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cotton gin
the cotton gin was created in 1793 by eli whitney. this is a very importnant invention because it increased the need for slavery. the cotton gin was designed to remove the seeds from the cotton and since the slaves no longer had to do it by hand it didnt take as long so slave owners need more slaves to keep up with the new machine. goal 1, the new nation. -
xyz affiar
John adams our second president, faced french diplomats identified as x y and z. they stated that if our goverment paid money to France american ships would be harrassed by french ships and crews. due to this americans start to distrust forigners and an unoffical war called quasi breaks out between the us and french ships in the caribbean.goal 1, the new nation. -
alien and sedition acts
the alien act increased the time to become a us citizen from 5 years to 14 years. this happened due to the xyz affair and the americans growing distrust of forginers. the seition act basically says that you cant bad mouth the government. goal 1, the new nation. -
sectionalism
1800's-present day. sectionalism is a persons nationalism for their townn or region. in this case or this goal(2) sectionalism is in the north and the south. both the north and south were and in ways still are pushing their ways of life onto each other. goal 2, expansion and reform. -
immigrants
their are two diffrent types of immigrants new or late immigrants and old or early imigrants. new immigrants were mostly from southeastern europe, they were cathlic and jewish, had no skills, not much money, worked in factiroes and sweat shops and lived in tenaments. old immigrants were mostly from northwestern europe, christian, had skills, had money, worked in small bussiness and most lived on farms. goal 5, the gilded age. 1800's-1920's -
the war of 1812
a war from 1812-1815. causes of the war included impressment of us ships and soldiers, frontier pressure(americans wanted to expand but had great britan, american indians, and spain in their way) and the warhawks which included, john c calhon and henry clay. during this war great britian burns dc and president madison's wife, dolly madsion saves all of the artifacts out of the white house.goal 1, the new nation. -
monroe doctrine
monroe and adams eager to protect the independence of unclaimed american colonies. usa would not tolerate intervention with any of the independent nations in america, america was no longer open to colonizaton from europe, and the us wouldnt interfere with the international affairs of other countries. goal 2, expansion and reform. -
trail of tears
the cherokee indians were promised land by the us goverment but white settlers wanted the land also so preisdent jackson decided to tax the indians on their land in order to get them to leave no matter what the court decided (worchester v georgia). president jackson refused to inforce the law which led to the forced removal of the indians known as the trail of tears, their journey to modern day oklahoma. goal 2, expansion and reform. -
westward migration
in the 1850's-1890's many people moved westward for many difrent reasons. mormons moved westward to escape people in the west critizing them for their religion, when they moved west they were free to believe in what ever they wanted. homesteaders moved west to claim the land that the homestead act was offering for farming. workers moved west or the jobs n the railroads. goal 4, american frontier. -
dread scott v sanford
dread scott was a slave and his owner had taken him to live in both wisconsin and illinois which were free states. so dread scott believed that since he had spent so long on free soil that he should be a free man. so he sued his slave owner but the case was ruled against him because he was the property of his owner and by the 5th amendment he could not be taken away. goal 3, the american war and reconstruction. -
agurments about slavery
the north and the south were still pushing their ways on eachother and they both had completely diffrent views on slavery the north thought that it was completely wrong and they were known as abolitionist, the south on the other hand thought that it was a "necessary evil" due to the fact that the southern economy was based on farming and thats what the slaves were used for. goal 3, the american civil war and reconstruction. these arguments continued up to the 1860's. -
state's rights
the constitional debate over states rights and federal govermants was a cause of the civil war. southerners believed that the states should be able to chose since they depended on diffrent things to make a living when the north believed in a strong central government. states rights would make it so states each had their own government and followed their own rules. goal 3, the american civil war and reconstruction. this debate lasted up threw the civil war. -
farmers alliance
farmers alliance was groups of farmers coming together to get things changed. in farmer alliances the farmers sell and ship their crops together. the government gave rebates to farmers which paid the crops which they didnt sell. goal 4, the american frontier. -
whiskey ring
under the grant adminstartion the tax collectors and whiskey distillers were cheating the government out of money. they managed to get the money threw liquor taxes. goal 5, the gilded age -
industrys
indusrty exploded in the 1880's, with 5 men, vanderbilt, rockefeller, carnegie morgan, and ford. these men established railroads, oil, steel, banking, and affordable cars. these industys started urbanization steel started the building of sky scrappers, and ford made it so every one could have a car. goal 5, the gilded age. -
progressives
the progressive party were a extremely diverse group of people from church leaders to even presidents. their main goals were to limit big bussiness, improve democracy for the people, strengthen social justice, and to improve working conditions. goal 7, progressivism. 1890-1914 -
rise and fall of populism
the populism party is also known as the peoples party made up of farmers and small bussiness. the faremers and small bussiness joined together to fight the big bussiness. their key issue in the election of 1896 is bimetalism( backing up the dollar with silver and gold) so they put their support behind the democatic canadate bryan who loses causeing the end of the peoples party. goal 4, the american frontier. -
spanish american war
spanished rulers threatned th ecubans but they wanted independence. the war only lasted 115 days. we ended up going to war when spain's general weyler put many cubans in consentration camps to cut off their food and supplies. out of the war we got cuba, puerto rico, and the phillpines. goal 6, age of imperalism. -
yellow journalism
yellow journalism is when authors publish articles or cartoons/pictures that convince people to take sides. yellow journalism takes place in many situations from unfair laws to wars. goal 6, the age of imperalsm. -
tenements
most people who lived in tenements were poor imigrants. the living conditions were extremely poor, many famlies shared one room, and the entire floor shared a bathroom, waste was dumped into the streets causing hourable smells and pollution. goal 7, progressivism. early 1900's -
meat packing industry
when the meat packing industry first started to sky rocket there wasnt any laws saying that it had to be santary. so it wasnt meat was handled by many diffrent people accidents were high and some of the meat had been picked up of the floor and other unsantiary spaces, rats ran around even in the daylight. goal 7, progressivism. early 1900's -
big stick diplomacy
big stick diplomacy was teddy roosevelts idea that if you carry a big stick around no one will mess with you. theddy roosevelt took his fleet of white ships around the world to show the other countries what they had. this diploamcy depended on the military. goal 6, age of imperliasm. -
ww1
the main causes of the war were militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperalism, and the assassination of archduke ferdinant of austria hungry. we stayed neutral from 1914 until 1917, the war lasted until 1918. goal 8, the great war. -
unristricted submarine warfare
submarine warfare was mostly the germans who threatned any ship that was in the atlantic. the germans attacked the hms lusitania a passanger ship that they belived had contriband aboard. 1914-1918. goal 8, the great war. -
the new woman
the new woman of the 1920s was completely against tradition they went out, drank, smoked, showed alot more skin, and dated. the women prior to the 1920s didnt drink, didnt smoke, didnt go out, didnt date, and didnt so any skin. the women of the 20s were known as flappers. goal 9, the roarin 20s -
prohibiton
prohibition is the 18th amendment, which made us dry meaning no achool. it was believed that if you were to get rid of alchool you were to get rid of crime as well but once prohibition had set in crime sky rocketed because people were illegaly selling achool.goal 9, the roarin 20s. 1920-1933 -
sacw v vanzetti case
two italain immigrants sacco and vanezetti were charged with murdering two people in a shoe factory. investigation wasnt like it is today there was no evidence but they were convicted and excuted. goal 8, the great war. -
the great depression
in the 1920's before the great depression everyone was oh so happy but they were all spending money they didnt have which led us into debt, plus the starck market crash on october 29, 1929.all of the debt people were in led to poverty nation wide and since so many people were in poverty is why the great derprssion was such a big deal in the 1930's. goal 9, rorain 20's. -
non-agression pact
the non agression pact was an agreement signed by hitler and stalin agreeing that they would not attack eachother.they both knew that they would eventually be at war but hitler knew he couldnt fight two wars at once and stalin needed time to prepair.goal 10, ww2 and cold war. -
ww2
ww2's major cause was communism and the spread of it. we tried to stay neutral but in 1941 a militray base in pearl harbor was bombed by the jappanese many lost their lives. on december 8 1941 we entered the war the war lasted until 1945. goal 10, ww2 and cold war. -
conatinment
containment was the us's way to keep comunism from spreading. like keeping a hamster in a cage they kept all the people and communist ideas in that one area so they couldnt spread and run free. 1945-1991. goal 10, ww2 and cold war. -
civil disobedience
civil disobedience was martain luther kings's point of view during the civil rights movements. civil disobedience is being disobident without violence. people who practiced this were arrested voluntarly just to prove their point. from the 60's and still today. goal 11, recovery, prosperity and turmoil. -
freedom rides
freedom rides were a type of civil disobedience. the freedom riders were a group of both black and white people who would travel into the south on a bus and completely ignore the segration laws. they would get off the bus and go into the opposite races facticlies and see how others would react. they were beaten and burned but never faught back. 1960's. goal 11, recovery, prosperity, and turmoil. -
court culture
court culture was when people stray away from traditon. aka hippies and beatniks. their culture was based on peace, love and freedom. 1970's. goal 11, recovery, prosperity, and turmoil. -
watergate scandal
there was a break in at the democratic headqutars and it was linked back to the nixson admistration. during the court case nixon gives up his tapes but 18.5 minutes is missing but he resinse before he could be impeached. this causes the people to not trust their government. goal 12, us after vietnam. -
stagflation
stagflaton is when unemployment and inflation both rise. due to this bussiness lose profiit. 1976-1980 goal 12, us after vietnam. -
war on terrior
to orepare and protect the us from attack. this created the department of homeland security and the patriot act. this was created due to the 9/11 attack. goal 12, us after vietnam.
