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The Era of the 1800's
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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney graduated Yale University and in order to help pay off his college debts, he got a tutoring job in South Carolina. Instead, he went to Georgia. When he was in Georgia, Catherine Greene invited Whitney to come to her plantation. He then invented the cotton gin (a machine to get seeds out of cotton). Cotton gin is short for cotton engine. The invention flourished, but it led to the growth of slavery. Eli made little profit off of the cotton gin. It was invented on March 14th. -
Louisianna Purchase
On April 30, 1803 The United States representatives and Napolean made negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase would double the size of the United States. The Louisiana Purchase was between Mississippi and the Rocky Mountians. Robert Livingston and James Monroe made the deal for 15 million dollars at 4 cents an acre. -
Lewis an Clark Expedition
In 1803 Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to find the Pacific Ocean.The Journey was estimated to take 2 years. They expedition started in St. Louis and went west. During the expedition they met many Indians some that liked them others didnt. They encountered many animals like Black Bears, Bison, Elk, and, Coyote. They had reached the Pacific Ocean towars the end of 1805 and stayed there for the winter then came home.They had made it back to St.Louis in 1806. -
Marbury Vs. Madison
The cause of this case had begun while Adams was still in office. John Adams had wanted federalist to take the positions of the judiciary act before his presidency had expired. During the act of signing official letters and mailing out acceptences Jefferson had been elected for president. Jefferson had declined sending out the letters being he did not approve of the plan, this led to William Marbury calling the congress to be unconstitutinol. -
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act was a law passed on December 22, 1807. The Embargo Act stopped all trade between The United States, Britian, and France. The goal was Jefferson wanted Britian and France to discontinue resticiting american trade. The plan backfired in the long run. The Embargo Act was stopped in 1809. -
War of 1812 (Causes)
For three years, the British had been stealing American ships and forcing men to join the British army. The Americans had become very impatiant and furious with the British until finally, in 1812, they declared war. This was called the "Second Revolution" . Britain called off all trade from France and America. Americans wanted to take over Canada as well. This lead to many other wars that soon ended in 1817. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the United States and Britian. The Americans declared war for reasons including the seizing of American ships. American sailors put into the Birtish navy, and not allowing the United States to trade with France. The key battles where the Battle of Lake Erie which the Americans won. The Battle of Bladensburg was signifigant because it allowed Britian to burn the White House and many other buildings in D.C. The war ended in 1815. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson wanted a few Native American tribes to move westward from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida. The act forced the tribes to move west of the Mississippi River in return for Indian lands within U.S.A state borders. There were five main tribes that were demanded to move and they were the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees. The Indians traveled westward by walking on the Trail of Tears. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a 31 year old religious slave who thought he saw visions that told him to rebel against whites. One night, he gathered other slave supporters and killed his owner and his owner's family. After that, they decided to kill more white men, women, and children nearby. Things started to get violent so the local militia came and captured some of the slaves on Nat Turner's force. Turner escaped and hid from place to place for a few days. Later he was captured and executed. -
Texas revolution
In the texas revolution of 1835- 1836, American colonists in teas secured the independence of that area, From mexico and subsquently established a republic. scince the 1820's settlers from the united states had colonized texas, by the 1830's they out numbered the mexicans. -
Texas Independence War
The Texas Revolution was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican states. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836. There where many battles and conventions between these two dates. -
California Gold Rush
James Marshall had a crew who camped on the American River at Coloma near Sacramento. The crew was building a sawmill for John Sutter on the cold morning of January 24. Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets. That began one of the largest human migrations in history because half of a million people from around the world descended upon California in search of instant wealth. -
Compromise Of 1850
When Missouri became a state, they wanted to be able to withhold slaves. Before they could do this, the Northern Congress didn't want Missouri to have slaves. Because of this, Maine admitted a union so Missouri could contain slaves for its citizens. A line was then created between the North and South (with slaves and without slaves). The line cut through California. California then went to war against the union; this made it no longer the Missouri Compromise, but the Compromise of 1850. -
Fugative Slave Act
The Fugative Slave Act was apart of the Compromise of 1850. To help pay southeners support, the U.S congress created the fugative slave act to help the south have more control over their slaves. This act made sure that any slave that was free or not was "returned" back to their owners. This also prohibited slave-trading in columbia. -
Wave of Immigrants
There were millions and millions of people from other countries who were seeking to get away from their homeland's economy and other complications. Some stayed in New York City because that is usually where the immigrants arrived, but some spread throughout the rest of the country. The immigrants looked for low-paying jobs. Those types of immigrants in search of low-income jobs, were mostly Europeans and Asians. Africans were forced to come to the U.S.A to work as slaves in the South. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Duoglas intoroduced a bill that allowed the people in each territory (Kansas and Nebraska) to handle issues of slavery inside the borders. After the bill was passed, violence broke out between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers (Bleeding Kansas). The violence was also a prelude to the Civil War. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave who wanted to sue for his freedom. He was first denied by the state courts. Eventually, he made it all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was a pro-slavery supporter and didn't think that black people were citizens of the U.S.A. Also he thought that Dred didn't have a right to sue in the courts. Because of Taney's opinions and thoughts of slavery, Dred Scott unfortunately lost his case. March 6th was when the case was decided in Missouri. -
Election of 1860
The Democrats had a meeting on April 3, 1960 to decide who they were going to have to represent them in the 1860 election. The Northern and Southern Democrats had split into two different groups which gave the Republicans a good chance to win. The Republicans had two strong candidates from Illinois: Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. In the end, Lincoln won the election on November 6, 1860 and was sworn in on March 4, 1861.
