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Washington Elected President
He was the first president of the US and established many precedents for later on -
Creation of the Presidential Cabinet
Washington appointed advisors for the Secretary of State, treasury and military -
Whiskey Rebellion
People rebelled against the tax on whiskey and didn't pay it -
Neutrality Proclamation with France
Washington signs a neutrality proclamation saying that they will not help them in the war with Britain but they also will not go against them -
Jay treaty was signed
The US signed a treaty to settle outstanding issues with Great Britain -
XYZ affair
A diplomatic incident between the US and Frace which led to a quasi war (undeclared war) between them -
End of Washingtons Presidency
Washington spent two terms as president and achieved many of his goals he wanted for the country -
Alien and Sedition acts
John Adams signed 4 bills that made it harder to gain citizenship or to vote for foreign people because of the quasi war with France -
Jefferson Elected President
Thomas Jefferson was elected the 3rd president of the US -
Marbury V Madison
John Adams on his last day in office named 58 people justices and judges in to take control of the judiciary , some commissions were not delivered before the end of Adams presidency, Jefferson tried to refuse the jobs given, Marbury was refused his job Rules that Marbury would not get his job Short term this made the judiciary balanced for Jefferson and long term it set a precedent that the president can't appoint many justices to take control of the judicial
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Louisisana Purchase
Jefferson bought huge amounts of land from France for 15 million dollars -
Creation of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin which helped to clean the cotton so it could be quickly turned into other textiles, this started an industrial revolution and increased expansion westward to create more farms also increasing the amount of slaves -
End of Jeffersons Presidency
At the end of Jeffersons second term he resigned during his time in office he expanded the US with the Louisisana Purchase -
Missouri Compromise
This added the slave state Missouri and the free state Maine when Missouri applied for citizenship so that we could keep the balance of free and slave states this also created a law that said that all southern states slavery is allowed and all northern states with the exception of Missouri are free states -
Andrew Jackson was elected
Jackson was elected the 7th President of the US -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson passed this act that meant that the Native Americans did not own land in the states and would have to move to other places such as Oklahoma -
Cherokee Nations Appeal
The Cherokee nation goes to congress and says that they will not move because they have built on this land and that they want to die with their ancestors -
Jacksons Second annual message
The message said that the native Americans will be moved to other places that are said to be better -
Worcester v Georgia
Vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester for living on native land without being a native -
Worcester V Georgia
Issue Worcester was living on native grounds and thought that the forced removal of his family was u constitutional, he believed that Georgia did not maintain jurisdiction to enforce the law in the native land Ruling ruled that the state gov of Georgia did not have the power to enforce law on native land Short term- it allowed Worcester to live on the natives land and long term it restricted the gov from enforcing laws on native grounds values freedom -
Nullification Crisis
After Jackson passed a tax on imported goods so people would buy American made goods South Carolina decided to not pay the tax because they don't sell goods so they lose money -
Peoples republic of Texas
After Texas won the war against Mexico they broke off into their own country and applied for statehood in the US -
Andrew Jackson leaves office
Andrew Jackson left office after 2 terms and during his presidency he created the Indian removal act -
Trail of Tears
The native Americans were forced to travel west to Oklahoma and on the way many people died -
Annexation of Texas
The US accepted Texas as the 28th state in the US -
Mexican American war
A war that was initiated by the US when they tried to accept Texas as a state, Mexico lost the war and lost much of the northern land they owned, some of the land was bought by the US for 15 million -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso proposed several laws that allowed the states to decide whether they wanted to be a slave or free state -
California gold rush
When James w Marshall found gold at sutters mill in California, this caused 300,000 people to migrate west in search of gold and caused the nick name 49ers -
Compromise of 1850
A package of 5 separate bills passed by congress which defused a 4 year conflict between slave and free states regarding the territories won in the Mexican American war -
Kansas Nebraska act
An act that was passed by congress that let people from Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide themselves if they wanted to be free or slave states -
"Bleeding Kansas"
A series of violent political confrontations between people who wanted slavery and people who didn't in Kansas -
Dred Scott V Sanford
Issue Dred Scott was a slave and Scott was taken to Illinois a free state and onto free Wisconsin territory before returning to Missouri, courts said that his residency in free soil did not make him a free court ruled in favor of the slave owner saying that African Americans Slave or free were not citizens so he shouldn't have been allowed to bring a case into court Short term, made Scott a slave,long term, it gave all African Americans a harder Time to become free
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the US he was later killed in a theater, ending his presidency -
Secession
The southern states form as the confederacy starting the civil war -
Civil war
The Southern states broke off and created the confederacy, so the union and the confederacy broke out into war -
Battle of Antietam
The 3 Phase battle that resulted in a draw and over 20,000 Soldiers dead that sparked the Unions uprising in the war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Says that all slaves who are not the rebellious states are declared free. -
Suspension Of habeas corpus
Says that every one who is accused of a crime will be allowed to a court case -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle in the civil war that was fought around Gettysburg, it is often described as the turning point of the war which suffered the most casualties -
Gettysburg Address
The speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war that changed the purpose of the war from preserving the country to freedom for everyone. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Sherman led his troops through Georgia destroying towns that they go through as they did not receive supplies so they had to live off the land as they march to the sea -
Surrender at Appotamox Courthouse
one of the last battles of the civil war final engagement of Lees army before it surrendered to the northern army -
Lincolns Assasination
John Wilkes booty assassinated presidents Abraham Lincoln with a handgun at Fords Theater in DC -
13th amendment
the 13th amendment abolished all slavery in the United States freeing all blacks into being US citizens -
Miranda V Arizona
Issue when arrested for suspected rape Miranda was not given his rights and he did not know that he had the right to not speak and thus he confessed to the crime ruled that when arresting someone police now need to read the rights to the person so they get a fair trial Short term this gave some criminals a pass because the police failed to read them their rights and they got w fair trial and long term it let all people being arrested know their rights to a fair trial Values freedom -
Tinker V Des Moines
Issue students were wearing arm bands to protest the Vietnam war, the school did not approve ruling it was peaceful protest and freedom of speech that they were giving under the constitution short term it let the students wear the bands and long term if another protest happened that disrupted the class then the school can prohibit it
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Bethel high school V Frasier
Issue a students used sexual innuendos in his speech, the school disapporoved it but he went through with it anyway. Ruling schools are allowed to restrict inappropriate words or phrases, short term, the student with the speech got in trouble. Long term all schools can get kids who use innapropriate language in trouble values order -
Hazel wood school district V kuhlmeier
Issue the principal found articles in the school paper to be innapropriate and students still published them, ruling schools can set rules for school papers short term students who made the article fit in tripod le and long term schools could veto articles and not have them published in school values order -
Morse V Frederick
Issue students supported illegal marijuana in an out of school fundraiser, the students made a banner saying "Bong hits for Jesus" teachers did not condone the banner. Ruling teachers can prohibit students from promoting illegal actions while on school or in a school related event. Short term the banner wasn't allowed and the students got in trouble and long term schools can now prohibit students from promoting illegal things in school -
Riley V California
Issue when being arrested the officers looked through Riley's phone without a warrant, ruling in order to look through someone's phone police will need to get a warrant and thus made what the officer did illegal, short term Riley did not get sentenced and the evidence could not be used and long term officers need warrants to search phones,
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