1800-1876

  • Louisiana Puchase is made

    President Jefferson doubles the size of the nation making the Louisiana Purchase
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    War of 1812

    War of 1812 began as the idea was to push the British off of the Continent and dissolve Native American relations
  • Treaty of Ghent Signed

    Ended the war of 1812
  • Panic of 1819

    Due to irresponsible lending and hoarding of hard currency, a financial crisis began in America
  • Missouri Compromise is Passed

    Congress allowed Missouri into the nation as a slave state while Maine was accepted as a free state, and prohibiting slavery below the 36 30 parallel
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830 is passed

    The act signed by Andrew Jackson forced the Indians to "negotiate" for their land and move west on the trail of tears.
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    Texas Revolution

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Remember the Alamo
  • Texas gains Independence

    Texas becomes a republic and gains independence. Come and take it.
  • Texas Annexation

    Texas joins the United States
  • California Gold Rush Begins

    Gold is discovered in California, cause mass migration and pushing Manifest Destiny
  • Abraham Lincoln is elected President

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    American Civil War

    War between the southern and northern states
  • Battle of Bull Run

    First major engagement of the Civil War
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Northern victory turned the tide of the war
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln abolishes slavery
  • Alaska is Purchased

    Bought from Russia
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    A battle between Lt. Col. Custer and the Lakota, where Custer would lose due the sheer number of indians that outnumbered them