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John Adams is elected President
John Quincy Adams only served one term. He was with the Federalists Party. -
The Treaty of Greenville
This treaty was signed after the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This also ended the Northwest Indian War. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase made the US much bigger, and it gave us control of the Mississippi River. -
The Steamboat was invented
The first successful steamboat was built by Robert Fulton. This steamboat was named the Clermont. -
The National Road is finished
This road is also known as Route 40. This was the first road fully funded by the US ever. -
The Battle of Tippecanoe
This battle was between the Indians and the United States army. The leader of this army was General William Henry Harrison. -
Andrew Jackson was elected President
He defeated the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. He was also a lawyer and landowner. -
The War of 1812
In this war, the US declared war against the British. This ended because we decided to stop trying to end impressment. -
Indiana becomes a state
President James Madison approved Indiana as a state. Because this land was known as a "land of the Indians" Indiana was a fitting name. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
This treaty has a lot of other names, it can be known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Flordia Treaty, or the Flordia Purchase treaty. This was a treaty that to gave up the US and defined the border between the New Spain and US. -
The Missouri Compromise
The purpose of this was to settle between anti-slave states and pro- slavery states. -
The Erie Canal is finished
This canal was 363 miles long from Albany to Buffalo. De Witt Clinton planned the construction of this canal. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo lasted 13 days. During this war, all Texas defenders were killed. -
The Trail of Tears
This trail has its name because of all the devastating events that happened. The devastating events occurred because Andrew Jackson forced all Indians to migrate to Oklahoma. -
Texas is annexed by the US
This was important because long-term benefits were important to the US. This quickly led to a war with Mexico, quickly after this event took place. -
The California Gold Rush
James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while building a sawmill. Most people didn't believe that gold was actually discovered. -
The Compromise of 1850
The north gained a new state, which today is now California. This was a package of five separate bills passed by the US Congress. -
California becomes part of the US
This happened with the help of the Compromise of 1850. It was originally was a part of Mexico, but that changed after the Mexican/American War. -
The Kansas/Nebraska Act
This was passed by the US Congress. This was served to let people allow if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave. He was trying to defend the fact that no African American were not American citizens.
