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Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million dollars. It took up half of America. -
Lowells First Cotton Mill
On December 20, 1814 Francis Lowell or also known as the "father of the factory system" opened his first cotton mill. His factory used a series of machines, housed in one building, that turned raw cotton into finished cloth. -
Missouri Compromise
On March 2, 1820 congress passed the Missouri Compromise which was supposed to be a blance between the slave and free states. It stated that Maine could eneter the union as a free and Missouri as a slave state. It also made a law which made a border splitting the coutry apart across the Lousisana Purchase so below the border slavery would be permitted and above it would be prohibbited. -
Andrew Jackson Elected
The day Andrew Jackson was elected as President. -
Indian Removal Act
In 1830, congress passed the indian remvoal act to clear indians from lands eat of the mississippi river. the plan was to move all the tribes to the west. -
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Trail of Tears
The force of moving the Cherokee tribe out west in which 17,000 Cherokee died -
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Mexican American War
In 1846 when American went to war with Mexico over a border dispute in Texas. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was made up by Henry Clay and it was supposed to have something for everyone. It admitted California into the Union as a free state, which pleased the North. It divided the rest of the Southwest into two territories-New Mexico and Utah-and opened both to slavery which please the South. This plan also included the Fugititve Slave Law which was a law that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A best selling book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in which her book described the cruelties of slavery through the story of a dignified slave named Uncle Tom. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
A law passed by congress in 1854 to establish Kansas and Nebraska as territories with popular sovereignty made by Stephen Douglas. -
Bleeding Kansas
When slave oweners and abolitionists fought over he descion to make the state a free one or a slave one. -
Black Codes
law enacted in 1855 and 1856 in the former confederate states to restrict freedom and opportunities for African Americans. -
Bessemer Process
Henery Bessemer made a new method of making steel called the Bessemer Process. -
John Browns Raid
a raid led by John Brown who was a radical abolitionist, in 1856. He hoped of seizing the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Dred Scout Descion
ruling of the supreme court in the case Scoutt v. Standford that legalized slavery in the territories and declared the Missouri Compromise un-constitutional. -
Oil Discovered in Pennsylvania
In 1850, Oil was found in the small of titusville, Pennsylvania. Which also was a big event in industrialization. -
Lincolns Elected
The day president Liconln was elected and became president. -
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The Civil War
The war between the North and the South that took place 1861 and 1865. The South was fighting for places to keep slavery and the North was fighting for freedom. -
Emancipation Proclemation
An order issued by President Lincoln on Janruary 1, 1863, to free the slaves in the Confederate States. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The bloodiest battle of the civil war. -
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Shermas March to The Sea
When William Sherman and his Union army took over Savannah, GA during the civil war. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The place in which the official surrender of Robert E Lee and the Confedrates which made the end of the civil war. -
Reconstruction
Abraham Lincolns plan to bring the North & South back together after the civil war. -
Liconlns Assinated
When Lincoln was assinated by John Wilkes Booth who was a former Confederate. It all took place at Fords theatre in washington, DC. -
13th Amendment
A constitutional change ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery in the United States. -
Johnsons Impeachment
On February 24, 1868 President Johnson who was the 17th President was impeached. He was impeached because he broke the violated the tenure of office act. -
14th Amendment
A constitutional change ratitfied in 1868 granting citizenship to all former slaves by declaring that anyone born in the united states is a citizen; it also extended to blacks the rights of due process of law and equal protetion under the law. -
Transconstitutional Railroad Complete
The first Railroad that expans across the continent was finished on this day. -
15th Amendment
a constituational change ratified in 1870 granting balck males to vote. -
Standard Oil Formed
Standard Oil formed in 1870, in which John D. Rockefeller had a very big share of standard oil companies. -
First Telephone Called
Alexander Grahm Bell who invented the telephone made the first call on March 10, 1876. -
Light Bulb invented
In 1879, Thomas Edison changes the world when he invited the first electric light bulb. This invention was one of the keys to the start of industrialization. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
An act in 1890 that outlaweed trusts and monopolies but was seldom enforced. -
The Gilded Age
This was referred by Mark Twain that this period of time was known as the Gilded Age. Gilded means that it looks gold but only on the outside. He meant by this that everything seemed and looked great when it really wasn't. -
Carneige forms his Steel Company
Andrew Carneige started his Steel Company in the USA which is used for raildroads, bridges, and skyscrapers.
