Building the New Nation

By ssugg163

  • Ratification of Bill of Rights

    Bill of rights is voted into affect

  • Election of 1796

    First election where voters could choose between political parties, John Adams won the election

  • Election of 1800

    Emotional, and hard fought election. Dramatic victory for the Democratic-republican party

  • Lousiana Purchase

    Deal between the united States and France. United states acquired 827,000 acres

  • War of 1812

    Conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom

  • Missouri Compromise

    Devised by Henry Clay. Restricted slavery in the western territories

  • Second Great Awakening

    Religious movement during 19th century. Ran by Baptist and Methodist

  • Monroe Doctrin

    Basically says that any hostile forces outside the US are considered a threat

  • Death of Jefferson and Adams

    Adams was dying. His last word were that Jefferson still was living. Little did he know, Jefferson had died five hours earlier

  • Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

    Very foul election. Lots of fights over the election

  • Indian Removal Act

    Gave us access to some indian land. Some of the settlers went peacefully. Others rebelled

  • Publication of the Liberator Begins

    Newspaper

  • Texas Revolution

    Texas territory rebelled against the strong control of the Mexican government

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Texas fights for independence from Mexico

  • Annexation of Texas

    Texas became a part of the United States of America

  • Trail of Tears

    Cherokee had to pack up and move to Oklahoma. They call it the trail of tears because of how tragic it was.

  • Manifest Destiny Coined

    Phrase based on the Annexation of Texas

  • mexican American War Begins

  • Mexican American War Ends

  • Compromise of 1850

    Regulated slavery in new territories acquired by Mexican American War

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Passed by congress. Let the two territories decide whether or not they wanted slavery to be a thing for them

  • Pottawattamie massacre

    Massacre in Lawrence, Kansas

  • Harpers Ferry

    Ferry town developed for settlers

  • Election of 1860

    First election that citizens got to choose between two different parties

  • Crittenden Compromise

    They tried to put slavery back into the constitution. It did not work

  • Inauguration of George Washington

    George washington goes into office

  • Marbury vs Madison

    United States revisited their judicial branch