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Shay's Rebellion
Farmer uprising against high taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money -
Alien and Sedition Acts
These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, authorized the president to imprison or deport aliens considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" and restricted speech critical of the government. These laws were designed to silence and weaken the Democratic-Republican Party. Negative reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts helped contribute to the Democratic-Republican victory in the 1800 elections. Congress repealed th -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates met in Philadelphia to talk about problems with government in 1787.
Virginia Plan - Population-weighted houses in government. (cavaliers)
New Jersey Plan - Even votes for each state in government. (scarlet knights)
Connecticut Plan and Great Compromise - One house is population-weighted. Other is even for each state.
3/5 Compromise - Slaves count for a fraction of a person. -
Judiciary Act 1789
Establish federal courts in government. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a period of religious revival in the United States between 1790 and the 1840s. It followed the First Great Awakening of colonial America. Characteristics of the Second Great Awakening include widespread conversions, increased church activity, social activism, and the emergence of new Christian denominations. The period is considered to have ended with the American Civil War, though its legacy continues to this day. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Tax protest against alcohol taxes -
Revolution of 1800
The Revolution of 1800 was monumental in the development of the United States as a nation. It proved to other nations that the republican experiment began by the revolutionary seed of independence could not only thrive, but succeed. In the fierce political battles of Adam's term this orderly exchange of power seemed impossible to ever achieve but this election proved all the skeptics wrong. The Revolution of 1800 was so named by the winner of the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson. He called this e -
Marbury v. Madison
It was a landmark in the US supreme court because it forms a basis for the judicial view of the US. It helped define the main boundary line between the executive and judicial branches of the government. It occurred in February 1803. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the young nation's population growth was beginning to quicken.The Louisiana Purchase was an incredible deal for the United States, the final cost totaling less than five cents per acre at $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the beginning of the Rocky Mountains. -
Embargo Act of 1807
Both Britain and France imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each others' economies. After the Chesapeake Affair, Thomas Jefferson was faced with a decision to make regarding the situation at hand. In the end, he chose an economic option: the Embargo Act of 1807. The United States Congress passed the Embargo Act of 1807, on December 21, 1807, making the Non-Importation Act obsolete. Jefferson continued to support the Embargo Act. He saw it as an alternative to war, and he wanted to keep -
War of 1812
In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country's future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen and America's desire to expand its territory. The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war but left many of the most contentious questions unresolved. Nonetheless, many in th -
Election of 1816
The United States presidential election of 1816 came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican James Madison.The previous four years were dominated by the War of 1812. While it had not ended in victory, the peace was nonetheless satisfactory to the American people, and the Democratic-Republicans received the credit for its prosecution. President Madison had adopted such Federalist policies as a national bank and protective tariffs, which would give the Federalists few issues -
Election of 1824
In the presidential election of 1824, no candidate received a majority vote, so it went to the House of Representatives. The House elected John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson, supposedly because Henry Clay (Speaker of the House at the time) convinced them, under the impression that in exchange he would one day be given the position of Secretary of State. As a result, Jacksonians attacked the administration as being corrupt and not on the people's side. -
Election of 1828
The Election of 1828 was a rematch between John Q Adams and Andrew Jackson. It was considered a very dirty race. Andrew Jackson won, and as a result, Jacksonian democracy rose. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
On May 26, 1830, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed by the Twenty-First Congress of the United states of America. After four months of strong debate, Andrew Jackson signed the bill into law. Land greed was a big reason for the federal government's position on Indian removal. This desire for Indian lands was also abetted by the Indian hating mentality that was peculiar to some American frontiersman. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 was a conflict between South Carolina and the federal government over tariff acts. In November 1832, after four years of complaining, the South Carolina legislature expressed its outrage. South Carolina passed an "ordinance of nullification" declaring that the tariff was unconstitutional and that they would, therefore, not obey it. -
Dawes Act
Approved on February 8, 1887, "An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations," known as the Dawes Act, emphasized severalty, the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes.The new policy focused specifically on breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans. Very sincere individuals reasoned that if a person adopted white clothing and ways, and was responsible for his own fa -
Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. An 1890 massacre left some 150 Native Americans dead, in what was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days to protest conditions on the reservation. -
Foundinf of the NAACP
The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. The NAACP's principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through the democratic processes. -
First Red Scare
Fueled existing prejudice against immigrants, particularly Jews and people from eastern and southern Europe. Critics of U.S. immigration policy saw these immigrants as a threat to American stability and security, giving rise to the Red Scare, a period of near hysteria when Americans came to believe that Communist immigrants wereplotting a revolution in the United States. In 1919 a large number of eastern European workers participated in a violent strike agaisnt the steel industry. -
Red Summer
the summer and fall of 1919, in which race riots exploded in a number of cities in both the North and South. The three most violent episodes occurred in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas. -
Harlem Renaissance
During the early 1900s, the burgeoning African-American middle class began pushing a new political agenda that advocated racial equality.Instead of using more direct political means to achieve their goals, African-American civil rights activists employed the artists and writers of their culture to work for the goals of civil rights and equality. Jazz music, African-American fine art, and black literature were all absorbed into mainstream culture. -
Election of 1932
The race was between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt during the depression of the 30's. Roosevelt blamed Hoover and his weak policy and favoritism of businesses and corporations for the Great Depression and won by a landslide. -
New Deal
The New Deal was President Roosevelt's response to the stock market crash and depression of the 1930's. It included work programs, housing projects, and regulations on the stock market to restore citizen's faith in the bank system, all of which came out from 1933-1936. It utilized Keysian economics. -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The atomic bombing of these two cities took place during the final stages of WWII. These bombings showed the power of the United States as an ally or enemy for the other nations of the world. -
Truman Doctrine
This doctrine, presented by president Truman on March 12, 1947 was an American foreign policy which provided economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey due to the communist threats imposed on them. This doctrine was the start of the containment policy, which stressed the importance of stopping Soviet expansion. -
Fall of China to Communism
China fell to communism after a decades long war between the two idealogical parties of china: the National-led Republic of China (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC). No official armistice was ever signed and there is still debate to who "won" today. -
Creation of NATO 1949
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. The alignment of nearly every European nation into one of the two opposing camps formalized the political division of the European continent that had taken place since World War II (1939-45). This alignment provi -
Korean War
The Korean War was mainly a result of the division of Korea between the various allies at the end of WWII. The U.S. provided aid to South Korea in repelling the invasion of the North. -
Election of 1952
The race was between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Cold war tension was gathering quickly, and Dwight Eisenhowers strong foreign policy may have been what won him the election.