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Andrew Jackson was the first person to serve as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and President. -
Congress passed the Indian Removal Act to allow the legal removal of Native Americans. -
Trail of Tears followed the Court ruling as U.S. troops rounded up the Cherokee and drove them west. -
President Jackson refused to enforce the Court decision and favors expulsion of the Cherokee. -
Turner was executed due to killing 60 whites. -
Supreme court ruled that Cherokee lands are sovereign. -
The Battle of Gonzales was a war between Mexico and Texas for independence. -
Frederick Douglass won his freedom and became an eloquent abolitionist leader. -
James K. Polk focused on territorial expansion and wanted to annex Texas. -
Americans moved West to acquire land, Social Freedom, and Economic Mobility. -
The United States claimed New Mexico without a single soldier firing a weapon. -
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in the United States. -
The Gold rush started in January 24, 1848. The population increased by a lot by the end of 1849. -
Congress passed the 13th Amendment, banning slavery in America. -
The north won the civil war.