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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.

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