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Jefferson is elected president
Thomas Jefferson is chosen as president of the United States of America after a draw between him an Aaron Burr. -
Louisiana Purchase
This was a land agreement between America and France. America would double America's territory in exchange for 15 million dollars -
Marbury vs. Madison
This supreme court case led to Judicial Review. -
Louis and Clark expedition
This expedition was to explore lands west of the Mississippi River that was recently bought from France. It would last from 1804-1806. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
This court case made a distinction on tax relationships between the american states and government. -
The Missouri Compromise
This compromise was made to keep the balance of salve and free states equal in America. Missouri was registered as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a statement made by America's fifth president James Monroe establishing that eastern worldly problems should stay in the eastern hemisphere and the west in the western hemisphere. It also states that America would intervene with any problems that happened in the western hemisphere that is initiated by the eastern hemisphere countries. -
Andrew Jackson is elected as president
With Jackson's win, the Jacksonian democracy era was created. The common man was risen in status unlike previous times. -
Indian Removal Act passed
This act pushed the Native Americans forcefully west of the Mississippi River. -
The Trail of Tears
Indian nations on the eastern side of America were forcefully moved from their homelands thousands of miles to present-day Oklahoma. -
The Gold Rush of 1849
This was thousands of american people migrating to the western side of american, specifically California, in hopes of finding the highly sought after gold that was said to reside there. -
American Civil War
This war lasted from 1861-1865 and was fought between the Northern and the Southern American states over the ideas of slavery and states rights. -
American reconstruction starts
The reconstruction too place from 1865-1877 and was done in an attempt to fix the social, economic, and industrial issues that were faced by American before and during the Civil War.
