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[2]: 370–374 For the volume on United States history during what was popularly called the "Age of Jackson", Woodward and Hofstadter chose between William W. Freehling and Charles Grier Sellers; Hofstadter considered Sellers's prose inadequate, so the coeditors initially appointed Freehling to the task, but after Kenneth M. Stampp—initially ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
However, the United States ended its policy of neutrality between France and the United Kingdom when it declared war against the United Kingdom, beginning the War of 1812. The United States government was briefly dislocated from Washington D.C. during the war when the capital was captured and burned by British forces in 1814. [76]
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) 0–9. 1820 in the United States; ... History of the United States (1815–1849) ...
March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state ( see History of Maine ). April 24 – The Land Act of 1820 reduces the price of land in the Northwest Territory and Missouri Territory encouraging Americans to settle in the west.
July 30 – Richard Rush, 8th United States Attorney General and 8th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1780) August 2 – Horace Mann, educator and abolitionist (born 1796) August 15 – Nathaniel Claiborne, politician (born 1777) September 2 – Delia Bacon, playwright and writer on the Shakespeare authorship question (born 1811)