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1834 – Slavery debates at Lane Theological Seminary are one of the first major public discussions of the topic. 1835 – Alexis de Tocqueville 's Democracy in America published. 1835 – Second Seminole War begins in Florida as members of the Seminole tribe resist relocation.
October 28 – Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers a speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. December 16 – Steamer South America burns on the Mississippi River in Louisiana; 27 killed including 13 U.S. Army recruits from Newport Barracks in Kentucky [4] [5]
The 1850s (pronounced "eighteen-fifties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1850, and ended on December 31, 1859.. It was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War.
Major events in the western movement of the U.S. population were the Homestead Act, a law by which, for a nominal price, a settler was given title to 160 acres (65 ha) of land to farm; the opening of the Oregon Territory to settlement; the Texas Revolution; the opening of the Oregon Trail; the Mormon Emigration to Utah in 1846–47; the ...
1899–1900: Indian famine kills over 1 million people. 1899: Hague Convention of 1899 formulated the laws of war and outlaws war crimes. 1899–1900: Open Door Policy proclaimed to protect China. Giovanni Agnelli founds Fiat in Italy. Louis Renault and his brothers found their manufacturing company in France.
The 19th century in the United States refers to the period in the United States from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. For information on this period, see: History of the United States series: History of the United States (1789–1849) History of the United States (1849–1865) History of the United States (1865–1918) Historical eras:
The US under Jackson defeats British Army of Pakenham as news of Treaty of Ghent, signed in December, has not yet arrived. Battle of Fort Bowyer: 11 Feb: US commander Jackson loses fort against the UK after boasting that 10,000 men could not take it Neapolitan War: Battle of the Panaro: 3 April: Naples defeats Austria Battle of Occhiobello: 8 ...
It made it a criminal offense for railroads to dismiss employees or to discriminate against prospective employees because of their union membership or activity. It provided legal protection of employees' rights to membership in a labor union, a limit on the use of injunctions in labor disputes, lawful status of picketing and other union ...