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Seven Yeas' War
(French and Indian War; fought over land in the Ohio River Valley) -
Treaty of Paris
ended the Seven Years’ War; Proclamation of 1763 (no colonist could live west of a line drawn past the Appalachian Mountains) -
American Revolution Begins
The war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence. -
Peace of Paris
Ended the American Revolution -
Washington
Washington is reelected president -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and sedition acts: laws passed by the Federalist congress signed by President Adams; Naturalization Act increased the waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen (5-14 years); Alien Act empowered the president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens: Alien Enemy Act allowed for arrest and deportation of citizens of countries at war with the US; Sedition Act which made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or officials -
War of 1812
Between US and France , both attempted to block US from trading in efforts to hurt eachother) -
Treaty of Ghent
It ended the War of 1812. It helped to restore relations between the UK (nelgand/Ireland) and the United States. Through the treaty, America gained influence as a foreign power. -
Second Bank of US
The Second Bank of the U.S. was chartered in 1816 with the same responsibilities and powers as the First Bank. However, the Second Bank would not even enjoy the limited success of the First Bank. Although foreign ownership was not a problem (foreigners owned about 20% of the Bank's stock), the Second Bank was plagued with poor management and outright fraud -
Missouri Compromise
Maine was admitted as a free state. Missouri was admitted as a slave state. Slavery was prohibited above the 3630 parallel. -
Corrupt Baragin
alleged deal between presidential candidates John Q. Adams and Henry Clay to throw the election, to be decided by the house of representatives, in Adam's favor. Though never proven, the accusation became the rallying cry for Jackson supporters, who had been majority of the popular vote. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina nullified the federal tariff of 1832 -
Compromise Tariff of 1833
Passed in order to compromise with South Carolina and nullified the tariff of 1828 and the tariff of 1832 -
Mexican War
Mexicans bitter about the annexation of Texas -
Mexican- American War Begins
War between the US and Mexico over the annexation of TX after the US won. It led to further debates over slavery. -
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
ended the Mexican war; United States to pay $15 million to Mexico; It gave the United States the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, ownership of California, and a large area comprising New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. -
California Gold Rush
People traveled to the West Coast in large numbers to mine for gold because all these settlers moved to the West Coast. It later led to debates over slavery when these territories applied for statehood. -
Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a free state, slavery in New Mexico and Utah was left up to popular sovereignty. Ended slave trade in Washington DC and introduced a stricter Fugitive Slave Law. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Book made people feel sympathetic towards slaves and dramatically changed the country's attitude toward slavery. -
Know-Nothing Party
nativist movement that created a new political party with white male Protestants as its members) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
led to popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, Bleeding Kansas (fighting due to butting heads about slavery), split Democratic party, ended Whig party, strengthened Republican party -
Dred Scott Decision
slaves are private property, thus invalidating the Northwest Ordinance and Missouri Compromise, brings US closer to war -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
topic is slavery, Douglas wanted to abolish via popular sovereignty; Lincoln accepted slavery in where it currently was, no expansion -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
got ahold of the federal arsenal, held position for a few hours, eventually taken over by Robert E. Lee’s militia -
Election of Lincoln
Seven southern states secede(South Carolina 1st to secede), Civil War begins -
Civil War
between the US and Confederate states being eleven southern states that left the union in 1860 and 1861 forming their own country to protect the institution of slavery -
Civil War
As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States, who advocated for states' rights to expand slavery. -
Confederate States of America Created
Southern states unite together against the Union -
Emancipation Proclamation
freed ALL Southern slaves(only if they got North enough to escape, the South did not abide to this rule, also didn’t apply to border states), freed for moral causes -
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery -
American Civil War Ends
ends with the surrender of the Confederate states and began the Reconstruction era -
Reconstruction
Black Codes: laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 after the American civil war to restrict African Americans’ freedom and compelling them to work in a labor economy for low wages. -
Reconstruction of Acts
divided the former Confederate states into five military districts each under the control of the Union army -
Compromise of 1877
resulted in the US federal government pulling the last troops of the South and ended the Reconstruction era -
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End of the 19th Century
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Tests
Poll Taxes
Other restrictions to black voting -
Treaty of Paris
Agreement made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
World War One
America declares war on April 6, 1917. -
14 Points Address
Principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson -
First Red Scare
marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included those such as the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings. -
KKK
(opposed African Americans in society through violence and other protests) and mistreatment of immigrants (nativists attacked them and forced them to vote multiple times for their candidate) -
The Election of 1936
FDR won the election against Landon because he appealed to the forgotten man -
US officially enter WWII
World War 2 was fought between two groups of countries. On one side were the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the Allies. They included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. -
WWII
Japanese internment camps (discrimination against Japanese people on the West Coast due to Japan’s involvement with the Axis powers in the war) -
End of WWII
The war was ended and the US joined in the formation of the United Nations to prevent further World Wars -
Second Red Scare
(McCarthyism; fear of Communism at home/in the government as well as the spread of it) -
Korean War Begins
(Communist North invaded South), McCarthyism spread -
Korean War Ends
(armistice signed by Eisenhower) -
Geneva Accords
Peace Agreements that divided Vietnam into Communist and NonCommunist sides until unification elections could be held in 1956 -
Arab Oil Embargo
After the US backed Israel in its war against Syria and Egypt which had been trying to regain territory lost in the 6 Day War, the Arab nations imposed an oil embargo which strictly limited oil in the US and caused a crisis