- Brigham Young and followers settle near the Great Salt Lake
- Why did the American temperance movement attract women in the late nineteenth century?
- Publication of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
- North Star started by Frederick Douglass
- One third of southerners are slaveholders
- Election of President Zachary Taylor
- Establishment of American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS)
- South Carolina approves Ordinance of Nullification, resulting in the Force Bill
- Wave of utopian communities established
- Restrictions on black male voting rights in place nationwide
- Forced removal of American Indians via the Trail of Tears
- The "Liberator" started by William Lloyd Garrison
- Abolitionist movement grows substantially
- Massive forced migration of enslaved people to lower South
- Election of President Andrew Jackson
- Federalists advocate for black and white male suffrage
- Emergence of Lowell mills and factory towns in New England countryside
- Mexico wins independence and claims Texas territory
- Elimination of voter qualifications for white males in most states
- Approval of National Roads Project