1800 - 1876

  • Events

    Election of 1800 - Thomas Jefferson - decided by H of Rep.
  • Inventions

    Italian Alessandra Volta - first battery
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    American Presidents

    Thomas Jefferson
  • American Events

    France sells Louisiana territories
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    American Presidents

    James Madison
  • Inventions

    George Stephenson - builds first practical steam locomotive
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    American Presidents

    James Monroe
  • Events

    Missouri Compromise
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    American Presidents

    John Quincey Adams
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    American Presidents

    Andrew Jackson
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    American Presidents

    Martin Van Buren
  • Inventions

    Charles Goodyear - perfects form of rubber
  • American Presidents

    William Henry Harrison
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    American Presidents

    John Tyler
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    American Presidents

    James K. Polk
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    American Presidents

    Zachary Taylor
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    American Presidents

    Millard Fillmore
  • Events

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
  • American Events

    Opponents of slavery, set up Republican Party
  • Events

    Kansas Nebraska Act
  • Inventions

    Fire extinguishers are invented
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    American Events

    Eleven pro-slavery southern states secedes from Union
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    Wars

    Mexican - American War
  • Events

    Emancipation Proclamation
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    Lincoln's Assassination
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    Appomattox
  • American Events

    Gold discovered in South Dakota's Black Hills
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    Wars

    Red River Indian War
  • American Events

    Battle of Little Bighora
  • Inventions

    Alexander Graham Bell - patents the telephone
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    Wars

    War of 1812