Period 5: 1844-1877 By jayrobertson Period: Jan 1, 1844 to Dec 31, 1877 Period 5 Nov 12, 1844 James Polk elected president https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/james-k-polk Dec 29, 1845 TX admitted into Union https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-enters-the-union Feb 4, 1846 Mormon Migration starts https://fiveable.me/key-terms/us-history/mormon-migration?scrlybrkr=44641037 May 26, 1846 Mexican-American War begins https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/mexican-american-war/study-guide/NMqiBxahosm76SKTghut Aug 8, 1846 Wilmot Proviso introduced https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/wilmot-proviso Dec 3, 1847 Frederick Douglass first publishes The North Star https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/frederick-douglass-and-the-north-star Jan 15, 1848 Native American Party formed Jan 24, 1848 CA gold rush begins https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/california-gold-rush-1849 Feb 2, 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo Jul 10, 1848 Free Soil Party formed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/free-soil-party Nov 5, 1848 Zachary Taylor is elected president https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/zachary-taylor 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was passed https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/compromise-1850/study-guide/SD3f1WJu48SnOd8v1RAm Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin published https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/uncle-toms-cabin Nov 7, 1852 Franklin Pierce is elected president https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-pierce Mar 20, 1854 Republican Party created https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act passed https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/kansas-nebraska-act May 30, 1854 Bleeding Kansas started https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/bleeding-kansas-period Jun 8, 1854 Gadsden Purchase https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/gadsden-purchase Jan 22, 1855 1st Urban tenement built in NYC https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/tenements Dec 3, 1855 Know-Nothing Party founded May 22, 1856 Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner https://www.civilwarmed.org/sumner-vs-cane/ Nov 7, 1856 James Buchanan is elected president https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/president-james-buchanan Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/dred-scott-v-sandford-decision Aug 21, 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates begin https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/lincoln-douglas-debates Feb 14, 1859 OR admitted into the Union Jun 12, 1859 Comstock Lode discovered https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/growth-american-economy/comstock-lode Oct 16, 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry Apr 23, 1860 Democratic Party splits https://fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/split Nov 7, 1860 Election of 1860 = Lincoln becomes president https://fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/lincolns-election?scrlybrkr=44641037 Dec 18, 1860 The Crittenden Compromise was proposed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/crittenden-compromise Dec 20, 1860 SC secedes from the Union https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/south-carolinas-secession Feb 4, 1861 Creation of the Confederate States of America https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/confederate-states-of-america Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Begins= Attack on Ft Sumter https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/fort-sumter May 20, 1862 Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/morrill-land-grant-act-of-1862 Jul 1, 1862 Union Pacific Railroad chartered (start of the Transcontinental Railroad) https://fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/union-pacific-railroad?scrlybrkr=44641037 Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/battle-of-antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/emancipation-proclamation Jul 1, 1863 Battles of Gettysburg started https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/battle-of-gettysburg Jul 4, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg ends https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/vicksburg-campaign Jul 13, 1863 The New York Anti-Draft Riots https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/draft-riots Jun 22, 1864 LA, AR, TN readmitted to Union under Lincoln's plan https://study.com/academy/lesson/lincolns-ten-percent-plan-summary-lesson-quiz.html Jul 2, 1864 Wade-Davis Bill passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/wade-davis-bill Nov 7, 1864 Lincoln is re-elected President https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-reelected Nov 29, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/sand-creek-massacre Dec 21, 1864 Sherman's march to the sea end https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/shermans-march Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment ratified https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/thirteenth-amendment Mar 3, 1865 Freedmen's Bureau established https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedmens-bureau Mar 20, 1865 KKK formed in South https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/ku-klux-klan Apr 9, 1865 South Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Ends= Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president Apr 20, 1865 Black codes enacted https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/black-codes Feb 1, 1867 Military Reconstruction Act https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/reconstruction-acts Feb 24, 1868 Johnson impeached https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-andrew-johnson-impeached Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/14th-amendment Nov 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected president https://www.usgrantlibrary.org/usgrant/presidency/timeline Feb 26, 1869 15th amendment is passed https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/15th-amendment-united-states-constitution/ May 10, 1869 Transcontinental railroad completed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/us-transcontinental-railroad May 31, 1870 First of the Enforcement acts passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/enforcement-acts Nov 5, 1872 Grant re-elected president https://study.com/academy/lesson/president-ulysses-s-grant-election-successes-and-corruption.html Jan 15, 1874 Jim Crow laws began to be passed https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws Mar 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act passed https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/civil-rights-act-of-1875-march-1-1875-an-act-to-protect-all-citizens-in-their-civil-and-legal-rights Jan 29, 1877 Compromise of 1877 https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/compromise-of-1877 Mar 2, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes elected president https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/president-rutherford-b-hayes Apr 24, 1877 Last federal troops leave South= Reconstruction ends