| Date |
 |
|
| Event |
|
|
| President |
|
|
| Effect |
|
|
| 1803 |
Louisiana Purchase |
Jefferson |
Manifest Destiny |
| 1818 |
Abolished International Slave Trade |
Jefferson |
(blank) |
| 1814 |
No longer believed U.S. Indians would benefit from U.S. expansion |
Madison |
(blank) |
| 1819 |
Adams-Onis Treaty cedes Florida from Spain |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1819 |
Missouri applied for admission |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1820 |
Missouri Compromise |
Monroe |
Missouri/Maine |
| 1820 |
Boom period until 1830's |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1820 |
National unity deteriorates until 1850 |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1821 |
People started moving to Texas |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1824 |
Increase in tariffs (1) |
Monroe |
(blank) |
| 1828 |
Increase in tariffs (2) |
Adams |
'tariff of abominations'- Calhoun |
| 1830 |
Indian Removal Act |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1832 |
Increase in tariffs (3) |
Jackson |
'null and void'- South Carolina |
| 1833 |
Threatened invasion of South Carolina |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1835 |
Excess of money. Result of 'Boom' Period |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1835 |
Texans push for independence |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1836 |
Depression until 1840's |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1836 |
Whig party formed |
Jackson |
(blank) |
| 1836 |
Texan war |
Jackson |
Santa Anna invades Texas and is defeated |
| 1840 |
Expansion was enthusiastic |
Van Buren (Whig) |
(blank) |
| 1845 |
'Reannexation of Texas, reoccupation of Oregon' |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1845 |
Manifest Destiny |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1845 |
Sent Slidell to negotiate with Mexico about California and New Mexico |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1846 |
54'40' or fight. Or not. - Oregon Treaty |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1846 |
Wilmot Proviso |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1846 |
Mexican War begins |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (Trist) |
Polk |
(blank) |
| 1849 |
California Gold Rush |
Taylor |
(blank) |
| 1850 |
California a state |
Taylor |
(blank) |
| 1850 |
Oregon a territory |
Taylor |
(blank) |
| 1850 |
Deseret a future state |
Taylor |
(blank) |
| 1850 |
1850 Comprimise |
Taylor |
(blank) |
| 1850 |
The Georgia Platform |
Fillmore |
(blank) |
| 1852 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Pierce |
(blank) |
| 1853 |
Gadsden Purchase |
Pierce |
(blank) |
| 1853 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Pierce |
(blank) |
| 1854 |
Bleeding Kansas |
Pierce |
Stephen Douglas |
| 1854 |
Wants to annex Cuba twice |
Pierce |
(blank) |
| 1856 |
John Brown's first raid- killing 5 |
Buchanon |
(blank) |
| 1857 |
Dred Scott Case |
Buchanon |
(blank) |
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