| 1. Jefferson elected - 1800
...was the third president... |
| 2. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
...from France for $15 million... |
| 3. Lewis and Clark expedition - 1804-06
...as the Pacific Ocean. |
| 4. First steamboat - 1807
...by Robert Fulton. |
| 5. War of 1812 - 1812
...our National Anthem... |
| 6. Factories grow in Lowell, Mass. -
1820s ...of the Industrial
Revolution... |
| 7. Erie Canal opens - 1825
...into the Great Lakes area. |
| 8. First railroad in U.S. - 1830
...named the Tom Thumb. |
| 9. Indian Removal Act - 1830
...to areas west of the Mississippi. |
| 10. The Liberator begins - 1831
...fought to abolish slavery. |
| 11. Texas declares independence - 1836
...years, it joined the... |
| 12. Telegraph demonstrated - 1844
...invented by Samuel Morse. |
| 13. Mexican War begins - 1846
...Mexico to sell the Mexican Cession... |
| 14. Women's Rights Convention - 1848
...held in Seneca Falls, New York. |
| 15. Calif. Gold Rush - 1849
...discoverd at Sutter's Mill. |
| 16. Uncle Tom's Cabin published -
1852 ...picture of slave
life. |
| 17. John Brown's raid - 1859
...seize guns and start... |
| 18. Lincoln elected - 1860
...convinced South Carolina to leave... |
