Andrew Jackson elected president 1828
Grand jury in Rochester, NY, declares alcohol most prominent cause of crime 1829
Joseph Smith, Jr., publishes Book of Mormon 1830
George Bancroft publishes volume one of his American history 1834
Horace Mann heads the first public board of education 1837
Emerson articulates transcendentalism 1838
Brook Farm established 1841
Dorothea Dix advocates state-funded insane asylum 1843