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The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States . This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the Northern United States and the Western ...
Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4, 1801. First Barbary War, 1801–1805. The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803. The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803.
April 15 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (born 1809) April 26 – John Wilkes Booth , actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838 ) May 20 – William K. Sebastian , U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1848 to 1861 (born 1812 )
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed. After European colonization of North America began in the late 15th century, wars and epidemics decimated indigenous societies. Starting in 1585, the British Empire colonized ...
1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) 1862 – Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) 1862 – Dakota War of 1862 begins. 1862–1863 – Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. 1863 – Battle of Gettysburg. 1863 – The Siege of Vicksburg ends. 1863 – New York City draft riots.
The Gadsden Purchase took place in 1854, bringing the Contiguous United States to its present-day boundaries. [citation needed] The Guano Islands Act was also passed, establishing claims on several uninhabited islands. Conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom over Central America escalated, culminating in the Bombardment of ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
1903 – Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty with Panama; leased strip of land increased to 10 miles (16 km) wide. 1903 – Alaska boundary treaty resolved the Alaska boundary dispute between the United States and Canada in favor of US; Washington and London become more friendly but Canada angry at Britain. 1906 – Algeciras Conference.