APUSH - Period 4

  • Second Great Awakening Began

    Second Great Awakening Began

    Religious revival
  • Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin

    Pulled seeds from the cotton balls, which made it faster to get cotton.
  • Thomas Jefferson Elected President

    Thomas Jefferson Elected President

  • Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Enslaved blacksmith who planned large slave rebellion in Richmond area.
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury v. Madison

    First Supreme Court cases that applied Judicial review
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Land deal between U.S. and France which doubled the size of U.S.
  • Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Jefferson asked Congress to fund an expedition through Louisiana territory to Pacific Ocean.
  • Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    Naval engagement that occurred on coast of Norfolk between British and Chesapeake where Leopard(British) attacked looking for deserters from Royal Navy.
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act

    Prohibits American ships from trading in all foreign ports, mostly against Britain and France.
  • James Madison Elected President

    James Madison Elected President

    Democratic-Republican defeated Federalist Pinckney.
  • Non-Intercourse Act

    Non-Intercourse Act

    Congress replaced Embargo Act and lifted embargoes for shipping except for British and French ports.
  • Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    Spied on British textile industry and memorized the plans to recreate them for his own mills.
  • Death of Tecumseh

    Death of Tecumseh

    During War of 1812, he was killed during the Battle of Thames in Canada.
  • The British Burn Washington DC

    The British Burn Washington DC

    British hoped that burning DC would cause the fall of America in response to the American attack on the City of York
  • Hartford Convention

    Hartford Convention

    Series of meetings where the New England Federalists party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and political problems.
  • Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Ended War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, where peace was negotiated.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    Last major battle of the War of 1812, America won against invading British army.
  • End of the War of 1812

    End of the War of 1812

    Ended with the Treaty of Ghent created two centuries of peace between the U.S. and Britain.
  • Era of Good Feelings Began

    Era of Good Feelings Began

    Period after War of 1812 where Americans began to feel a sense of unity.
  • James Monroe Elected President

    James Monroe Elected President

    Fifth president, last president during First Party System.
  • Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Treaty between U.S. and Great Britain after the War of 1812 that limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes.
  • Anglo-American Convention

    Anglo-American Convention

    Set the boundary between Missouri Territory in the U.S. and British North America.
  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819

    Banks throughout the country failed, mortgages failed, agriculture fell, and unemployment.
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland

    The state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Adams-Onis Treaty

    Also known as the Transcontinental or Florida Purchase Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that gave Florida to the U.S. and defined boundaries between the U.S. and New Spain.
  • Dartmouth College v. Woodward

    Dartmouth College v. Woodward

    The court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state, which made it equal.
  • Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    Attempt at uprising slaves and freedmen in Charleston, SC.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Doctrine that warns European Nations that the U.S. will no longer tolerate further colonization.
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden

    Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power.
  • Erie Canal Completed

    Erie Canal Completed

    Waterway that made New York the empire state, the leader in population, industry, and economic strength.
  • John Quincy Adams Elected President

    John Quincy Adams Elected President

    Only election to be decided by House of Representatives, against Andrew Jackson.
  • Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community

    Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community

    A utopia society created in Indiana by Robert Owen.
  • Charles B. Finney Led Religious Revivals in Western New York

    Charles B. Finney Led Religious Revivals in Western New York

    Showed Finney had a very powerful preaching style.
  • Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"

    Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"

    The six sermons are on nature, occasions, signs, evils, and the remedy of intemperance.
  • Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    Took part in all of the education reform that was happening during this period of time.
  • Tariff of Abominations

    Tariff of Abominations

    Protective tariff passed to protect industry in U.S.
  • Andrew Jackson Elected President

    Andrew Jackson Elected President

    Seventh president and american soldier.
  • Catherine Beecher Published "Essays on The Education of Female Teachers"

    Catherine Beecher Published "Essays on The Education of Female Teachers"

    Promoted women as natural teachers and advocated for expansion and development of teacher training programs. Claimed work of a teacher is more important to society than doctor or lawyer.
  • Trail of Tears Began

    Trail of Tears Began

    A march made by Cherokee Indians when they were forced to moved from their homeland of Georgia to the Indian territory.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    Congress passed the act as a way of moving Indians out of East and to West where they had designated the "Indian Territory".
  • Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

    Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

    Joseph Smith founded the Mormon Church.
  • Nullification Crisis Began

    Nullification Crisis Began

    Convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia

    Cherokee Indians are protected from the actions of state governments.
  • Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States

    Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States

    Argued that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with"justice", "sound policy", and the Constitution.
  • Black Hawk War

    Black Hawk War

    Conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader.
  • Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.

    Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.

    The Whigs supported the supremacy of the U.S. Congress of the Presidency.
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota

    Ceded Cherokee land to U.S. in exchange for compensation.
  • Texas Declared Independence from Mexico

    Texas Declared Independence from Mexico

    Houston's army won against Mexican forces at San Jacinto. Houston elected president of Republic of Texas.
  • Battle of Alamo

    Battle of Alamo

    Group of Texans led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam captured fort at Alamo and seized control of San Antonio.
  • Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular

    Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular

    Required payment of government land to be in gold or silver.
  • First McGuffey Reader Published

    First McGuffey Reader Published

    Series of elementary school reading books.
  • Transcendentalist Club's First Meeting

    Transcendentalist Club's First Meeting

    Club was a meeting-place for these young thinkers and an organizing ground for their idealist frustration with the general state of American culture and society at the time.
  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837

    Financial crisis, prices went up and unemployment went down in United States.
  • Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Martin Van Buren Elected President

    American statesman who served as the 8th president.
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"

    Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"

    Sparked controversy because it attacked formal religion and argued for self-reliance and intuitive spiritual experience.
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Resolved border issues between United States and British North American colonies(present Canada).
  • Treaty of Wanghia with China

    Treaty of Wanghia with China

    Diplomatic agreement between Qing-dynasty and U.S..
  • James Polk Elected President

    James Polk Elected President

    Politician who served as the 11th president.
  • Beginning of Manifest Destiny

    Beginning of Manifest Destiny

    Belief that settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  • U.S. Annexation of Texas

    U.S. Annexation of Texas

    Texas entered U.S. as slave state. Broadened differences in U.S. over issues of slavery and set off Mexican War.
  • Start of the Mexican War

    Start of the Mexican War

    War between United States and Mexico because of belief to spread "manifest destiny" across continent.
  • Bear Flag Revolt

    Bear Flag Revolt

    Small group of settlers in California rebelled against Mexican government. Stated California as independent republic.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    End of Mexican War, added 525,000 miles of land. Includes present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
  • Gold Rush Began in California

    Gold Rush Began in California

    News of gold brought 300,000 people from rest of United States and abroad.
  • John Humphery Noyes Founded the Oneida Community

    John Humphery Noyes Founded the Oneida Community

    After hearing warrants were issued for several of his loyal followers, the group left Vermont for Oneida, New York, where Noyes knew some friendly perfectionist with land.
  • Henry David Thoreau Published "Civil Disobedience"

    Henry David Thoreau Published "Civil Disobedience"

    Individuals should not overrule or disregard their consciences and they have the ability to stop the government from making them victims of injustice.
  • Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to U.S.

    Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to U.S.

    Opened trade for America to Japan who hasn't traded in over 200 years.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    Present day south Arizona and south west New Mexico. Purchased from treaty signed by U.S. ambassador to Mexico, James Gadsden.
  • Kanagawa Treaty

    Kanagawa Treaty

    Treaty between United States and Tokugawa Shogunate. Opened ports of Shimoda and Hakodate for American trade and permitted establishment of U.S. consulate in Japan.