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U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
1899 (United States) Miners in Idaho dynamite a mill in retaliation for the Bunker Hill Mining Company firing 17 union members. [25] 1899 (United States) Brotherhood of Teamsters founded. [25] 1899 (United States) Buffalo, New York, Grain Shoveler's Strike occurred. [25] 1899 (United States) Cleveland, Ohio, Street Railway Worker's Strike ...
History of the United States Constitution; History of the United States government. Presidents of the United States. George Washington: 1789–1797; John Adams: 1797–1801; Thomas Jefferson: 1801–1809; James Madison: 1809–1817; James Monroe: 1817–1825; John Quincy Adams: 1825–1829; Andrew Jackson: 1829–1837; Martin Van Buren: 1837–1841
In United States history, four periods of widespread Constitutional criticism have been characterized by the idea that specific political powers belong to state governments and not to the federal government—a doctrine commonly known as states' rights. At each stage, states' rights advocates failed to develop a preponderance in public opinion ...
The diplomatic history of the United States oscillated among three positions: isolation from diplomatic entanglements of other (typically European) nations (but with economic connections to the world); alliances with European and other military partners; and unilateralism, or operating on its own sovereign policy decisions. The US always was ...
January 11 – Sophia Dallas, wife of George M. Dallas, Second Lady of the United States (born 1798) February 18 – Walker Brooke , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1853 (born 1813 ) March 13 – James Guthrie , U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1865 to 1868 (born 1792 )
December 18 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime) is declared ratified by three-quarters of the states of the United States. December 21 – The Kappa Alpha Order, a social fraternity, is founded at Washington and Lee University.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 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 ...