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American Studies
This is a time line of event that have happened in Americas histery in the time between the 1600's up to 2000. -
Shay's Rebellion
Tthis conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working; uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes. -
Constitutional Convention
The convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 -
Judiciary Act
A landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a period of religious revival in the United States between 1790 and the 1840s. It include conversions, increased church activity, social reaches, and the new Christian denominance -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington -
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Federalists adopted the naturalization act (increased number of years required for immigrants to qualify for citizenship), the alien acts (authorized prex to deport any aliens considered dangerous to detain any enemy aliens in time of war), and sedition act (made it illegal for newspaper editors to criticize either the prez or congress and imposed heavy penalties for those who violated). -
Revolution of 1800
Jefferson’s election = federalist to republican, was monumental in the development of the U.S.
Monumental in the development of the United States as a nation, proveding to other nations that the republican experiment began by the revolutionary seed of independence could not only thrive, but succeed. -
Marbury v. Madison
First case to establish judicial review, and ruled in favor of John Madison, the president at the time. This was the first time that a federal law was ruled unconstitutional. -
Louisiana Purchase
October 20, 1803, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion. -
Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act was passed under Thomas Jefferson in response to the impressment of several Americans by the British navy. The embargo did not go well, as American merchants protested their lack of trade. It weakened faith in the American system of government. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was caused by general tensions with Great Britain, the impressment of American sailors, the wars with France, and the support of Native Americans. Both the Americans and English were allied with Native Americans. • Burning of Washington: -
Election of 1816
The end of the War of 1812 have been called the “era of good feelings” because of their apparent lack of partisan political strife. In the Election of 1816, James Monroe decisively defeated the last of the Federalist candidates. -
Election of 1824
The 1824 presidential election was the final collapse of the Federalist political framework. It was the first time no candidate ran as a Federalist. Five significant candidates competed as Democratic-Republicans. -
Election of 1828
The election of 1828 was importand, because is brough a profound change with the election of a man widely viewed as a champion of the common people. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
In 1837 the Jackson administration had rrelocated around 46,000 Native Americans from their land east of the Mississippi, and got the treaties which led to the removing of a slightly larger number. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
South Carolina passed Nullification threatening to secede if the federal government attempted to collect those tariff duties. -
Dawes Act
It was designed to breakup of the tribes and promote the change of Indians into American Society. In which the indians didnt have much of a choice, but was fiewed as a good thing by the white "Americans" -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The massacre left some 150 Native Americans dead, in what was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. It all started as a misuderstand which led to an over kill of the Native Americans -
Founding of the NAACP
In 1909, a group of multi-racial activists held a conference in New York City and decided to form the NAACP. The NAACP is founded for black right and stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
First Red Scare
During the Russian Revolution of 1917, Communists, seized control of Russia. In the United States, this event fueled existing prejudice against immigrants. -
Harlem Renaissance
The African American culture started a movement in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. It spread around the world and is where we found jazz -
Red Summer
Race riots took place during that year. Riots occurred in more than thirty cities across the United States. One of the bloodiest was in Chicago, Washington D.C. and Elaine, Ark. -
Election of 1932
The United States presidential election of 1932 took place as the effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression were being felt intensely across the country. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election -
New Deal
New Deal aimed to restore prosperity to many Americans. More than that, Roosevelt’s New Deal permanently changed the federal government's relationship to the U.S. populace. -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6 1945 world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. -
Creation of NATO
With the United Nations the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed. The reason was to coordinate the military defenses of member nations against possible Soviet aggression -
Fall of China to Communism
Chinese Communist Mao Zedong creatied the People's Republic of China. The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war -
Election of 1952
1952 took place in an era when Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was escalating rapidly. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and won, ending 20 consecutive years of Democratic control of the White House. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman spoke to Congress, later known as the ‘Truman Doctrine’. The Truman Doctrine in a way led to the Marshall Plan. The plan to controle communism by helping Europe to get going again. -
Korean War (1950-1953)
The ongoing War between the USA and Soviet. Korean War seemed to be a war between South Korea and North Korea, but really the superpowers were just using it to combat each other without actually going into war.
