APUSH 1800s

1800s

Thomas Jefferson elected and doubled US territory with the Louisiana Purchase but lost popularity in the later part of the decade by restricting trade with both Britain and France (Embargo Act)

1810s

War of 1812 between the US and Britain led to the decline of the Federalist Party with the decade ending with Clay’s American System focused on a national bank, protective tariffs (North liked it for factories South didn’t for trade), and internal improvements. Decade closed with the Panic of 1819 and the first major economic crisis of the US.

1820s

Sectionalism increasing with the Missouri Compromise temporarily settling things with the presidents Monroe (doctrine), John Quincy Adams (corrupt bargain), and Andrew Jackson (common man, democratic party)

1830s

The decade starts off with the Indian Removal Act leading to the Trail of Tears which is followed by the Nullification Crisis where South Carolina goes against federal tariffs. Whig party grows to oppose Jackson’s power (he vetoed US bank)

1840s

Manifest Destiny drove this decade and interacted with the annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Wilmot Proviso (Failed because tried to ban slavery in all territory gained from the MA war but unpopular). Decade ended with the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls

1850s

The issue of slavery brought up by the Compormise of 1850 along with the Kansas-Nebraska Act followed by the Dred Scott decision further increased sectional tensions. Republican party formed to oppose the expansion of slavery.

1860s

Decade starts with the Election of 1860 where Lincoln wins and the South secedes. This led to the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclaimation, and finally the beginning Reconstruction (13th 14th and 15th Amendments passed)

1870s

Reconstruction coupled with Southern resistance (KKK) and black codes until it is ended by the Compromise of 1877 in return for Hayes’ election as president. Beginnings of railroads and steel production and the decade was marked by the Panic of 1973.

1880s

Gilded Age begins with rampant corruption and Laissez-faire policies. Americans made clear their stance with the Dawes Act that tried to assimilate Native Americans and the Chinese Exclusion Act which was the first major immigrant exclusion act. Urbanization and immigration are rampant along with labor groups like the Knights of Labor

1890s

Closing of the frontier as American expansion comes to a pause after reaching the other side of the continent but still gains more land from the Spanish-American War closing off the decade. With the new changes the Populist party rises to express the demands of farmers for reform. Plessy v. Ferguson marks the separate but equal solidified age. Progressive ideas begin.