James Madison won against Charles Pinckney -
Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison -
War of 1812
This war forced Creeks to move out of the many acres of land, but some assimilated into white society so they would not have to move out of their home. -
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British Colony battled the northwest areas of the New World
They immediately attacked Canada, which led to surrendering Detroit without a shot in 1812. Next, the Battle of Lake Erie occurred in 1813. Battle of Thames allowed for us to retake Detroit. In 1814, Britain defeated Napoleon and raided the Chesapeake Bay. And later attacked New Orleans. -
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Second Bank of the United States
1811: First Bank of the United States charter expired
War of 1812: Demonstrated need for national bank
1816: Est. Second Bank thats located in Philadelphia
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Declaration of War against Britain
Madison pressured Congress to declare war -
Tariff of 1816
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Adam-Onis Treaty
Guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over region -
Election of 1824
5 Republican candidates
3 Veterans of James Monroe’s cabinet
Secretary of State – John Quincy Adams Secretary of War – John C Calhoun Secretary of Treasury – William Crawford
4th Candidate – Henry Clay of Kentucky
5th Candidate – Andrew Jackson, general and senator from Tennessee John Quincy Adams won the presidential election -
Tariff of 1828
Enraged the South and support of Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren Helped Jackson win presidency -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson was the first president from trans-Appalachian state, who had a goal was to recreate national political coalition
as a democrats and shared a message of equal rights and popular rule -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
This granted land for the Native Americans in present day Oklahoma and Kansas. The Cherokees carried a case to Supreme Court to stay in their land, but they were declared as "domestic dependent nations". -
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
This was the most famous slave rebellion, where Turner and 70 armed slaves and free blacks went around the surrounding neighborhood to slaughter white neighbors who enslaved them. By the end of the second day, they attacked 15 homes and killed 55-60 whites. Then, Nat Turners moved went into hiding for a month and later found in the woods. After he was captured, he was tried in court and hung days later. -
Election of 1836
Martin van Buren, an architect of the Democratic Party and hand picked by Jackson. The Whigs ran 4 candidates, where Martin van Buren won. -
Independence of Texas
The Americans proclaimed independence of Texas, which they adopted constitution that legalized slavery -
Battle of the Alamo
This Battle was over Texas gaining their Independence from Mexico, but they did not recognize Texas as independent. -
Panic of 1837
Van Buren inherited Jackson's financial policies, where he did not believe government had any responsibilities to rescue those unemployed or hard pressed farmers. -
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Population in the New World from European countries
Irish: 2 million, seen as peasants and labors who settled mostly in New England cities and New York
Germans: 1.5 million, most were artisans and lived in the mid-western states
British: 750,000, avoided the South -
The Oregon Trail
They traveled 2,170 miles from Independence, MO to Oregon City, OR. The first organized wagon train was May 16th, 1842 from Elm Grove, MO with 100 pioneers. Then, they had the Great Migration a year later on May 22nd, 1843. -
Election of 1844
This helped the U.S gain new territories, California, Oregon, and Texas. James K Polk became our 11th president. -
Rainbow
First clipper ship built for speed -
Cali seek Independence of Mexico
John C Fremont sent help to protect the boundaries of new U.S. land. -
Annexation of Texas
There was immediate annexation over Texas, where Texas became the 28th state of the United States. -
At War with Mexico
Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. after Texas became part of the U.S. -
Armies clashed near Rio Grande
After Mexico wouldn't listen to what Polk had to say through John Slidell to secure boundary from Mexico, buy California and New Mexico. They come to revolution for California's independence. At the Rio Grande Valley, blood sheds between Americans and Mexicans as they both believe they were passing boundaries of each country. -
California declares to be apart of the U.S.
After fighting in California, John Sloat declares California as part of the U.S. when they become the Bear Flag Republic. -
The Donner Party
This was led by brothers, Jacob and George Donner, who took the poor decision at Fort Bridge, that was a "shortcut". They ended up not having enough supplies to reach California, so they sent 2 people to out for supplies. They stopped at 1,000 feet below summit at Truckee Lake where it snowed 5 feet of snow overnight. Patrick Breen kept a diary of their time out there. There were 81 members, but only 45 survived. On April 29th, 1847, the last member makes it to Sutter's Fort. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The U.S. pays Mexico $15 million for more than 1/3 of their territory, including California, Nevada, Arizona, and some of Colorado and New Mexicao. The Senate ratified in March 1848. -
GOLD
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Fort, which his land was destroyed to search for more gold. -
Increase in population
43% were foreign born due to the influx of Catholic dioceses -
Compromise of 1850
As California undergoes being part of the U.S., they know how to figure out if they are going to be a free or slave state. They want to be a free state, but the South has their own insight on this. They had 4 proposals, which they ended up compromising on having 5 separate law, where California becomes free, but the U.S. still has to give the South something, so they resolved boundary dispute and abolish slave trade in D.C. It pset some south states, which they would leave if slavery abolished. -
Election of 1852
Slavery conflit had split the major political parties. For the Whigs, they were weakened by Henry Clay's death. For the Democrats, they had 3 leading candidate, which Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire won this election. -
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Know-Nothing Party/American Party
The Party Platform won control of Massachusetts legislature. Two years later, they nominated Millard Fillmore as their presidential candidate, but he refused to take a stand on slavery. -
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Bleeding Kansas
For Nebraska, they became a free state, but on the other hand, Kansas had issues where Northerners tried to help Kansas be free, but made this worse. The Southerners voted pro-slavery coming from Missouri, which they had another election the following year. They adopted the Missouri slave code which included severe penalties, but Northerners set up their own Free State legislature at Topeka. KS wanted to be a free state, but ended up proslavery started pushing into KS. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
At first, the Union was spinning toward disaster. Then, Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that extinguished Native American rights. -
Election of 1856
Buchanan of Pennsylvania won this election as he was part of the American Party. He was split over slavery. He committed to States right and promotion of territorial expansion -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown set out for Harper’s Ferry and hoped local slave population would join raid. Weapons seized would go to slaves, but Marines arrived and stormed engine house.
He was charged with treason against Virginia for murder and slave insurrection. He was sentenced to death where he was hung 2 months after beginning his raid. He is known for "Angel of light" and a "Saint awaiting his martyrdom" -
Sketchy Physicians
The physicians in the New World had no or little training, however; there were 60,000 self-styled physicians. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won this election. The election of Lincoln and the perceived threat to the institution of slavery proved too much for the deep southern states. South Carolina wanted to dissolve their union with the U.S. Not all of the Southerners participated in Confederate nationalism. The ones where slavery was weak stayed loyal to the Union. -
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A War for Union
The American Civil War had began. This was over the issue of slavery. There was conflict concerning the issues of slavery. -
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War for Emancipation
This became war against slavery. -
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Reconstruction of the United States
Abraham Lincoln was working to reunify the U.S. after the war. Shortly after, there was a mass democratic participation for African Americans. In 1860, only 5 states in the North allowed Blacks to vote on equal terms with whites. African Americans began to enter into politics as senator and representatives. For women, they wanted equal rights for all, instead of just amongst race, but genders as well. -
Ku Klux Klan
They first started out in Tennessee and had spread to every state of the former Confederacy by 1868. Amongst the Klanmen, they would murder blacks in their surrounding areas.