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APUSH - Period 4

  • The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening

    Burned over district: Millerites, Mormans.
  • Thomas Jefferson was elected president

    Thomas Jefferson was elected president

    Yay!
  • Gabriel Prosser and the Slave Revolt

    Gabriel Prosser and the Slave Revolt

    Gabriel planned to revolt; was postponed from the rain.
  • Madison versus Marbury

    Madison versus Marbury

    Marbury sued Madison for stripping a position from existence.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson bought (a portion) of the west from Napoleon.
  • Beginning of Lewis and Clark  Expedition

    Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark explore the new west lands.
  • Eli Whitney Gains the Cotton Gin Patent

    Eli Whitney Gains the Cotton Gin Patent

    The patent was granted on MArch 14th, 1794; wasn't valid until 1807.
  • Chesapeake and Leonard Affair

    Chesapeake and Leonard Affair

    Leonard fired in the Chesapeake for insane reasons.
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act

    Jefferson blocked Americans from trading with anyone to protect from war.
  • The Non-Intercourse Act

    The Non-Intercourse Act

    Madison shut off America from all trade.
  • James Madison President

    James Madison President

    Federalist Chalres Cotesworth Pinckney lost.
  • Francis Cabot Lowell steals plans.

    Francis Cabot Lowell steals plans.

    Just what the title says.
  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny

    "God has told us to go west! (Mumbles) And also to murder thousands."
  • Death of Tecumseh

    Death of Tecumseh

    Tecumseh was killed by William Henry Harrison.
  • The Burning of Washington D.C.

    The Burning of Washington D.C.

    The British Burn D.C.; part of war of 1812
  • The Harford Convention

    The Harford Convention

    Convention in which the New England federalist party discussed their problems with war and the government.
  • The Battle of New Orleans

    The Battle of New Orleans

    Last major battle of the War of 1812.
  • Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Though the document was signed on Christmas Eve, 1814, it took two months to be ratified.
  • End of the War of 1812

    End of the War of 1812

    The War of 1812's end.
  • James Monroe Elected

    James Monroe Elected

    James Monroe is elected as president.
  • Era of Good Feelings Began

    Era of Good Feelings Began

  • Rush - Bagot Treaty

    Rush - Bagot Treaty

    Limited Naval armaments in Lake Champlain and The Great Lakes. Between America and Britain.
  • McCulloch versus Maryland

    McCulloch versus Maryland

    This was a landmark showing the power of the federal court over states.
  • Dartmoth versus Woodward

    Dartmoth versus Woodward

    Woodward tries to take Dartmoth's charter. >:(
  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819

    The first major peacetime financial crisis.
  • The Anglo-American Convention

    The Anglo-American Convention

    Set boundaries between the British and Americans in America.
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Adams-Onis Treaty

    A treaty that bought Florida and solidified lines from New Spain and America.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    Compromise about slave states and free states.
  • Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    A revolt planned for June 1822. Man executed
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe declared that America was no longer in the colonial age.
  • Corrupt Bargain

    Corrupt Bargain

    John Quincy Adams and Clay.
  • Gibbons V. Ogden

    Gibbons V. Ogden

    Court controls commerce.
  • Charles B Finney Revivals

    Charles B Finney Revivals

    1825 to 1835.
  • New Harmony Community Creation

    New Harmony Community Creation

    Another forest people place.
  • Erie Canal Finished

    Erie Canal Finished

    The Erie Canal became the first canal to be completed.
  • Six Sermons of Intemperance

    Six Sermons of Intemperance

    "Don't drink!"
  • The Tariff of Abominations

    The Tariff of Abominations

    A 45% tariff was placed on goods; hurt the south.
  • Andrew Jackson Elected

    Andrew Jackson Elected

    Very big, very important towards America's holding institutes.
  • Whig Party Emerges

    Whig Party Emerges

    "We hate Jackson."
  • Latter Day Saints Founded

    Latter Day Saints Founded

    Joseph Smith uses his lovely face and his golden plates to vex the crowds into joining him.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    :'(
  • A.J. Refuses to Recharter Second Bank of America

    A.J. Refuses to Recharter Second Bank of America

    Jackson says "no" to the bank that is for itself, not the people.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis

    S.C. wanted seccession.
  • Woechester Versus Georgia

    Woechester Versus Georgia

    "Only the court's can have say over Indian lands."
  • Essays on the Education of Female Teachers Published

    Essays on the Education of Female Teachers Published

    Furthered women's education and rights.
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota

    Major Ridge ceded Cherokee land to the U.S. for compensation. He sold the masses out.
  • Transcendental's Hold Their First Club Meeting

    Transcendental's Hold Their First Club Meeting

    Forest people.
  • The First McGuffey Reader

    The First McGuffey Reader

    Children's reader: furthered education.
  • Andrew Jackson Issues Specie Circular

    Andrew Jackson Issues Specie Circular

    Payment of government land to be in gold or silver.
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo

    Key battle that helped the Texans win their independence.
  • Texas Declared Independence

    Texas Declared Independence

    From Mexico.
  • Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Pawn President.
  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837

    A financial crisis; Jackson blamed.
  • Horace Mann Becomes the Head of Massachusetts Board of Education

    Horace Mann Becomes the Head of Massachusetts Board of Education

    Education is lit.
  • Trail of Tears Began

    Trail of Tears Began

    Forced removal of Indians.
  • The Black Hawk War

    The Black Hawk War

    A brief Indian war. Led by Black Hawk (Sauk)
  • R.W.E. Gives Divinity Address

    R.W.E. Gives Divinity Address

    A really good transcendentalism speech.
  • The Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    The Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Settled the northeast boundary disputes between America and Britain.
  • James Polk Elected

    James Polk Elected

    Won against Henry Clay. Highlighted tensions about slavery.
  • Treaty of Whangia (Or Peace)

    Treaty of Whangia (Or Peace)

    Treaty with China.
  • U.S. Annexation of Texas

    U.S. Annexation of Texas

    U.S. acknowledges Texas as a republic.
  • Bear Flag Revolt

    Bear Flag Revolt

    Small revolt of American settlers against the Mexicans in California.
  • Mexican War Start Date

    Mexican War Start Date

    A war with Mexico ignited by settlers in Texas.
  • Oneida Community Creation

    Oneida Community Creation

    A transcendentalist community in New York.
  • Gold Rush in California

    Gold Rush in California

    Gold being found led settlers flowing into California.
  • The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty

    The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty

    "Treaty of peace friendship"; added part of the present day west to America. (Colorado, New Mexico, California...)
  • Civil Disobedience Published

    Civil Disobedience Published

    Resistance to civil government.
  • Matthew Perry Opens Up American-Japanese Trade

    Matthew Perry Opens Up American-Japanese Trade

    First time trade with Japan and the West in over 200 years.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    Purchased from Mexico by James Gadsden.
  • Kanagawa Treaty

    Kanagawa Treaty

    Treaty between America and the Tokugawa shogunate.