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Second Great Awakening (1790s)
A religious revival amongst black and white Southerners. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney, Yale graduate, and Catherine Greene, widow of Revolutionary War Officer Nathaniel Greene, produced a machine called the Cotton Gin which made it possible to clean up to fifty pounds of cotton per day. -
Statehood: Tennessee
Tennessee becomes a state. -
President: John Adams
March 4th, 1797-March 4th, 1801. -
Gabriel's Rebellion
A failed rebellion organized by Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and blacksmith, that planned an attack on Richmond, Virginia. -
The Light Bulb
The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc. -
Presidents: Thomas Jefferson
March 4th, 1801-March 4th, 1809 -
Statehood: Ohio
Ohio becomes a state. -
Virginia Laws
The state of Virginia tightens their laws on the manumission of slaves. -
International Slave Trade Decision
Congress decides to prohibit U.S. participation in the international slave trade. -
Presidents: James Madison
March 4th, 1809-March 4th, 1817 -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 against Britain began for several reasons. One of the key reasons was Britain's resctrictions on US trading and shipping. The war ended on February 18th, 1815 with the Treaty of Ghent-signed on December 24th, 1814, it was the treaty that ended the War of 1812-most of which the US dictated, -
Alabama Fever (1816-1820)
Alabama Fever, a surge of expansion into the South, broke out. -
Statehood: Indiana
Indiana becomes a state. -
Presidents: James Monroe
March 4th, 1817-March 4th, 1825 -
Statehood: Mississippi
Mississippi becomes a state. -
Statehood: Illinois
Illinois becomes a state. -
Statehood: Alabama
Alabama becomes a state. -
Statehood: Maine
Maine becomes a state. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri became a slave state under the condition that Maine enter the Union as a free state. -
Statehood: Missouri
Missouri becomes a state. -
Denmark Vesey's Conspiracy
A carefully carried out plan in which slave rebels planned to take control of Charleston and escape to freedom in Haiti, however they were betrayed by other slaves. Seventy-five of the conspirators were executed. -
Presidents: John Quincy Adams
March 4th, 1825-March 4th, 1829 -
Presidents: Andrew Jackson
March 4th, 1829-March 4th, 1837 -
Meanwhile...Cotton Production (1830)
720,000 bales produced. -
Nat Turner's Revolt
A slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia led by Nat Turner which resulted in the death of fifty-five white people. -
Nullification Crisis
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Flush Times (1832-1838)
Second wave of westward expansion. -
Remember the Alamo (Battle of the Alamo)
A major event in the process of Texas's Revolution. Ending with a Mexican victory on March 6th that same year, there were a little over 1400 wounded or killed in total during this bloody battle. -
Statehood: Arkansas
Arkansas becomes a state. -
Gag Rule
The "Gag Rule" is passed by Congress to prevent discussion of any antislavery petitions. -
Statehood: Michigan
Michigan becomes a state. -
Presidents: Martin Van Buren
March 4th, 1837-March 4th, 1841 -
Trail of Tears
The forced removal of the five civilized tribes-Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole-into 'Indian Territory'. -
Presidents: William Henry Harrison
March 4th, 1841-April 4th, 1841 -
Presidents: John Tyler
April 4th, 1841-March 4th, 1845 -
Statehood: Florida
Florida becomes a state. -
Presidents: James K. Polk
March 4th, 1845-March 4th, 1849 -
Mexican/American War
Tension between the Americans and the Spanish brewed and finally boiled over with the US annexation of Texas, thus producing the Mexican/American War. It was a US victory. -
Statehood: Texas
Texas becomes a state. -
Statehood: Iowa
Iowa becomes a state. -
California Gold Rush
A period of time in American history when a considerable amount of gold was found in a California river by a man named James Marshall. Despite the Forty-Niners, a reference to the prospectors who flooded California in 1849 after the discovery, many hardships, most did not strike it rich. The California Gold Rush ended in 1855. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace treaty, mostly dictated by the US, between Mexico and the US that ended the Mexican/American War. -
Statehood: Wisconsin
Wisconsin becomes a state. -
Presidents: Zachary Taylor
March 4th, 1849-July 9th, 1850 -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a last ditch effort to keep the country united, but about all it did was stall the inevitable. -
Presidents: Millard Fillmore
July 9th, 1850-March 4th, 1853 -
Statehood: California
California becomes a state. -
Meanwhile...Cotton Production (1850)
Cotton production has increased to 2.85 million bales. -
Presidents: Franklin Pierce
March 4th, 1853-March 4th, 1857 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a proxy war between Northerners and Southerners on whether or not Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. It ended in 1860 with Kansas, he abolitionists, being vicorious. -
Dred Scott Decision
In March of 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that blacks, all blacks, could never be citizens of the US; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional-therefore opening slavery to all of he countries territories. The Dred Scott VS. Sanford case invovled a black man, Dred Scott, who wanted to be a free US citizen, and appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of his wishes being granted. Although Scott lost his case, it did help bring slavery into the lime light a bit more. -
Statehood: Minnesota
Minnesota becomes a state. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
S series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas in which slavery was the main topic. -
Statehood: Oregon
Oregon becomes a state. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's Raid was an attempt by abolitionist John Brown to start a slave revolt by seizing a US Arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia. The raid was unsuccessful, however, and ended two days later. -
Meanwhile...Cotton Production (1860)
Cotton production increases to 5 million bales. -
Civil War
The Civil War begins.
