1824-1860 Expanding the Nation

  • Sadi Carnot

    French engineer Sadi Carnot describes a perfect engine: one in which all energy input is converted to energy output. The ideas in his Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire will influence the formulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics—which shows that such a perfect engine is an impossibility.
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  • Brazil reocgnized

    Brazil reocgnized
    Brazil was reconnized by the U.S.
  • Beethoven

    Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven composes his Ninth Symphony.
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  • Deadlock

    House of Representetives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams.Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
  • Corrupt Bargain

    John Quincy Adams wins Corrupt Bargain presidential election
  • Erie Canal

    Erie Canal Completed
  • Joseph-Nicéphore Niepce

    French inventor Joseph-Nicéphore Niepce makes the first photographic image in history.
  • Tariff of 1828

    a protective tariff passed by the U.S. Congress that came to be known as the "Tariff of Abominations" to its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Antebellum Southern economy; it was the highest tariff in U.S. peacetime and its goal was to protect industry in the northern United States from competing European goods by increasing the prices of European products.
  • "Citizen King"

    French troops invade Algeria, and at home, a revolution forces the abdication of Charles V in favor of Louis Philippe, the "Citizen King."
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  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act signed in 1830, provided for the immediate resettlement of native americans living in mississippi, alabama, florida, georgia, etc such as Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole
  • Oregon Trail

    Oregon Trail is beginning and seeking for Oregon Settlers. The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. A thousand pioneers head west
  • Turner's Rebellion

    this mass slave uprising resulted in the deaths of over 50 white men, women, and children - cautioned the world about the problems of freeing slaves
  • Darwin

    Young British naturalist Charles Darwin sets sail from England aboard the H.M.S. Beagle bound for South America, where he will make discoveries leading to the formation of his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
  • Whig Party

    Whig Party formed Jackson vetoes re-chartering of the 2nd National Bank, which creates the Whig party. Jackson supporters renewed the Jefferson Democratic Party
  • Jackson Re-elected

    Andrew Jackson takes oath for second term of Presidency
  • British Abolition Act of 1833

    British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act, giving freedom to all slaves throughout the British Empire.
  • McCormick reaper

    American inventor Cyrus H. McCormick patents his reaper, a horse-drawn machine for harvesting wheat.
  • Samuel F. B. Morse

    American inventor and painter American inventor and painter Samuel F. B. Morse constructs an experimental version of his telegraphconstructs an experimental version of his telegraph
  • Texas

    In Texas's war of independence with Mexico, the defenders of the Alamo, among them Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, are killed in a siege. on April 21, Texas wins the Battle of San Jacinto and secures its independence.
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren takes oath and becomes president.
  • Panic of 1837

    Ecnomic downturn caused by loose lending practices of state banks' and overspeculation. Martin Van Buren spent most of his time in office attempting to stablize and lessen the economic situation
  • Coronation of Queen Victoria

    Coronation of Queen Victoria in England.
  • The Trail of Tears

    The forced movement of Cherokee Indians in 1838 to the land west of Mississippi River forced by the U.S. Army. it lasted 116 days and was 1,000 miles long, many Indians died
  • La Amistad

    Slaves take over a ship known as La Amistad and land in New York. After much controversy, slaves are able to return to their homeland and Spaniards are placed under arrest for illegal participation in the slave trade.
  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison takes office and becomes the 9th president of the United States and passes away exactly one month later.
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler is elected and becomes the 10th President of the United States after William Henry Harrison
  • Edgar Poe

    Publication of The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Mexican War

    1846-1848 , Mexico broke relations with USA after annexation of Texas. Also, dispute over boundary of Texas and Americans were interested in New Mexico and California, as well. Polk sent Slidell to try and buy off the Mexicans... they wouldn't budge.Polk ordered Taylor to move army across Nueces River to the Rio Grande. They stayed stationed for a while,finally Mexicans crossed the river and attacked and started the war. America got New Mexico and California and it end
  • Potatoe Famine

    After the Potatoe Famine in Ireland, many people fleed to America.
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland. Over the next eight years, she will undertake at least 20 secret missions into Maryland and Virginia to free more than 300 slaves through the so-called Underground Railroad.
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  • Henry Bessemer

    British inventor Henry Bessemer introduces his process for producing steel cheaply and efficiently.
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  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes from the Union.
  • Works cited

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    Quizlet. APUSHisotry Review 1824-1860. Web. Ford, Katrina. "Strikes of Journeymen and Workers." St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide. Ed. Neil Schlager. Vol. 2. Detroit: St. James Press, 2004. 277-280. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 6 June 2013.