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December 2, 1823.
A doctrine that stated that the US would not get involved in European affairs and would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. it also stated that no other nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere.

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1850
The compromise admitted California to the US as a free state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves.

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April 1, 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel. It tells the story of someone who is enslaved (Uncle Tom) and was important because it shared ideas about the injustices of slavery.

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1854-1859
Bleeding Kansas was the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. Pro-Slavery, Anti-Slavery Free-Staters, and Abolitionists all gathered in Kansas and violence broke out. It was important because
Bleeding Kansas foreshadowed the violence that would ensue over the future of slavery during the Civil War.

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1857
In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

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1860
Abraham lincoln from the republican party was appointed president in the election of 1860. This Election was important because it demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. The election was unusual because four strong candidates competed for the presidency.

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April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865
A war in the United States, it was fought between the Union and the Confederacy. This determined if slavery continued in the states

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November 19, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.  It was mainly a military move that declared the south in rebellion against the union so it painted them as the villain so no one would help them.

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1867
The Reconstructions acts were several United States administrations that sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states. It gave former male slaves the right to vote and hold public office. One of the Amendments that was passed during this time made African-Americans citizens and protected citizens from discriminatory state laws.

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March 30, 1867
The purchase of Alaska was when The United States came to an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. It marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America.

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March 7, 1876
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, and the telephone allowed people to talk directly to each other over long distances. Telephones made it possible to do business without being in the same place which reduced travel time and costs. It also allowed businesses to expand beyond their local area.

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May 4, 1886
During a labor protest/worker strike in Haymarket Square in Chicago, a bomb was set off once policed arrived at the protest. It served as a turning point in American labor because it led to the formation of the American Federation of Labor and led to reforming labor and unionism in America.

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1887
The Dawes Act regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States.The new policy specifically focused  on breaking up reservations/tribal lands with land allotments to  Native Americans and encouraging them to take up agriculture. This ended in the government stripping over 90 million acres of tribal land from Native Americans, then selling that land to non-native US citizens.

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May 11, 1894
There was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States. It demonstrated the power of the labor movement. brought Eugene Debs national attention, and it led directly to his conversion to socialism. It also helped lead unions to gain national support and led to legal protections for unions.

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May 18, 1896
Plessy v. Ferguson was when U.S. Supreme Courts decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case from an incident in which African American train passenger (Homer Plessy) refused to sit in a car for Black people. It essentially led and established the constitutionality of racial segregation.

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April 21, 1898 – December 10, 1898
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas. Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris that helped established the independence of Cuba and ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States.

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July 7, 1898
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific. It resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. By extending territory of the U.S. deep into the Pacific it created an economic integration with the islands that helped the nation begin its rise in the region.

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September 14, 1901
The Mckinley assassination was when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot President Mckinley during one of his public appearances at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. His death essentially created the modern Secret Service.

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May 4, 1904
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway/canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade. The Panama Canal was first developed in the 1880s when the United States commenced building the canal. It led to greatly reduced time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, enabling them to avoid the lengthy and hazardous routes

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1906
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, President of the U.S received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5.