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U.S. History 1800-1876

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  • Library of Congress is Founded

  • Thomas Jefferson Becomes President

    3rd President of the U.S.

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Established judicial review

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • First Steamboat Journey

    by Robert Fulton on the Hudson River

  • James Madison Becomes President

    4th President of the U.S.

  • War of 1812 Begins

    U.S. declares war on Great Britain

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Ends War of 1812

  • Panic of 1819

    Foreclosures, bank failures, and unemployment

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820

    Preserved balance of free states and slave states

  • Internal Combustion Engine

    Patented by Samuel Morey

  • Indian Removal Act

    Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi River

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Deadly slave rebellion in Virginia

  • Trail of Tears Begins

  • Texas Revolution Begins

    Battle of Gonzales

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Ended on March 6, 1836

  • Texas Independence from Mexico

  • Battle of San Jacinto

  • Panic of 1837

    Financial crisis resulting in a major recession

  • Mexican War Begins

    U.S. and Mexico fought over land in Texas and other areas

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    End of the Mexican War

  • Compromise of 1850

    Attempt to avoid increasing tensions between the North and South

  • Dred Scott Decision

    A slave living in free territory was denied his freedom

  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

  • Civil War Begins

    Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Civil War Ends

    Battle of Appomattox Court House: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant

  • Standard Oil Company

    Created by John D. Rockefeller

  • 15th Amendment

    The right to vote is given to African Americans