Major Events in Antebellum America

Major Events in Antebellum American

1820 Missouri Compromise	1839 Amistad Slave Rebellion
1820 Monroe Re-elected	1840 Presidential Election
1821 Liberia Colony Started	1841 Harrison Dies In Office
1823 Monroe Doctrine	1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1824 Election Of 1824	1843 Oregon Trail Opened
1824 Election Goes To House	1843 Sojourner's Truth On Tour
1825 Erie Canal Opened	1844 Treaty Of Wanghia
1826 Panama Congress	1844 Inter-City Telegraph
1828 Tariff Of Abominations	1844 Presidential Election
1828 Election Of 1828	1845 Texas Annexed
1828 Age Of Jackson	1846 Oregon Treaty
1829 Walker's Appeal	1846 Mexican War
1829 B & O Railroad Begun	1846 Independent Treasury
1829 Webster- "Liberty, Union, Now & Forever"	1847 Mormons Settle On Great Lake
1830 Indian Removal Act	1848 Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1831 Garrison Publishes ÒThe LiberatorÓ	1848 Presidential Election
1831 Dewitt Clinton, First Train To New York	1849 Gold Discovered In California
1832 Black Hawk War	1850 Compromise Of 1850
1832 Election Of 1832	1850 Fugitive Slave Act
1833 Carolina Tariff Nullified	1850 First Nat'l Women's Convention Held
1834 McCormick Grain Reaper	1850 California Gains Statehood
1835 War With Seminoles	1851 Blood Spilled
1835 Jackson vs. The Bank Of The United States	1851 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Reaches Great Lakes
1835 Assassination Attempt Against Jackson	1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin
1836 Texas Independent	1852 Presidential Election
1836 Presidential Election	1853 Perry Mission To Japan
1837 Panic of 1837	1853 Gadsden Purchase
1837 Caroline Affair	1854 Fugitive Slave Returned
1837 Small Pox Plague IndiansÐ 15,000 Die	1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act
1837 Lovejoy Killed Defending Press	1855 Ostend Manifesto
1838 Underground Railroad
1838 Aroostook War
1838 Oberlin Admits Women