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Second Census
the second Census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 4, 1800. It showed that 5,308,483 people were living in the United States, of whom 893,602 were slaves. -
Presidential Election
*Fourth U.S. Presidential election
*John Adams Vs. Thomas Jefferson
*Thomas Jefferson called his election "the Revolution of 1800" because it marked the first time that power in America passed from one party to another. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
*four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent.
*restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis And Clark Expedition Begins
Their mission was to explore the unknown territory, establish trade with the Natives and affirm the sovereignty of the United States in the region. One of their goals was to find a waterway from the US to the Pacific Ocean. -
Importation of African American Slaves banned by Congress
The importation of African slaves was outlawed by an act of Congress passed in 1807, and signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson. The law was rooted in an obscure passage in the U.S. Constitution, which had stipulated that importing slaves could be prohibited 25 years after the ratification of the Constitution. -
War of 1812
conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. -
British burn Washington, D.C. including the White House
invading British troops marched into Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol, the President's Mansion, and other local landmarks. -
British defeated at Battle of New Orleans
On this day in 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped army to victory against 8,000 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans -
James Monroe Elected President
Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King. -
Missouri Compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
Vesey Uprising
a major potential slave revolt planned for the city in June 1822. -
Monroe Doctorine
the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
Jackson laid out an ambitious set of goals: eliminating the national debt, rotating government jobs, evening out tariffs, removing Indians west of the Mississippi, and reforming the Second Bank of the United States. -
Tariff of Abomination
the third protective tariff implemented by the government. The protective tariffs taxed all foreign goods, to boost the sales of US products and protect Northern manufacturers from cheap British goods. -
Andrew Jackson Spoils System
an arrangement that employed and promoted civil servants (government officials) who were friends and supporters of the political group in power. ... The Spoils System advocated by Andrew Jackson was based on rotation in office and rewarding loyal supporters. -
Indian Removal Act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white. -
Andrew Jackson
vetoed the bill re-chartering the Second Bank in July 1832 by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution. ... The charter was bad policy for several technical reasons. -
Texas Revolution
a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico. -
Trail of Tears
a series of forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
Mexican American War
The main cause of the war was the westward expansion of the United States. All through the 19th century Americans believed it was their right to expand westward. At the time they believed they could conquer the people already living on the land and take it for the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
