American History II

By JaimesL

  • Compromise of 1877

    Concessions given to the South post reconstruction.
    1.Federal funds for internal improvements
    2.Southerners in cabinet positions
    3.Withdrawal of federal troops help lead to "Solid South" and segregation
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    Rutherford B. Hayes

    Began the efforts that led to civil service reform and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War.
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    Chester A. Arthur

    Became president after James Garfield's assassination.
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    James Garfield

    His presidency was impactful, but cut short after 200 days when he was assassinated.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

    The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited Chinese labor immigration for 10 years. It was extended twice. Americans also feared a Japanese takeover known as the 'Yellow Peril."

  • Pendleton Act

    President Garfield was assassinated by a man wanting political office but wasn't qualified. He passed the Pendleton Act in1883 that set up civil service exams for public office.
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    Grover Cleveland

    First democrat elected after civil War.

  • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

    Required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just." It helped set up price controls.
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    Benjamin Harrison

    Elected after conducting one of the first "front porch" campaigns by delivering short speeched to delegations that visited him.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Tried to outlaw and destroy trusts, along with other devious means of eliminating competition. It was vaguely worded and therefore impossible to enforce.

  • McKinley Tariff

    Passed in 1890 put a tax on all goods manufactured by a foreign country. Goal was to put an emphasis on buying American goods.

  • Populist Party

    Organized in 1891 out of meetings from Farmer's Alliances. The Omaha Platform:
    -Money: graduated income tax and better federal loan program
    -Transportation/Communication: government ownership of RR, telegraph and telephone
    -Government: US Senators elected by popular vote of initiative, recall, and referendum
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    Grover Cleveland

    Returned for a second term four years later.

  • Bimetalism

    William Jennings Bryan favored bimetalism. Using a mixture of gold and silver to back US currency a solution to the gold standard.
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    William McKinley

    He was assassinated after leading the nation to victory in the Spanish American War

  • Wilmington Race Riot

    Black men are attacked after voting by white men outside the government building with rifles. 14 black men killed on the day-the Rise of Jim Crow Laws in NC.

  • Open Door Policy

    Created because the US wanted a Sphere of influence in China, but didn't have access to one. Created a new policy allowing the United States to compete with other large Imperial powers for Global control.

  • Galveston Hurricane

    Galveston Texas, Deadliest Hurricane in U.S. History. Between 6,000-12,000 dead. Many survivors moved to Midwest.

  • Eugene V. Debs

    Socialist party organized this. Socialism reduced private ownership.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    Youngest president in the nation's history

  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Extension of the Monroe Doctrine, establishes the US as the policemen of the Western Hemisphere. Important because it backs up the United States in their conflict in Cuba, and allows us to control the Western Hemisphere.

  • Lusitania

    largest passenger ship

  • San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

    7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 3,000 people and destroyed 80% of the city.
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    William Howard Taft

    Became the 10th chief justice of the united states, the only person to have served in both of these offices.
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    The Great Migration

    Blacls went to Northern cities such as New York and Chicago for work. They faced prejudice from while workers who were afraid they would lose jobs.
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    Woodrow Wilson

    Led America into war in order to "make the world save for democracy"
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    ww1

    First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

  • 19th amendment

    gave women the right to vote

  • 19th Amendment

    Ratified in 1920, gave women the right t vote. Women had worked in many different jobs during WWI so it was a natural step.

  • Ku Klux Klan

    As a result of new successes by blacks and immigrants, the Klan became much more active in the 1920's. The group even marched on Washington D.C.
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    Warren G. Harding

    Embraced technology and was sensitive to the plights of minorities and women
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    Calvin Coolidge

    demonstrated his determination to preserve the old moral and eonomic precepts of amid
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    Herbert Hoover

    developed the hoover dam
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    The Great Depression

    Many Americans were homeless, jobless, and starving. Women lost jobs because employers believed that men needed jobs more. Children stopped going to school and looked for work. Farmers experienced drought and prices so low that they could not cover their debts.

  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    Raised tariff of 20,000 different goods to protect the production of American products. Led to many boycotts, as the Tariff reached as high as 59% on some goods. Claimed to be counter, as many ountries wouldn't deal with us.

  • The Dust Bowl

    Farmers had cleared large areas of the Great Plains for agriculture. Drought struck and prairie winds caused huge dust stroms. Many farmers lost everything and left the plains.
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    helped the Ameriacn people regain their faith

  • meatless mondays

    you couldnt have any meat on moday

  • anti war protest

    there isnt an exact date but anti war protest is when they are going against having war
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    ww2

    known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier

  • pearl harbor

    military strike by the japanese to the unites states
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    Harry S. Truman

    33rd president of the united states
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    died on march 28 1969 due to heart failure

  • rosie the riveter

    Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.
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    vietnam war

    costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies

  • Interstate Highway System

    Dwight D. Eisenhower built the interstate and highway system, main goal was quick travel for our defense.
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    John F. Kennedy

    youngest man elected to the office and was the youngest president to die
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    Bay of Pigs

    1959 Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba, aligns with the Communists. CIA trains refugees for an invasion and takes over of the island. HUge failures as rebels ans American involvement get unovered immediately.
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    Lyndon B. Johnson

    came in as president once JFK was assassinated

  • Jim Crow Laws

    White Supremacy is maintained in the South.
    1.Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to keep many blocks from voting.
    2.Grandfather clause allowed poor, illiterate whites to vote anyways.
    3.Jim Crow Laws created a segregated ity in the South.
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    Richard Nixon

    Only president to resign in office

  • Colombian Anti-Drug Invention

    War on drugs declared by Nixon, popularized during the 1980's during Reagan's administration. White Collar drugs were a big issue of the 80's. Our goal was to stop trafficking of Cocaine into the US.
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    Gerald R. Ford

    38th president of the united states
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    Jimmy Carter

    He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.

  • Camp David Accords

    Jimmy Carter brockered a Deal between Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem BEgin of Isreal. Met at a presidential retreat in the US. Both countries agrred to a peace treaty, helping ease tensions in the Middle East.
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    Ronald Reagan

    His term saw a restoration of prosperity at home, with the goal of achieving "peace through strength" abroad.
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    George H. W. Bush

    brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation" in the face of a dramatically changing world.

  • Berlin Wall

    THe Berlin Wall created to stop the flood of refugees from East Germany which was controlled by the Communists. It led the US to feel the need to take actions to contain communism.
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    Bill Clinton

    He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President.

  • NAFTA

    Enourages trade between North American countries. At the ost of jobs leaving the US to go to Mexico, labor laws are nonexistent.
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    George W. Bush

    was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

  • patriot act

  • Terror Attacks of 9/11

    Terrorists coordinated a series of attacks on the US. 2 hijacked airplanes were flown into the world trade center towers. Another was flown into the Pentagon.

  • Hurricane Katrina

    2005, devastated New Orleans, left much of the city under water. Thousands of people left homeless and some migrated throughout the Southeast.
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    Barrack Obama

    first African American president

  • Tammany Hall

    Using immigrants negatively, well organized group that controlled all the activities of a political party in an area. Tweed Ring controlled Tammany Hall, the Democratic machine in NYC.