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Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown, the first permanent settlement of the English in America, Was founded May 13th, 1607. the first president of Jamestown was Edward Maria Winfield. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self government to be created and enforced in America. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document addressing the thirteen colonies as a country separate from England, written by Thomas Jefferson. it was adopted on July 4, 1776. -
The Second Great Awakening
The second great awakening took place from the 1790s into the 1830s. It was a revival of protestant religions, that affected America socially as well as politically. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon sold 828,000 square miles for 15,000,000 U.S. dollars to Thomas Jefferson starting in 1803. This was a great deal for Jefferson -
Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis and Clark were sent on an Expedition to the west by Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana purchase to find a water rout connecting the Columbia and Missouri rivers. this would give the west access to port markets out of the Gulf of Mexico. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828, after which he decided to do some crazy stuff, like dueling. -
Manifest Destiny
the first use of the phrase manifest destiny appeared in an article written in 1845 explaining that the U.S. has the right to gain more and more land through annexation, among other ways. Manifest Destiny is the idea that the U.S. should expand across the whole continent, and they have the right to. -
Seneca Falls Convention
This was the first convention for women's rights in the U.S., and the beginning of the women's suffrage movement. There the Declaration of Sentiments was introduced and signed by about 100 people. -
The Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement was a movement to abolish slavery. The movement spans from the 18th to 19th century, being realized after the Civil War. Abolitionist groups were made up of white men, black freemen, and many women. -
Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor started as a secret group of workers that grew into a union of workers. Though the effectiveness of this union is questionable, it was a very radical step forward in workers rights. -
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
In 1877 a massive strike broke out due to wage cuts, and dangerous work. the strikers would not let trains to roll until the wage cut was revoked. -
National American Women Suffrage Association
N.A.W.S.A. Was a group of female activists, who focused on gaining voting rights for women. The group was semi Successful, but with some help, and one important mother, they succeeded in earning these rights. -
Progressive Era
The Progressive era, which spanned from 1890 to 1920, was an era for people to reform the government to be more populous oriented. in this era changes occurred to make society a better place. -
Populists
Populists are an American party that believes that the average people should be the first priority of the government. they were mostly farmers and industrial workers, who prefer some socialist ways over capitalistic ways of monopoly. -
Pullman Strike
Another railroad strike happened in 1894. this time it was more violent and scary, making the government say stop it. the strikers were not being paid fairly, making them quite mad, but the president made labor day to calm them down a little. -
Muckrakers
Muckrakers were dominantly in the progressive era, and were journalists exploiting the corruption of certain figures or acts that were morally questionable. their work could be found in magazines and newspapers, as articles or politically satirical cartoons. -
Industrial Workers of the World
The I.W.W. was a giant union of unions that worked to gain working rights in the early 20th century. they were somewhat different than other unions because they created unions for unskilled workers. -
California Alien Land Act
California targeted Japanese by making land more easily confiscated by the us government. the Act applied to those without citizenship, but due to immigration laws at the time, Japanese people couldn't access citizenship nearly as easily as others. -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913, and says that there will be two senators from each state, that will be elected every six years. If there was a vacancy of one of the senators, executives of the state will temporarily replace them. -
Americanization Movement
In the mid 20th century Americans Tried to Americanize immigrants with open arms, causing them to flood in more and more. -
Lost Generation
The lost generation refers to all of the men that died during world war one. much of the population of men were wiped out, leaving essentially a whole generation dead. -
Prohibition
The prohibition started in 1920, and what it did was make alcohol illegal. this was unpopular and caused many people to make their own less safe alcoholic beverages. -
18th Amendmant
The 18th Amendment banned the selling, manufacturing, and transporting of all intoxicating liquids. One could however own or create their own brewskis. this wasn't to popular due to the results being less than desirable. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. this amendment was ratified due to the intense movement of women suffrage activists. -
Mexican Repatriation Act
From 1929 to 1936 the United States began mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. most of the people that were deported were in fact Mexican-Americans. -
Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms"
"The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is freedoms of every person to worship god in his own way – everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want…everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear…anywhere in the world. That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation."
-Franklin Roosevelt. This speech was made to rally Americans against the axis powers. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
In 2001 a terrorist attack occurred in New York, when a a commandeered plane crashed into the twin towers. This put fear in Americans, Just as the Terrorist group wanted. -
Obama's Presidency
Obama was the 44th president of the united states from 2009 to 2017. Upon being a genuinely awesome person, he was the First black president in american history. -
Trump's Inauguration
Donald Trump's Inauguration was a small event that was the beginning of Trump's presidency. The amount of people that showed up is highly disputed, but photographic evidence supports that it wasn't much.
