Presidents
Important Gatherings
Important People
Important Years of Events
100
President James K. Polk
Who won the presidential election in 1844 between James K. Polk and Henry Clay?
100
1845 Democratic Convention
What was the gathering called when Southern democrats couldn't get to it due to the drought that dried up their only way of transportation?
100
William Lowdnes Yancey and Henry Washington Hilliard
Who were the two people from Alabama that were elected to congress?
100
1848
In what year did the capital building burn down?
200
President Zachary Taylor
Who won the presidential election in 1848 between Zachary Taylor, Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren?
200
1845 Texas Annexation
What caused the Mexican-American war?
200
Andrew Dexter
Who gave their land up for the capital to be built on Goat Hill?
200
1848
In what year was the Alabama Platform created by William Lowdnes Yancey?
300
President Franklin Pierce
Who won the presidential election in 1852 between Franklin Pierce and General Winfield Scott?
300
Nashville Convention
What was the gathering of people to protect the rights of the south within the union?
300
Henry Clay
Who created the Compromise of 1850?
300
1849
In what year was gold discovered?
400
President James Buchanan
Who won the presidential election in 1855 between John C. Fremont, Millard Filmore, and James Buchanan?
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