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TheLouisiana
Purchase
1803
ThomasJefferson
waspresident.
TheU.S.wantedto
expand.
U.S.acquisitionofthe
Louisianaterritory.
Jeffersonpurchased
fromFrancefor$15
million.
ItgavetheU.S.
controloverthe
Mississippiand
doubledthesizeof
thenation.
Marburyv.
Madison
1803
DuringJeffersons
administration.
WilliamMarburyhad
beenappointeda
justiceofpeacefor
Colombiaduring
Adamslast
moments.James
Madison,Jeffersons
SecretaryofState,
refusedtodeliverthe
commission.
ChiefJusticeJohn
Marshallandhis
colleaguesassertedthe
rightoftheSupreme
Courttodeterminethe
meaningofthe
Constitution.
Establishedjudicial
reviewover
Congress.
TheWarof
1812
1812
DuringJames
Madisons
presidency.The
Britishwere
assistingthe
Indiansattack
Americans.
Britainwas
impressingAmerican
sailorsandtherewere
traderestrictions.
AwarbetweenBritain
andAmerica.
Ledtotheburning
downof
Washington.
TheMissouri
Compromise
1820
Tensionswere
risingbetweenthe
slaveandfree
states.
Missouriwantedto
beadmittedintothe
Unionasaslavestate
whichwould
unbalancethethe
ratioofslavestatesto
freestates.
Acompromisemade
byCongressinwhich
Mainewasadmitted
asafreestateand
Missouriwasadmitted
asaslavestate.Also
bannedslaveryabove
the3630line.
TheU.S.gained
twonewstatesbut
increasedsectional
conflict.
TheSecond
Great
Awakening
18251835
Societywas
rapidlychanging
withtheMarket
Revolution.
Religionwas
separatedfromthe
nationspolitical
leaders.Themore
educatedAmericans
becamethemorethey
drewawayfrom
religion.
Areligiousrevival
thatinspired
perfectionism.People
whobelievedinthis
believedthatsalvation
couldbeachieved
throughindividual
acts.
Itinspiredreform
movementssuchas
abolition,
temperance,and
womensrights.
Andrew
Jackson
elected
president
1828
TheRepublican
partyhadbeganto
split.
Jacksonrepresented
thecommonmanand
thepeoplelovedhim
forit.Theyfeltthey
couldnowhaveasay
inthegovernment
andthattheir
opinionsmattered.
Theelectionwas
betweenAdamsand
Jackson.Therewasa
lotofmudslingingin
thiselection.Jackson
won.
Votingamong
citizensincreased
dramatically.His
presidencywasthe
Ageofthe
CommonManand
Jacksonian
Democracy
resultedinmany
reforms.
ThePanicof
1837
1837
MartinVanBuren
waspresident
Itwascausedbyover
speculationandloose
Afinancialdepression
thatlasteduntilthe
Banksfailed,prices
fell,businesses
duringthistime
andspentmuchof
histimeduringhis
administration
tryingtofixthe
financialcrisis.
lendingpracticesof
statebanks.
40s.
wentbankrupt,and
unemploymentwas
rampant.Itput
strainonthe
economy.
TheTrailof
Tears
18381839
WhiteAmericans
resentedthe
Indiansandwere
jealousoftheir
land.
ItwaspartofAndrew
JacksonsIndian
RemovalAct.
CherokeeIndians
wereforcedtotravel
fromNorthCarolina
andGeorgiato
Oklahoma.
Showstheunfair
andpoortreatment
ofNative
Americans.More
than4,000died.
TheMexican
AmericanWar
18461848
Atthispointin
timeManifest
Destinywasan
extremelypopular
doctrine.Polkwas
president.
Mexicostill
consideredTexasas
Mexicanterritory.
Conflictbetween
MexicoandtheU.S.
aftertheannexationof
Texas.
TheU.S.gained
moreterritoryand
grew.
SenecaFalls
Convention
1848
Thishappened
duringatimewhen
therewerealotof
reformmovements
happening.
Reformmovements
wereseeingchange
andimprovements
happeningbut
womencontinuedto
betreatedunfairly.
Firstwomens
convention.Elizabeth
CadyStantonreadthe
Declarationof
Sentiments.
Itbeganthe
WomensSuffrage
Movement.