Expansion & Reform By jeremyeve Period: Jul 21, 1823 to Jul 21, 1861 Expansion and Reformation Dec 2, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Sep 22, 1825 John Quincy Adams becomes President Oct 26, 1825 Opening of the Erie Canal Jun 22, 1826 Panama Congress Jul 4, 1828 Building of first railroad May 26, 1830 Indian Removal Act Nov 19, 1832 Jackson vetoes national bank charter Mar 4, 1837 Inauguration of Martin Van Buren May 10, 1837 Great Panic of 1837 May 11, 1837 Morse invents the telegraph Dec 3, 1838 Trail of Tears Mar 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison inaugurated President Apr 4, 1841 John Tyler becomes president after William Henry Harrison dies Mar 4, 1845 James K Polk becomes president Aug 8, 1846 Wilmot Proviso Jan 24, 1848 Discovery of gold in California Feb 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Jan 21, 1849 Zachary Taylor becomes president Jul 9, 1849 Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Filmore becomes president Sep 9, 1850 California becomes a State Mar 4, 1853 Inauguration of Franklin Pierce Mar 31, 1854 Commercial treaty with Japan Treaty of Kanagawa & Commodore William Perry May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Bill Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision Aug 21, 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates Oct 16, 1859 John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
