Credo Resource Guide American History: 19th Century

3rd President of the United States (1801–9)
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4th President of the United States (1809–17)
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5th President of the United States (1817–25)
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6th president of the United States (1825–1829)
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7th President of the United States (1829–37)
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Eighth president of the United States (1837-41)
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9th President of the United States (Mar. 4–Apr. 4, 1841)
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10th President of the United States (1841-1845)
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11th President of the United States (1845–49)
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12th President of the United States (1849–50)
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13th President of the United States (1850–1853)
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14th President of the United States (1853–57)
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15th President of the United States (1857–61)
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16th President of the United States (1861–65)
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17th President of the United States (1865–69)
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18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
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19th President of the United States (1877–81)
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20th President of the United States (Mar.–Sept., 1881)
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From The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia
21st President of the United States (1881-1885)
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From The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia
23rd President of the United States (1889-1893)
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22nd and 24th president of the USA (1885-89 and 1893-97)
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25th president of the United States (1897–1901)
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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. MORE

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US religious evangelical revivalist movement, lasting from about 1800 to 1870
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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.
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Bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska MORE

Forced march of Indian tribes from the eastern United States to Oklahoma MORE

Series of conflicts between the Plains Indians and the US Army 1850-90, during the era of US westward expansion MORE

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 MORE

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. MORE

Major westward migration route in the USA used by pioneer settlers in the 19th century MORE

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. MORE

Armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain, 1812–15 MORE

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

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 MORE

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 MORE

In US history, the belief that Americans had a providential mission to extend both their territory and their democratic processes westwards across the continent.
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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.
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Legislation passed by southern US states in the late 19th century to enforce racial segregation MORE

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. MORE