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Missouri Comprimise
Sectional comprimise in Congress in 1820 that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery in the northern Lousiana Purchase territory -
Monroe Doctrine
Declaration by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was to be closed off to further European colonization and that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of European Nations -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams is elected president by the House of Representatives -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson won the election of 1828. The election was also known as one of the dirtiest in history -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson's measure that allowed state officials to override federal protection of Native Americans. -
Nat Turner's Revolt in Virginia
uprising of slaves in Southampton County, Virginia, in the summer of 1831 led by Nat Turner that resulted in the death of fifty-five white people. -
The Panic of 1837
The panic of 1837 was caused by many foriegn investors and state banks eagerly giving out loans which caused a $37 million surplus and made the inflationary pressures worse -
End of the Fur Trade.
From the 1760s to the 1840s the fur trade had flourished, but by the 1840s the beaver population in the west was virtually destroyed. -
Liberty Party.
In 1840 abolitionists formed the LIberty Party -
Texas Annexes to the United States
Texas becomes part of the United States as a slave state -
The Mexican American War
War fought between Mexico and the United States between 1846 and 1848 over control of territory in southwest North America -
Oregon
Americans and Britains shared the Oregon territory until 1846 when the United States and Britain signed a treaty that placed the U.S. Canada border at the 49th parallel -
Election of 1848
Zachary Taylor becomes president -
Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in 1848 by james Marshall at Sutter's Hill. In the autumn of 1848 the east heard about the gold and by 1849 California was full of people looking for their fortune. -
Fugitive Slave Laws
The Fugitive Slave Laws were laws that put harsher punishment on escaped slaves and people who helped them.
