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Chapter 2&3 Timeline
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson became the 7th President in 1829 untill 1837. -
Battle of the Alamo
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Trail of Tears
As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation had to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to move to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
California Gold Rush
Americans were headed to California in a big mass migration known as the Cakifornia Gold Rush, -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
It is the oldest treaty still in force between the United States and Mexico. It ended the U.S and Mexican War. -
UIndergound Railroad
The Unground Railroad was where slaved excaped to. Harriet Tubman was appart of the Underground Railroad. -
Compromise of 1850
In 1850, California applied to enter the Union as a free state, threatening the blance of power between slave and free states in the Senate. To ease southren concerns, Congress passed the Compromise of 1850. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anti-slavery novel and movie, writen by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the best selling novel of the 19th century and the second best selling book of that century. -
Gadsden Purchase
United States purchased a strip of land along the US-Mexico border for $10 million, now in New Mexico and Arizona -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The debates were held during the 1858 campaign for a US Senate seat from Illinois. There were 7 debates. -
John Brown's Raid (Harper's Ferry)
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Battle of Bull Run
The northern newspaper pressured President Lincoln to bring a quick end to the rebllion of the southern states. -
Abraham Lincoln
Became the 16th President in 1809 untill 1865. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Attack on Fort Sumter marked the start of the Civil War. General Beauregard demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. -
Battle of Shiloh
Aso known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. -
Reconstruction (beginning)
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Battle of Gettysburg
General Robert E. Lee led his Confederate Army across the Potomac River and headed towards Pennsylvania. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best known speeches in United States history. -
Andrew Johnson
17th president of the United States. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was a gang of rasist Southerners who were mean to blacks. -
Fourteenth Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Read more: Amendments to the C -
Fifteenth Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Reconstruction (end)
Congress passed a general Amnesty Act, restoring full political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
