U.S. History from 1800-1860

By lindsey.rich

  • Missouri Compromise

    Preserved the balance between slave and free states
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  • First African American newspaper

    Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm started the country's first African American newspaper "Freedom's Journal".
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  • New York banned slavery

    Isabella Baumfree gained freedom 1827
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  • Opening of Oberlin College of Ohio

    The college admitted women and African Americans.
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  • James K. Polk becomes president.

    He is elected by the Democrats.
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  • Texas is admitted into the Union

    This entry to the Union angered the Mexican government.
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  • Henry David Thoreau went to Jail

    He would rather go to jail than pay to help support the Mexican American War.
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  • Liberia declared itself an independent republic

    Liberia proclaimed its independence from the American Colonization Society.
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  • First Comet discovered with a telescope

    Maria Mitchell was the first person to discover a comet with a telescope.

  • First women's rights convention

    About 300 people, including 40 men, attended.

  • General Zachary Taylor chosen for presidential candidate

    The Whigs chose him.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Congress passed the Compromise of 1850
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  • California applied for statehood

    It wanted to be slave-free.
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  • Lawrence, Kansas was attacked

    Slavery supporters attacked the town of Lawrence
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  • James Buchanan elected President

    He won against Fremont and Fillmore.
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  • Raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown led a group on a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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