APUSH Chrono Time Period 5 (1844-1877)

Important dates from 1844 to 1877 of American history.

Adams-Onis Treaty

1819

Annexation of Texas

1845

Mexican-American War

1846-1848

Oregon Territory Added

1846

Seneca Falls Convention

1848

California Gold Rush

1848-1855

Fugitive Slave Law

1850

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1852

Gadsden Purchase

1853

Bleeding Kansas + Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

Commodore Matthew Perry Opens Japan to Trade

March 1854

Dred Scott Case

1857

Lincoln’s Election

1860

Civil War

1861-1865

First Bull Run

1861

Homestead Act

May 1862

Second Bull Run

August 1862

Battle of Antietam

September 1862

Emancipation Proclamation

January 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

May-July 1863

Sherman’s March to Sea

November-December 1864

Navajo’s Long Walk

1864-1866

13th Amendment

1865

Reconstruction Act

March 1867

Purchase of Alaska

1867

14th Amendment

1868

Andrew Johnson Impeachment

1868

15th Amendment

1870

Compromise of 1877 + Reconstruction Ends

1877