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UNIT FOUR
Growing Sectionalism
EXPLORING CONTEXT
timeline
1787
55 Delegates meet in Philadelphia to discuss weaknesses of Articles of Confederation. The Constitution and written and ratified by 1788
1800
The Election of 1800 is the first presidential election in the United States to have a peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another
1803
President Thomas Jefferson authorizes the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million
1820
Henry Clay negotiates the admission of Missouri as a slave state into the Union. The Missouri Compromise also created Maine as a free state and banned slavery above the 36,30N parrellel in the Louisiana Territory
1830
President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing the removal of Native Americans from their land to federal land west of the Mississippi
1846-1848
War between the United States and Mexico as a result of the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845, as well as territorial disputes around the Rio Grande.
1848
Gold is discovered in the Sacramento Valley of California, sparking a rush of gold minders to California territory
- Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans
- Different Perspectives on Slavery
- Marbury v. Madison
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark
- Manifest Destiny
- Missouri Compromise
- Indian Removal Acts
- Texas and the Mexican-American War
- The Gold Rush
- Erie Canal
- Steam Boat
- Industrial Revolution
- Telegraph
- Cotton Gin
- American Colonization Society
- Abolitionism
- Steam Engine
- Steam Locomotive
- Deere Plow
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