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Tammany Hall
Tammany hall was controlled by Boss Tweed, it was the democrat machine in NYC. Immigrants was used negatively so that Boss Tweed could controll all the activities of the party in NYC. -
Farmers organize
They pledge to raise less corn and more hell . Farmers on the plains began ti create social groups to protect their interest, fighting against the ra -
Manifest destiny
Moving westward after reconstruction. West = Freedom. God given rights to move westward. -
Imperialism
The US began to adopt imperialistic ideas in the late 1800s. US purchased Alaska for 7.2 millions from Russia. George Dewey led the pacific fleet into Manila bay and destroyed Spanish force. The paid paid 20 millions and took over. -
Purchase of Alaska
Secretary of state Willian H. Seward purchased Alaska for 7.2 millions from Russia in 1867. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. -
. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States. As Commanding General, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. -
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States. As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, -
Compromise of 1877
concessions given to the South post reconstruction.
1. Federal funds for internal improvements.
2.Southerners took cabinet positions.
3.Withdrawal of the federal troops
led to the "solid South" -
James A. Garfield (1881)
James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. He was shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881. -
Chester Arthur (1881-1885)
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States (1881–1885); He was vice predsidnet and became president after the assassination of James A. Garfield . -
Chinese execution act
The Chinese execution act prohibited Chinese labor immigration for 10 years. It was extended twice. -
Pendelton act 1883
President Garfield was assasinated by a man wanting political office but wasn't qualified. Pendelton Act was passed in 1883 that set up civil service exams for public office. -
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). -
Indian Reservation
Native Indians were taught how to be "civilized". The reservations were not always well supplied, Native resist to changes and it led to extermnination of the buffalos so the Idian's food source were wiped out. -
Interstate Comerce Act 1887
The railroad rates was required to be "reasonable and just" . This helped the set up the price control. -
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
He was the 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893); he was the grandson of William Henry Harrison. -
Sheman Anti trust act 1890
Tried to outlaw and destroy trusts, along with other devious means of eliminating competion. It was vaguely worded and therefore impossible to enforce. -
McKinley Tariff
Passed in 1890 , put a tax on all goods manufatured by a foreign country. Goal was to put a emphasis on buying American goods. Still revelant today, as we continue to pass laws to ensure that American products and industries flourished. -
Cuban Independence
Cuban are led by Jose Marti in 1895. Yellow journalist like Heartz and Publitzer exaggerated stories of Spanish actions in Cuba. These stories caused many Americans to want to go to war with Spain. -
William McKinley (1897-1901)
William McKinley (was the 25th President of the United States.He was predsidnet during the Spanish-American War. -
Wilmington race riot 1898
1898 black men are attacked after voting by whitemen outside the government building with riffles.14 black men were killed on the day. -
Delome Letter
The Spanish minister wrote a letter calling Mickinley "weak". This letter wa stolen and punlished in the papers. -
U.S.S Maine
Warship was achored in Havanna Harbor . It exploed on February 15 1898, killing 260 American men . The US declared war on April 20 1898. -
U.S.S Main
Warship was anchored in Havana Harbor. It exploded on Feb 15, killed 260 American men. The US declared war on 4-20-1898. -
Purchase of the Phillipines
Admiraal George Dewey led the pacific fleet into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish forces there. US paid 20 millions and took ever Phillipines. -
Hawaii Territory
Hawaii was full of sugar planters. A revolution was led by John Stevens , Hawaii became a US territory . -
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
26th President of the United States (1901 – 1909) .Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy,The teddy bears was named after him. -
Panama Canal
US wanted to build a cana; but the Columbian government woulf not allow it. The US supported a revolution in the province of Panama and helped the country become independence . -
Roosevelt corollary
Theodore Roosevelt extended the Monroe Doctrine with his speech about American power. He said that the US should be the 'Policemen " of the Western Hemisphere. -
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States .He was remembered as the one that got stuck in the bathtub. -
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
The fire killed 146 workers at the Triangle shirt waist factory. This began a movement to increase safety regulations for factories. -
Election of 1912
Rossevelt- Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson- Democrat
Taft- Republican
The republican party was split between Taft and Roosevelt. Wilson won 435 electoral votes and won the election. -
Woodrow Wilson (1912-1921)
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. Woodrow Wilson created the 14 points and Federal Reserve , he supported the 19th amendement . -
Federal Reserve act 1913
Created 12 districts each with its own federal reserve bank. Created the Federal Reserve bank to regulate the banking system. -
WORLD War I
long range causes of WWi
1) nationalism- feeling of intense pride in your nation
2) Imperialism- desrire for larger empire
3)alliances - European powers formed these to prevent war.
Immediate causes- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary was assasinated by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrillo Princip. This set off a chain reaction in which almost all of Europe became involved. -
War ends in Europe
Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
1 No secret treaties
2 Freedom of the seas
3 Remove economic barriers
4 arms reduction
5 new colonial policy
8 points on new boundaries
14 establishment of a league of nations to keep world peace -
Harlem Rennaissance
Rise in art , liturature , drama, music and dance from black americans. Lanston Hughes- poet
Louis Armstrong - musician
Duke Ellington- Musician -
schenck v. united states
Charles schenck, a Socialist was arrested for printing and distributing information in opposition to the draft. Supreme court ruled that this type of speech was not protected because it was encouraging insuburnation +clear and present danger+ -
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Signed at the end of WWI . provision-new nations such a Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania were created.Germany owed 337 billion USD present day for war damages. -
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Warren G. Harding, was the 29th President of the United States .His campaign following WWI was promising a "return to normalcy." -
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
America's 30th President (1923-1929), Calvin Coolidge support lower taxes and smaller government . -
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States .The Hoover dam was named after him. He was predsident during the great depression. -
Great Depression
many Americans were homless, jobless,and starving. Unemployment rate was 25%. Children stopped going to school to look for jobs. Women lost their jobs because people believed that men were better workers. -
Stock Market Crash
October 29 Black tuesday bottomfell out of the market, investors tried to sell off everything before prices fell too far. 16 million shares were sold and million more could not find buyers. By mid November 30 billion in wealth had dissapeared. -
Dust bowl
Farmers had cleared large areas of the great plains for arigculture. Drought struck and pairie winds caused huge dust storms. Many farmers lost everything and left the plains. -
Election of 1932
Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Hoover after pledging a "new deal" for Americans. The economy continued to fall until his inauguration in March. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
FDR, was 32nd President of the United States. He led the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.His new deal was to help create jobs for Americans during the great depression. -
The Holocaust
Adolf Hitler and Nazi Party sent million Jews in concentration campss throughout Europe and also another 5 million were kiled. Hitler believed that the Jews were "untermencsh" (less than humnan) and blamed them for the failure of German society after WWi. -
New aquisitions
Hitler annexed Austria saying that he was helping Germans in the country. March 1939 Hitler forced Czechslovakia to agree to annexation. -
World War 2
Long range causes
dictatorship, militarism, nationalism, imperialism, failure of appeasement. Result of WW2 is changes in warfare- total war, global war, new technologies, airplanes, -
munich Pact
Allowed Hitler to invade the Sudetenland if he would stop there. Neville Chamberlain proclaimed that we had to preserved "peace in out time" -
Civil Liberties
Laws were passed to restrict freedom of speech and press. Japanese Americans were forced to relocation centers, aka internment camps -
Lend and Lease Act
Predsident could lend or lease goods to anyone whose defense was viral to the US. US imposed embargo on Japan and froze all Japanese assets in the US. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7 1941 Japanese General Tojo launched a surprise atttacks on the naval base hoping to preserve their empire in the pacific. The Japanese underestimated the power of the US . -
Battle Of Stalingrad
Russians defeated the German army of 3000,000. -
Battle of Al Alamein
October 23, 1942 Bristish defeated Germans in North Africa. Leading to full allied invasion of Africa and Italy. -
Harry S Truman (1945-1953)
He was the 33rd President of the United States .He became predsident after the death of predsident FDR. He was the one that made the decision of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. -
Atomic bombs
Us dropped 2 atomic bombs, 1 on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki, the devastation forced the surrender of Japan. The 2 bombs were known as "little boy" and "fat boy". -
NurembergTrials
Series of tribunals in which prominent members of the Nazi party were prosecuted for their involvement in the wars and the crimes against humanity associated with the Holocaust. -
Cold War
Conflict came directly from the Versailles treaty. Both countries will survive and prepare for war, eventhough they never get close to fighting. Led to the US becoming the country with the largest military , best strategy for defense, and the largest amount of national debt in the world. -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union cut off traffic into Berlin , hoping to force democratic nations to surrender their sectors. US and Britan airlifted supplies into the city for 327 days until the blockade was lifted. -
Executive order 9981
Made by Harry Truman after WWi . It completely desegregated the military. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
was the 34th President of the United States . He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. -
Brown vs board of education
Thurgood Marshall who became the 1st black supreme court justice arged for the NAACP in 1954. Supreme court ruled that "separate but equal has no place in education" Intersegration of schools begin . Results resurgence of racism in the south. -
Suez Crisis
9 days conflict between Israel and Egypt over control of the Suez Canal , which has been in contention since WWI. England and France helped on the side of Israel. -
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba , align with communist. CIA train refugees for an invasion and takeover of the island. Huge failure as rebels and American involvement get uncovered immediately. -
John F. Kennedy (1960-1963)
JFK, served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He was predsidnet during the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Civil Rights Movement, the "New Frontier" domestic program, abolishment of the federal death penalty in the District of Columbia, and increased U.S. involvement in th -
Election of 1960
JFk young , father's reputaion, catholic,. After debating with Richard Nixon on live Television, he won the election of 1960. -
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States . He was the predsident during the Vietnam war. -
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States.The watergate scandal was about corruption during his predsidency. He was the only predsident to resign. -
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
He served as the 38th President of the United States . He became president after Richard Nixon resigned. -
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. Carter, a Democrat raised in rural Georgia, was a peanut farmer who served two terms as a Georgia State Senator, from 1963 to 1967, and one as the Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975. He was elected President in 1976, defeating incumbent President Gerald Ford in a relatively close election, the Electoral C -
Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter broked a deal between Anwar El Sadat of Egypt and Menachem of Israel. Both countires agreed to a peace treaty , helped to ease the tention in the middle east. Backs up the idea of unconditional support for Israel and the idea that the Us will help to brker deals that will establish peace. -
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
He was an American politician and actor,was the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviet. -
George Bush (1989-1993)
George Herbert Walker Bush ( is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.He was predsident during the attack of 9/11/2001. -
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
William Jefferson Clinton known as Bill Clinton, is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the second predsident to be impeached but he was found not guilty. -
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. -
Terror attack of 9/11
Terrorist coordinated a series of attacks on th US . 2 hijacked planes were flown into the World trade Center towers. Another flown into the Pentagon. A fourth plane was forced down in Pensylvania. Over 3000 peopled were killed, Bush dedicated the US to defeating the US to defeating terrorism world wide. -
Barack Obama (2009-present)
Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States, and the first African American to serve as U.S. president. He wass born in in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Espionnage and Sedition Acts 1917-1918
No one could Speak or act in disloyal way. Just like the Alien and Sedition acts of 1798 they vilolate 1st amendment rightts. 55 people convicted many socialists.
