1800-1809
Jefferson takes over as president
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson buys Louisianna from Napoleon
1810-1819
U.S. declares war on Great Britain
Madison wins the presidency
War of 1812 breaks out
U.S. wins battle of New Orleans
The Star Spangle Banner is written
1820-1829
Missouri Compromise
Mexico Declares Independence
Monroe Doctrine passed
Erie Canal Opens
Jacson elected president
Slavery abolished in Mexico
1830-1839
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Morman Religion organized
Democrats hold first convention
William Garrison finds American Antislavery society
Texas War for Independence
Battle of Alamo
Texas wins Independence
1840-1849
Congress votes to Annex Texas
Great Britain and America decide to divide Oregon Territory
U.S. and Mexico go to war
Treatyof Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican American War
1850-1859
Compromise of 1850 put into effect
Republican Party founded
Conflict between anti and pro slavery in Kansas
Lincoln Douglas debates
John Brown raids the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
1860-1869
S.C. secedes from the union
Fort Sumter fired on by Confederate forces
First Battle of Bull Run
Stalemate in Maryland
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
Fall of Atlanta
Lee Surrenders to Grant
Lincoln Murdered
President Johnson is first President to be impeached
1870-1879
15th Amendment passed
Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction
1880-1889
President Garfield is assassinated
First skyscraper built in Chicago
Dawes Act is implemented
1890-1899
Plessy vs. Ferguson seperate but equal
