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Key Events in Early 19th Century America

Explore significant moments from 1800 to 1860 in the United States, including the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, War of 1812, Erie Canal, Monroe Doctrine, Industrial Revolution, and Reform Movements. Learn about key figures and movements shaping this era.

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Key Events in Early 19th Century America

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  1. 1800 To 1835 1800 To 1860 I 1800 To 1860 II 1800 to 1860 III ? 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. Completed in 1803 by President Jefferson, this transaction with France nearly doubled the size of the United States for $15 million

  3. Louisiana Purchase

  4. These two explorers were commissioned by Jefferson to explore Louisiana and the western lands all the way to the Pacific Ocean

  5. Lewis and Clark

  6. Fueled by the impressments of U.S. sailors and the interruption of trade, this war would end all military hostility between the U.S. and Great Britain

  7. War of 1812

  8. This canal, completed in 1825, connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and resulted in the growth of New York City

  9. Erie Canal

  10. This pronouncement in 1823 warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere

  11. The Monroe Doctrine

  12. The stage of the 19th century when power-driven machines operated by semi-skilled or unskilled workers replaced hand tools operated by skilled laborers is known as the

  13. Industrial Revolution

  14. He invented both the cotton gin and interchangeable parts for muskets

  15. Eli Whitney

  16. This term signified that the obvious fate of the United States was to expand “from sea to shining sea.”

  17. Manifest Destiny

  18. This reform movement advocated that alcohol should be outlawed

  19. Temperance Movement

  20. This reform movement advocated the end of slavery

  21. Abolitionism

  22. This reform movement advocated free schools supported by taxpayers and staffed by trained teachers

  23. Public School Reform

  24. This reform movement sought to secure the right to vote for women

  25. Women’s Suffrage Movement

  26. This outspoken advocate for women’s rights organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Conference in New York

  27. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  28. This political philosophy developed during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, sought a stronger presidency and executive branch, as well as broadened public participation in government and voting rights for all adult white males.Hint: The only president in American history to have an era named after him!

  29. Jacksonian Democracy

  30. The belief that America was different than and superior to other nations was known as

  31. American Nationalism

  32. This white abolitionist founded an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator

  33. William Lloyd Garrison

  34. This former slave traveled widely giving eloquent speeches on behalf of equality for African-Americans. He published an anti-slavery newspaper called the Northstar.

  35. Frederick Douglass

  36. These sisters lectured publicly throughout the northern states about the evils of slavery they had seen growing up on a plantation.

  37. The Grimke Sisters

  38. This compromise balanced the number of free and slave states by admitting Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

  39. The Missouri Compromiseof1820

  40. This slave rebellion led to the passage of new laws to limit the activities of slaves and to strengthen the institution of slavery.

  41. Nat Turner’s Rebellion

  42. This crisis resulted when the southern states, led by John C. Calhoun, sought to nullify a high tariff passed by Congress on manufactured goods imported from Europe.

  43. Nullification Crisis

  44. This compromise admitted California into the Union as a free state and provided that all citizens would be required to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their owners.

  45. Compromise of 1850

  46. The promotion of States’ Rights by the Southern states is the opposite of nationalism, and is known as

  47. Sectionalism

  48. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war in which the U.S. acquired much of Northern Mexico, including California and New Mexico.

  49. Mexican-American War

  50. This amendment to a military appropriations bill, proposed by a Pennsylvania congressman, attempted to ban slavery from any territories won from Mexico in the Mexican-American War.

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