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In 1800, U.S's population was 5.3 million people
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Thomas Jefferson was the third president who served 2 terms, 1801-1809. He was a Democratic-Republican. His vice presidents were Aaron Burr and George Clinton
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Ohio was admissioned to the union on March 1st, 1803
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Congress ended the Translantic Slave Trade. Translantic Slave Trade was African slaves being brought across the Atlantic to the new world.
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James Madison was the fourth president who served 2 terms, 1809-1817. He was a Democratic-Republican. His vice presidents were Elbridge Gerry and George Clinton
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In 1810, the U.S.'s population was 7.2 million people
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Louisiana was admissioned to the union on April 30th, 1812
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The Second Bank of America got its 20 year charter as a means for the federal government to regulate finance throughout the country.
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Indiana was admissioned to the union on December 11th, 1816
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James Monroe was the fifth president who served 2 terms, 1817-1825. He was a Democratic-Republican. His vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins.
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Construction of the Erie Canal began on July 4th, 1817. This canal helped people with trade an travel.
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Mississippi was admissioned to the union on December 10th, 1817
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Illinois was admissioned to the union on August 26th, 1818
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Alabama was admissioned to the union on December 14th, 1819
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The Missouri Compromise made some states free states and some states slave states
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Maine was admissioned to the union on March 15th, 1820
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In 1820, the U.S.'s population was 9.6 million people
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Missouri was admissioned to the union on August 10th, 1821
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The Santa Fe Trail was when William Becknell recruited men to join him on an expedition. The expedition started in Franklin and Arrow Rock area of Missouri, ending at the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It took around two months
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In 1823 James Monroe introduced the "Monroe Doctrine." This stated that any European attempt to recolonize the Americas would be considered as a act of aggresion towards the United States
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John Quincy Adams was the sixth president who served 1 term, 1825-1829. He was a Democratic-Republican. His vice president was John C. Calhoun
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This act meant that couples in California who weren't married but were acting as if they are married had to pay their taxes as a married couple instead of as single indivisuals
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The Tariff of Abominations was a protective tariff that was made to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president who served 2 terms, 1829-1837. He was a Democrat. His vice presidents were Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun.
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The act allowed president Andrew Jackson to negotiate with the Native Americans in Southern United States to be moved to federal territory west of the Mississippi River instead of where they were living then. Over 70,000 indians were moved because of the Indian Removal Act
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In 1830, the U.S.'s population was 12.9 million people
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Nat Turner's slave rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Rebel slaves, led by Net Turner, killed around 60 people. It took only a few days for the rebellion to be ended.
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In 1832 the Second Bank of America had it's charter renewed.
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The Texas Revolution was a war between Mexico's government and the colonists of Texas. In the end the Republic of Texas was established.
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The Battle of the Alamo was when Mexican troops launched a attack on the Alamo Mission and all of the Texian defenders were killed.
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Arkansas was admissioned to the union on June 15th, 1836
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Martin Van Buren was the eighth president who served 1 term, 1837-1841. He was a Democrat. His vice presidnet was Richard Mentor Johnson
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Michigan was admissioned to the union on January 26th, 1937
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The Trail of Tears was when Native Americans were forced from southeastern parts of the United States into Indian Territory in eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma.
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In 1840, the U.S.'s population was 17 million people
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William Henry Harrison was the ninth president who served 1 month in 1841. He was a Whig. His vice president was John Tyler.
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John Tyler was the tenth president who served 1 term, 1841-1845. He was a Whig. He served his entire term without a vice president.
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The first major wagon train began in Elm Grove, Missouri, and headed northwest on the Oregon Trail. The wagons ended their journey in western Oregon.
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In 1845 the people in Ireland expected a good harvest. When they dug up the potatoes, all the potatoes were ruined and inedible. The next two years were poor harvest years also. A lot of people in India immigrated to the U.S., causing the population to grow.
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James K. Polk was the eleventh president who served 1 term, 1845-1849. He was a Democrat. His vice presidnet was George M. Dallas
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Florida was admissioned to the union on March 3rd, 1845
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Texas was admissioned to the union on December 29th, 1845
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The Mexican-American War started because the U.S. annexed Texas. It took about a year and a half for the war to end
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Iowa was admissioned to the union on December 28th, 1846
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The Woman Suffrage Movement began in 1848 when the first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. In 1920, with the help of two organizations, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), and the National Woman’s Party (NWP), women gaines the right to vote.
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The California Gold Rush began when a nugget of gold was found in Sacramento Valley, in 1848. A total of around $2 billion was found in precious metals during the gold rush. Before the gold rush there was less than 1,000 people in California, but by the end of 1849, the population jumped up to around 100,000. At the end of the gold rush there was around 265,000 people in California
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The U.S. ended the Mexican-American War with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under this treaty, Mexico gave present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and said that the Rio Grande was the southern boundary of the U.S.
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Wisconsin was admissioned to the union on May 29th, 1848
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Zachary Taylor was the twelfth president who served sixteen months, 1849-1850. He was a Whig. His vice president was Millard Fillmore
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In 1850, the U.S.'s population was 23.2 million people
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California was admissioned to the union on September 9th, 1850
