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The Industrial Revolution
A transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power and development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. Economic historians agree that it was the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants. -
Louisiana Purchase
During Thomas Jefferson's presidency, he was concerned that France's Napoleon would try to establish an empire in the United States. He acquired the expansive land for less than .03 cents an acre, and bought the territory from France. The treaty made to pass this purchase was signed on May 2, 1803 but the U.S did not receive authority until France passed it over December 1803. -
Lewis and Clark's expedition
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson needed someone to scout the land of the “rock mountains” of the west after the Louisiana Purchase. Meriwether Lewis was chosen, who then chose William Clark as a “sidekick” in his endeavor. They took off and their journey would take two years before reaching “the great ocean” (the Pacific ocean). -
Erie Canal
A navigable 363 mile water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Created for the purpose of transportation from coastal ports to the interior for the principal exportable product of grain from Ohio.
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Missouri Compromise
In 1820, Missouri wanted to join the union as a state of slavery. This occurred during James Monroe’s administration. Because Missouri would make the union 12 states (slavery) vs. 11 free states, congress came up with a “compromise that allowed Maine to enter the union as a free state, and even out the balance between power. -
Monroe Doctrine
European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. (signed by James Monroe) -
Jackson and the Revolution of (1828)
Andrew Jackson won the vote for presidency in the 1828 election. This event is known as a revolution because of how different Jackson was from any other president before him. He was known to the people as a “common man” president, and citizens resonated with him on a deeper level at this time. -
Trail of Tears
The terrible event where the Indian Removal Act was passed by Andrew Jackson that forced the 5 civilized tribes (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee) to leave their homes in the South East part of the country and migrate west. By 1840, tens of thousands of Natives died due to this event. -
Underground Railroad
A network that helped slaves move to free states by the abolitionist. Andrew Jackson was the president at this time.
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Steam Locomotives
(early 1900's) With these, railroads could now be built all over to transport goods, instead of just along rivers. Powered by a steam engine, they provided cheaper, faster transportation. Used in the US from around 1830 until the early 1900s. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
A slave rebellion in Virginia. Rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55-65 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the South. -
Texas Revolution
Texas declares independence from Mexico. This revolution holds the trademark event, the Battle of the Alamo. In 1845, Texas joined the Union as the 28th state, leading to the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. -
Mexican American War 1846-1848
With the ideals of the Manifest Destiny held strong in America by this time, war broke out between America and Mexico in fight for land. By the end of this war, America had claimed the states of Oregon, California, New Mexico and Texas. -
Gold Rush of 1849
When gold was discovered in the Sacramento Valley in 1848, word spread and people from all over the world raced to California to extract the precious metal. Nearly 100,000 people came to California in 1849. This event is known as one of the largest migrations into America. -
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Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffians", that took place in the Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1861. At the heart of the conflict was the question of whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free state or slave state. -
The Civil War
The Civil War was a war fought between the Union states of the North and the Confederacy states of the south.
