17-24 Flashcards
Canadian rebellion and Caroline incident
1837
Aroostook War breaks out
1839
antislavery Liberty party organized
1840
Harrison dies
1841
webster-ashburton treaty
1842
US annexes texas
1845
walker tariff
1846
independent treasury restored
1846
us settles oregon dispute with brit
1846
us and mex clash over texas boundary
1846
kearny takes santa fe
1846
fremont conquers california
1846
wilmot proviso passes house of representatives
1846
mexican war
1846-1848
battle of buena vista
1847
scott takes mex city
1847
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
1848
treaty of wanghia
1844
brit seize port of san juan del norte in nicaragua
1848
california gold rush
1849
compromise of 1850 including FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
1850
clayton-bulwer treaty
1850
australian gold rush
1851
gadsden purchase
1852
commodore perry opens japan
1854
ostend manifesto
1854
kansas-nebraska act
1854
republican party organized
1854
william walker becomes pres of nicaragua and legalizes slavery
1856
meiji restoration in japan
1868
uncle tom’s cabin published
1852
crimean war in russia
1853-1856
sumner beaten by brooks in senate chamber
1856
brown’s pottawatomie massacre
1856
civil war in “bleeding kansas”
1856-1861
the impending crisis of the south published
1857
lincoln-douglas debates
1858
brown raids harpers ferry
1859
sc secedes from union
1860
crittenden compromise fails
1860
7 seceding states form confederate states of am
1861
fort sumter fired on
1861
4 upper south states secede
1861
morrill tariff act passed
1861
trent affair
1861
lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
1861
confed enacts conscription
1862
homestead act
1862
alabama raids northern shipping
1862-1864
union enacts conscription
1863
nyc draft riots
1863
national banking system est
1863