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From 1845 to 1852, a plant disease called Blight killed the country's entire potato crop. -
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For instance, in 1821, wardens of Auburn Prison in New York had placed 80 prisoners into solitary confinement for long periods of time. -
The story of one of the most important trails to the west begins in 1821, the year that Mexico won it it's independence from Spain. -
After 11- year war, Mexico won it's independence from Spain. In 1821, the tejanos found themselves part of Mexico. -
James Fenimore Cooper wrote the first American novel in 1823. -
Missouri Compromise, (1820), in U.S. history, measure worked out between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821). -
The shift of political power to the west, and opened a new era of political democracy in the United States. -
American settlers continued the practice of slavery in Texas, even though Mexico had outlawed slavery in 1829 -
In August 1832, Black Hawk surrendered, and the military imprisoned him for a time in a Virginia fort. -
In 1834, senators Clay and Webster had formed a new political party, which is called the Whig Party after British political group had criticized the monarchy. -
After the Seminole rejected a removed treaty, President Jackson and the federal government declared war on them in 1835. -
Because the economy still seemed to be in good shape, Jackson's vice president, Martin Van Buren, easily won the presidential election in 1836. -
The Troy female seminary in 1821, and Mary Lyon, who founded Mount Holyoke female seminary in 1837. -
During the 1840's, Nativists organized groups to opposed immigration. -
In 1860, a shoe Manufacturer in Massachusetts refused the shoemaker unions request for wage increase.