HC/SWCD Libraries: United States History: 19th Century

Presidents

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): Topic

3rd President of the United States (1801–9)
James Madison (1751-1836): Topic
4th President of the United States (1809–17)
James Monroe (1758-1831): Topic

5th President of the United States (1817–25)
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848): Topic
6th president of the United States (1825–1829)
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845): Topic
7th President of the United States (1829–37)
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862): Topic
Politician, senator, Vice President, and eighth President of the United States (1837–1841).
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841): Topic
9th President of the United States (Mar. 4–Apr. 4, 1841)
John Tyler (1790-1862): Topic
10th President of the United States (1841-1845)
James K. Polk (1795-1849): Topic
11th President of the United States (1845–49)
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850): Topic
12th President of the United States (1849–50)
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874): Topic
13th President of the United States (1850–1853)
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): Topic
14th President of the United States (1853–57)
James Buchanan (1791-1868): Topic
15th President of the United States (1857–61)
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): Topic
16th President of the United States (1861–65)
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875): Topic
17th President of the United States (1865–69)
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885): Topic
18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893): Topic
19th President of the United States (1877–81)
James Garfield (1831-1881): Topic
20th President of the United States (Mar.–Sept., 1881)
Chester A Arthur (1829-1886): Topic
21st President of the United States (1881–1885)
Grover S. Cleveland (1837-1908): Topic
22nd and 24th president of the USA (1885-89 and 1893-97)
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901): Topic
23rd President of the United States (1889-1893)
William McKinley (1843-1901): Topic
25th president of the United States (1897–1901)

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Notable Figures

Buffalo Bill (1846-1917): Topic
American plainsman, scout, and showman; In 1883 he organized Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and toured with it for many years throughout the United States and Europe.
Aaron Burr (1756-1836): Topic
American political leader.

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Events

Second Great Awakening: Topic
US religious evangelical revivalist movement, lasting from about 1800 to 1870
Transcontinental Railroad: Topic
The largest civil engineering project in western history to that date, the railroad was over 4,800 km/3,000 mi long and crossed deserts, canyons, and mountains, requiring the development of new construction techniques.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Topic
Bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Trail of Tears: Topic
Forced march of Indian tribes from the eastern United States to Oklahoma.
Plains Wars: Topic
Series of conflicts between the Plains Indians and the US Army 1850-90, during the era of US westward expansion.
Sand Creek Massacre: Topic
Slaughter of 450 Cheyenne and Arapaho by the 3rd Colorado Volunteers under Col John Chivington, during an unprovoked attack on Cheyenne peace chief Black Kettle's camp at Sand Creek, Colorado, on 29 November 1864.
Battle of Little Big Horn: Topic
The Battle of the Little Bighorn took place on 25 June 1876. It resulted in the death of about 265 officers and troops of the 7th Cavalry under the command of General George Armstrong Custer. The battle was the most serious defeat of the US army during the war for the Great Plains.
Oregon Trail: Topic
Major westward migration route in the USA used by pioneer settlers in the 19th century.
American Civil War: Topic
Sometimes called ‘the War Between the States’ or ‘the Second American Revolution’, a conflict in the USA which resolved two great issues: the nature of the Federal Union and the relative power of the states and the central government; and the existence of black slavery.
War of 1812: Topic
Armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain, 1812–15.
California Gold Rush: Topic
The influx of prospectors to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, following the discovery of gold in the American River by US surveyor James Marshall in January 1848.
McCulloch v. Maryland: Topic
Case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the dispersion of power between state and federal governments.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Topic
A series of seven debates between the Democrat senator Stephen A Douglas and Republican Abraham Lincoln held August-October during the 1858 race for Illinois State senator.

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Movements, Issues, and Systems

Manifest Destiny: Topic
In US history, the belief that Americans had a providential mission to extend both their territory and their democratic processes westwards across the continent.
Abolitionism: Topic
A movement culminating in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that aimed first to end the slave trade, and then to abolish the institution of slavery and emancipate slaves.
Jim Crow Laws: Topic
Legislation passed by southern US states in the late 19th century to enforce racial segregation.
Women's Suffrage: Topic
The right of women to vote; Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism.

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