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Previous vice president, Thomas Jefferson served two terms as the third President of the U.S.
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Robert Fulton invented the first steam powered ship named the "Clermont." This invention would forever change water transportation.
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Known as the "Father of the Constitution", founding father James Madison served two terms as the fourth President.
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Because of this, the US had to decide on a new bank.
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General William Henry Harrison led American troops in a victorious battle against dangerous Indian forces.
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This war was fought between America and Britian over certain maritime rights. One of these being the fact that the British was forcing American sailors to work on their ships.
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Nine American ships defeated and captured six British vessels.
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This battle was an American victory over the Indian warrior Tecumseh who sided with the British.
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This was a sea and land battle fought between American and British forces. The Americans defense was succesful and the British retreat. During this battle while aboard a British ship, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
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This ended the War of 1812. The terms stated that all conquered territory was returned and the boundaries between Canada and the U.S. would be settled later.
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The British finally defeated the French General Napolean Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.
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A new bank for the US was made in Philadelphia.
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This treaty ceded Florida from Spain to the US and defined the boundary line between the US and Spain.
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This agreement admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. Besides Missouri, slavery would be prohibited above the thirty-sixth parallel.
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Mexico finally gains independence from its mother country, Spain.
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This document warned European nations that the U. S. would protect freedom in the Western Hemisphere.
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Son of former President John Adams, John Quincy Adams served one term as our sixth President.
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This canal went from the Hudson River to Lake Erie measuring a total of 363 miles.
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Andrew Jackson was a former general in the U.S. Army. He served in both houses of Congress and served two terms as our seventh President.
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This act forced Indian living east of the Mississippi to move farther west.
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William Lloyd Garrison published this weekly newspaper in Boston. It urged it readers toward the freedom of slaves.
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Nat Turner and his fellow slaves rose up and killed nearly one-hundred white men, women and children in the name of slave freedom.
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Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper so farmers could harvest their grain faster and easier.
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This treaty removed the Cherokee Indians from their homeland to the West.
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After thirteen days of siege, General Santa Anna of Mexico takes the Alamo, killing everyone inside.
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The Americans of Texas proclaim themselves independent from Mexico.
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After only eighteen minutes of fighting, the Texan army defeated Santa Anna and won their independence.
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John Deere invented the steel plow. This made it easier for farmers to plow their fields.
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Founder of the Democratic Party, Van Buren served one term as our eighth President.
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This 175 acre farm was a utopian experiment in communal living. It was abandoned after it burned in 1846.
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Thirty-one days into his term, he died of pneumonia becoming the first President to die in office and the shortest-serving US President in history.
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After President William Henry Harrison's death, John Tyler became our tenth President. He became the first vice President to succeed to Presidency after his predecessor's death. He was also re-elected for the following term.
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This treaty resolved border issues between America and British northern colonies.
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The first organized wagon train sets out on the Oregon Trail.
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Previous Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee, Polk served one term as our tenth President.
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After gaining independence, Texas joins the US as the twenty-eigth state.
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This war was fought because of a border dispute between the US and Mexico.
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California leaves Mexico and declares itself part of the US.
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General Zachary Taylor and his forces fight the larger Mexican Army.
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The treaty ended the Mexican War and settled the boundary between Mexico and America.
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Before becoming our twelth President, Taylor served as major general in the Mexican War. Unfortunatley, he died after only a year in office.
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As vice-President, Fillmore became our thirteenth President after the death of Zachary Taylor. He is the last member of the Whig party to be in the White House.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin about the horrors of slavery. Lincoln even atributed her book to starting the Civil War.
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Pierce believed that the abolitionist movement was a threat to the nation's unity. He served one term as our fourteenth President.
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This act allowed the people in a state to decide if slavery would be allowed in their state. Kansas and Nebraska were also formed.
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Before serving as our fifteenth President, Buchanan served as Secretary of State and represented Pennsylvania in both Houses of Congress.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to succed from the Union.
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The southern states form the Confederate States of Amercia and appoint Jefferson Davis as their President.
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Throughout the Civil War, Abrahm Linoln was President of the Union. Sadly, he was assasinated shortly into his second term.
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Fort Sumter was attacked by the South Carolina militia. The battle ended with the forts surrender.
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Slavery tore our country apart. This war was a fight against our own countrymen. It remains to this day one of the bloodiest wars in history.
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This was the first major battle of the Civil War and ended in a Confederate victory.
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This Confederate victory was the bloddiest battle of the war.
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The Confederate launched this suprise attack on General Ulysses S Grant. It is also. one of the first battles in the West
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Lincoln gives this famous speech that frees all of the slaves.
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During this battle, the North gained controle of an important railroad. This victory greatly impacted the North's success.
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Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savanah, Georgia. His goal was to frighten the South enought that they would give up their cause.
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John Wilkes Booth sneaked into the President's booth at a theatre and shot Lincoln in the head.
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Because he was vice-President, Johnson became our seventeenth President after Linoln was assasinated.
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General Rober E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox Courthouse.
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Before he became our eigtheenth President, Grant served as Commanding General of the United States Army during the Civil War.
