Apush 1800-1860

  • thomas jefferson elected

    thomas jefferson elected

    the third president of the us. the election constitutes the first peaceful transfer on power from one political party to another in the us.
  • louisiana purchase

    louisiana purchase

    north and south were fighting over louisiana for votes
  • war of 1812

    war of 1812

    war hawks led america into a war with britain over jay's treaty. creates a sense of nationalism and legitimize the usa
  • McCulloch v Maryland

    McCulloch v Maryland

    a court case that occurred when maryland tried to tax the national bank to death. established the the federal government has more power than the states do
  • missouri compromise

    missouri compromise

    provides the administration of maine as a free state along with missouri as a slave state, thus maintaining power between north and south.
  • andrew jackson elected

    andrew jackson elected

    won a plurality of electoral votes in the election of 1824, but still lost to john quincy adams when the election was deferred to the house of representatives
  • the liberator begins publication

    the liberator begins publication

    was an abolitionist newspaper founded by william lloyd garrison and isaac knapp
  • nullification crisis

    nullification crisis

    a us sectional political crisis, during the presidency of andrew jackson, which involved a confrontation between sc and the federal gov.
  • tocqueville publishes democracy in america

    tocqueville publishes democracy in america

    it was received at once by the scholars and thinkers of europe as a profound, impartial, and entertaining exposition of the principals of popular, representative self-government
  • emerson publishes self reliance

    emerson publishes self reliance

    is an essay written by american transcendentalist philosopher and essayist ralph waldo emerson.
  • Dorothea dix visits her first jail with insane inmates

    Dorothea dix visits her first jail with insane inmates

  • fredrick douglass publishes his autobiography

    fredrick douglass publishes his autobiography

    joined a black church and regularly attended abolitionist meetings. he also subscribed to william lloyd garrison's weekly journal the liberator
  • seneca falls convection

    seneca falls convection

  • fugitive slave act

    fugitive slave act

    abolitionist nicknamed it "bloodhound law" for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves.
  • uncle tom's cabin published

    uncle tom's cabin published

    best selling novel by harriet beecher stowe; it followed a runaway slave and her young child as they tried to make it to freedom.
  • thoreau publishes walden

    thoreau publishes walden

    one of the most powerful and influential writers america has produced. his prose style was equalized.
  • whitman publishes leaves of grass (1st edition)

    whitman publishes leaves of grass (1st edition)

    spent most of his life writing this, until his death
  • fredrick douglass publishes autobiography

    fredrick douglass publishes autobiography

  • dred scott decision

    dred scott decision

    resided in a free state and territory (where it was prohibited) was not entitled to his freedom. Africans were not and could never be citizens of the us.
  • john browns attacks harper's ferry

    john browns attacks harper's ferry

    brown attempted to attract more black recruits. he tried recruiting fredrick douglass as a liaison officer to the slaves in am meeting held in a quarry at chambers burg, PA.
  • abraham lincoln elected

    abraham lincoln elected

    abraham lincoln elected
  • civil war begins

    civil war begins

    civil war began