Technology Project #3 (1800-1876)

By thegail

  • Ohio Becomes a State

    Ohio becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Lousiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase: U.S. buys French land in North America.

  • 12th Amendment

    The 12th Amendment is added to the U.S. Constitution.

  • Louisiana Becomes a State

    Lousiana becomes a state in the U.S.

  • 1812 Election

    U.S. presidential election, James Madison defeats De Witt Clinton.
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    Trade War

    Trade war between U.S.A. and Britain.

  • Indiana Becomes a State

    Indiana becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Mississippi Becomes a State

    Mississippi becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Illinois Becomes a State

    Illinois becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Alabama Becomes a State

    Alabama becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Spain Loses Florida

    Spain loses Florida to the United States.

  • Missouri Compromise

    "Missouri Compromise" - Maine enters Union as free state, and Missouri as a slave state (in 1821)

  • Missouri Becomes a State

    Missouri becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine U.S.A.: President Monroe warns Europeans not to interfere in U.S. affairs.

  • Election of 1828

    U.S. presidential election; Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams

  • U.S. Settlers Move West (c.1830s)

    U.S. settlers move West, driving many Native North Americans from their homes.

  • Texas Declares Right to Secede

    Texas declares its right to secede from Mexico.

  • The Alamo

    American rebels massacred by Mexican forces at the Alamo mission station. Texas breaks away from Mexico and forms a republic.

  • New Telegraph Code

    New telegraph code is designed by Samuel morse replacing the one used by Cooke and Wheatstone.

  • Texas and Florida Become States

    Texas and Florida become states of the U.S.A.
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    War Between Mexico and U.S.

    War between Mexico and the U.S. over boundaries. Mexico loses California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

  • First U.S. Women's Rights Convention

    First US women's rights convention meets in Seneca Falls, New York.
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    California Gold Rush

    Gold is discovered in California. This leads to a huge rush to the West by settlers in search of gold.

  • California Becomes A State

    California becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Isaac Singer - Sewing Machine

    Isaac Singer produces the first practical sewing machine.

  • Republican Party

    Republican Party formed in the U.S.

  • 26th President: Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S.

  • Oil Discovered in Pennsylvania

    Oil is discovered in Pennsylvania, which leads to the start of the modern oil industry.

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

    Abraham Lincoln becomes the U.S. President.

  • Fort Sumter is Captured

    Fort Sumter, South Carolina, is captured by the Confederates. First battle of bull run: a high point for the south.
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    American Civil War

    The northern Unionists wanted to preserve the unity of the U.S.A. This provoked a bloody civil war.

  • Emancipation Proclomation

    "Emancipation proclamation" – all slaves held in rebelling territory declared free (put into effect 01/01/1863)

  • Iowa Becomes a State

    Iowa becomes a state of the U.S.

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery.

  • Abolition of Slavery

    Slavery is abolished in the U.S.A. Lincoln is assassinated.

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

  • U.S. Purchases Alaska

    United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7 million.

  • Telephone Patent

    The telephone is patented in the U.S.A. by Alexander G. Bell.