1790-1860 Timeline

  • Delaware

    Delaware
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

    New Jersey
  • Georgia

    Georgia
  • Connecticut

    Connecticut
  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts
  • Maryland

    Maryland
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire
  • Virginia

    Virginia
  • New York

    New York
  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Said that people coming from different countries were "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States"
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    George Washington Presidency

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina
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    Manifest Destiny

    Expansion of the United States
  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island
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    Whiskey Rebellion

    The Whiskey Rebellion resulted in armed resistance elimination and minor tax evasion
  • Vermont

    Vermont
  • Kentucky

    Kentucky
  • Tennessee

    Tennessee
  • Washington's Farewell Address

    Warned people about political dangers
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    John Adams Presidency

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    Thomas Jefferson Presidency

  • Louisiana Purchase

    828,000 square miles
  • Ohio

    Ohio
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    Chief Justice John Marshall

    Maybury v. Madison/ Fletcher v. Peck/ McCulloch v. Maryland/ Cohens v. Virginia/ Gibbons v. Ogden/ Darmouth College v. Woodward
  • Lewis & Clark Expedition

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    James Madison Presidency

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    War of 1812

    U.S. Versus Canada and Native Americans
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    War of 1812

    U.S. versus Canada and Native Americans
  • Louisiana

    Louisiana
  • Indiana

    Indiana
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    James Monroe Presidency

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi
  • Illinois

    Illinois
  • Transcontinental Treaty

    Also called Adams-Onís Treaty or the Purchase of Florida
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri requested for slavery to be permitted
  • Alabama

    Alabama
  • Maine

    Maine
  • Missouri compromise

    Separate free states and slave states
    Stop new slavery growth
  • Missouri

    Missouri
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Warns European nations that the United States would't tolerate colonization
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    John Quincy Presidency

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    Andrew Jackson Presidency

  • William Lloyd Garrison

    Abolishinist
  • John Brown

    Was a white man who belived armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow slavery
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    Abolishinist Movement

    Attempted to end slaverly
  • Nat Turners Rebellion

    Slave uprising in the south
  • Arkansas

    Arkansas
  • Michigan

    Michigan
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    Martin Van Buren Presidency

  • Trail of Tears

    Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    Women's rights activist
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    William Henry Harrison Presidency

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    John Tyler Presidency

  • Florida

    Florida
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    James K. Polk Presidency

  • Texas

    Texas
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    Mexican American War

    Resulted in American victory
  • Iowa

    Iowa
  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin
  • Senca Falls Convention

    First Women's rights convention
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    Zachary Taylor Presidency

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    Millard Fillmore Presidency

  • Susan B. Anthony

    Woman's rights activist
  • California

    California
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    Franklin Pierce Presidency

  • Harriet Tubman

    "The conductor of the Underground Railroad"
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    James Buchanan Presidency

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota
  • Oregon

    Oregon
  • Period: to

    Abraham Lincolon Presidency

  • Sojourner Truth

    Wanted equal rights for African-Americans and women
  • Fredrick Douglas