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American History 1800-1876

By mattm97

  • Washington D.C.

    The capital city is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

  • Thomas Jefferson becomes president

    Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president of the United States.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    The United States nearly doubles in size by paying France $15 million to purchase the Louisiana territory.

  • Louis and Clark begin expedition

    Louis and Clark leave St. Louis, Missouri, on a journey to the West to find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

  • James Madison becomes president

    James Madison is inaugurated as President of the United States.

  • War of 1812

    The United States declares war on the British for interference in their expansion to the west.

  • James Monroe becomes president

    James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States.

  • Florida is ceded

    Spain agrees to cede the land of Florida to the United States due to issues with resources.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Maine is admitted as a free state and Missouri is admitted as a slave state. All other lands north of latitude 36º30' are not allowed to be slave states.

  • John Quincy Adams becomes president

    John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States.

  • Andrew Jackson becomes president

    Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as the seventh president of the United States.

  • Texas gains independence

    Texas becomes a free nation by declaring independence from Mexico.

  • The Alamo

    All Texan defenders are killed by the Mexican army laying siege on the Alamo.

  • Manifest Destiny

    John O'Sullivan uses the term "Manifest Destiny" in an article to represent the idea that the U.S. is entitled to all land stretching to the Pacific Ocean.

  • Harriet Tubman escapes slavery

    Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and becomes an icon for abolition.

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes president

    Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president.

  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes from the union due to the federal government's policies and actions regarding state's rights and slavery.

  • The Confederate States of America

    South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America.

  • The Civil War begins

    Confederates attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina and begin the Civil War.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in the Confederate States.

  • End of the Civil War

    Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.

  • Chicago Fire

    A fire broke out in Chicago killing approximately 300 people and destroying thousands of buildings.