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Component 1: The origins of the civil war
who: Traders
what: The Oregon Trail
where: Trail began in Missouri and snaked through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and of course Oregon.
why: People traveling westward, but the Oregon trail originally was laid down for trade. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Texas, The union
what: Texas is admitted to the union
where: The US and Texas
why: This is due to manifest destiny which is the United States plan to expand US territories. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: US troops.
what: US troops move into land between Nueces river and Rio Grande river.
where: Land between Nueces River and Rio Grande river.
why: For the US to take over Rio Grande River. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: James K. Polk
what: Offers Mexico 2 million dollars to buy land from them during the war.
where: US and Mexico
why: Primarily due to manifest destiny which is the united states expansion of land. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: George Thomas/ Braxton Bragg/ Jefferson Davis/ Zachary Taylor
what: Mexican American war/ Battle of Buena vista
where: Buena Vista
why: For the United states to obtain more land -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Nicholas Trist
what: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
where: Mexico, United States
why: This treaty ended Mexican-American war. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: The United States
what: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
where: Mexico
why: For the United states to gain California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: James Marshal, John sutter
what: Gold Rush Begins
where: California
why: To strike richness and wealth. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
what: Won US presidential election
where: United States
why: He was a commander and chief for many years -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: "Forty-niners"
what: Move to California to find gold
where: California
why: To find gold and become wealthy -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Henry Clay
What: Compromise of 1850
Where US-Slave states and free states
why: To end ongoing tension between the north and the south -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Henry Clay
what: The compromise of 1850
where: Washington D.C.
why: Abolish slave trade in D.C. -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: John C. Calhoun
what: dies
where: Washington DC
Why: Tuberculosis -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Henry Clay
what: California is admitted at the 31st state
where: United States, California
why: US-Manifest Destiny-To expand United States territory -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
what: Published "Uncle Toms Cabin"
where: United states
why: to resist on-going slavery -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
what: First publication of "Uncle Toms Cabin"/// Cicil war first starts
where: The united states
why: Because this book was so popular for anti-slavery indivisuals -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Members of the free soil party
what: Free soil party convention
where: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
why: Election of 1852 -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Stephen Douglas
what: Kansas-Nebraska act bill
where: Kansas/Nebraska
why: to override Missouri compromise -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Franklin Pierce
what: Kansas-Nebraska act
where: Kansas
why: To verify Kansas as a state -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Charles Sumner/ Preston S. Brooks
what: "Crimes against Kansas"/ Kansas becomes a state
where: Kansas
why: To end slavery -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Preston Brooks/ Charles Sumner
what: Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner nearly to death
where: the senate floor
why: He strongly was against his anti-slavery speech -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Abraham Lincoln/Stephen Douglas
what: Series of debates/ compromise of 1850/ focused on slavery and expansion of US westward
where: Illinois
why: fight for a US senate position -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: John Brow/ Robert E. Lee
what: Major abolitionist John Brown took a group of his supporters and seized the federal armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry
where: Harpers ferry
why: To take and stand and work to abolish slavey -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: Abraham Lincoln/ John C. Breckenridge/ John Bell
what: 1860 election
where: Virginia/ S. Carolina/ Chicago/ Tennessee
why: Lincoln as 16th president of the United States -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Secession and confederacy
where: South Carolina was the first to secede from the union along with Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana followed
why: Slavery and the battle of Fort Sumner -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Lincoln is inaugurated
where: Washington D.C.
why: Because he made it clear that he intended to enforce federal laws in the states that seceded -
Component 1: The origins of the civil war
who: Union Forces
what: Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumner in the harbor in south Carolina in which this event officially officially began the civil war.
where: Fort Sumner in Charleston, South Carolina
why: This was from the culmination of conflict in which seven states seceded -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: George McClellan
what: First fight of the Civil war
where: West Virginia
why: Confederate vs. Union -
Component 2: Civil war and reconstruction
who: The Union and Confederate Forces
what: Monitor vs. Merrimack
where: Off the shore of Hampton roads, Virginia
why: The confederacies effort to break the unions blockade -
Component 2: Civil war and reconstruction
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Slavery prohibited in United States Territories
where: US territories (Mexico to Washington and Dakota)
why: Lincoln made it clear the way he felt about slavery and slave trade in which he prohibited it in US territories -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: The US government
what: Agrees to help fund railroad from California to Missouri
where: United states, California, Missouri
why: The US was going to help fund this railroad from California to Missouri because it would work in their favor because people would not have to take the Oregon trail to move west, instead they could take this railroad. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Union army vs. Confederate army
what: Battle of Antietam; General Lee was forced to retreat.
where: Maryland
why: for a union strategic victory -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: The United States/ Lincoln
what: Habeas Corpus suspended
where: The United states
why: To protect people of being accused of a crime they were not responsible for. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Lincoln
what: The Emancipation Proclamation
where: The United States, and border states
why: Lincoln issued this proclamation to catch others attention for he had to recruit African Americans into the military. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: General Robert E. Lee, General George Meade, General George E. Pickett
what: The battle of Gettysburg
where: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
why: This was a plan by the confederate army to keep Lincoln's troops in the south so they would be prone to attack. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: The Gettysburg Address
where: National cemetery at Gettysburg
why: Lincoln wrote this famous speech to restate why the Union was in this war. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Lincoln, Republicans, Democrats
what: Lincoln Re-elected
where: Throughout the US
why: Lincoln just barely beat McClellan by a 212 out of 233 electoral vote primarily due to his past doings and events. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Lincoln
what: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
where: The North and South
why: For Lincoln to tell the people and recognize the tragedy of the American Civil war. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee
what: Robert E. Lee forced to surrender by Grant at the Appomattox court house on April 9th
where: The Appomattox court house in Virginia
why: Ulysses Grant had cut off Lee's Supply lines, forcing him with no other choice but t surrender -
Component 1:The origins of the civil war, 1846-1861
who: John Brown
what: Pottawatomie Massacre where John brown Kills 5 pro slavery settlers along this creek in Kansas
where: Pottawatomie Creek in Virginia
why: Pro-slavery vs. anti-slavery// John brown believed slavery was morally wrong -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Thomas M. Jones, Davie Jeems
what: Ku Klux Klan organized
where: At the law offices in Pulaski, Tennessee
why: To target all African Americans starting with Davie Jeems, and to push them out of the country for they were disliked strongly. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Edwin Stanton
what: The Reconstruction Acts of 1867
where: The south
why: To divide the south into five separate military districts. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Congress, Citizens of the US
what: The 15th Amendment
where: The United States
why: Granted African American men the right to vote and therefore the right to be a US citizen. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Abraham Lincoln, Horace W. Carpentier
what: The first transcontinental telegraph
where: California; US
why: Easier to use then Pony Express -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Ulysses S. Grant
what: Made dedicated Yellowstone Park as the Nations First National Park
where: Wyoming
why: To conserve and remember the historic events that took place on that ground -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Banks, Financial supports
what: The panic of 1873
where: The United States
why: Due to inflation and unbalanced dues of money the United States went into a depression where barely any money was going around. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: General George Custer, Western Sioux
what: The Battle of Little Bighorn
where: near Montana's Little Bighorn River -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Democratic leaders, Rutherford B. Hayes
what: The Compromise of 1877
where: Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina
why: The US federal government pulled the their last troops of out the south. -
Component 2: Civil war and Reconstruction
who: Railroad workers
what: Go on strike
where: Martinsburg, West Virginia
why: To protest working conditions and wage cuts. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: President Glover Cleveland
what: The Dawes Severalty Act is passed
where: New York, Nebraska
why: So that Indians would be left alone and they could do what they want and make their own rules on their very own land -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Sioux and US troops
what : The Massacre of Wounded Knee
where: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota
why: An argument over a rifle -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Arizona, United States
what: Arizona is admitted to the union
where: United states, Arizona
why: United States plan to expand territory -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Woodrow Wilson
what: Wilson begins his presidency
Where: United States
why: He won election due to the major roles he played in WW1. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: President Woodrow Wilson
what: Wilsons 14 Points
where: all countries
why: To spread peace world wide and to work towards world peace -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Germany
what: WW1 ends
where: Germany; US
why: Germany surrendered which led other countries to work to prevent war. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Adolf Hitler
what: Hitler joins Nazi party
where: Germany
Why: Hitler's hate for specific genes and the Jewish community. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: President Woodrow Wilson; Congress; Women in US
what: The 19th Amendment
where: United States
why: The 19th Amendment granted women with he right to vote, this was a major factor and a big step into what the United States is today. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Woodrow Wilson, Allied powers
what: Treaty of Versailles
where: United States, British empire, Italy, France, Japan +
why: To end the major war between British and United Sates. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Woodrow Wilson
what: The League of Nations
where: Geneva, Switzerland
why: To spread global peace, unfortunately Wilsons plan with the League of Nations royally failed. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: The United States
what: The Great Depression
Where: United States
Why: Overly confident stock market -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Citizens of US
what: Stock market collapsed
Where: Unites States
Why: Investors traded 16 million shares on the NY stock exchanged in which thousands of investors were wiped out and stocks became worth 20% of their value. Many also went with jobs. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: Union and Confederate forces
what: Battle of Bull
where: Bull Run (Manassas) in Virginia
why:Green Union Army troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced against the Confederate Army under Brig. -
Component 3: The expansion of US power
who: President Johnson
what: Civil rights Act of 1866
where: The United States
why: To Prohibit discrimination
