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Battles of Lexington and Concord
They were the first military appointment of American Revolutionary War. The battles were brawl in Massachusetts Bay. With the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Battle Of Saratoga
Pronounced the peak of the Saratoga campaign. Permitted a conclusive success to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle Of Yorktown
General Washington direct the American army. Lieutenant-General de Rochambeau commanded the French troops. Major-General Lord Cornwallis ordered the British and German troops. -
Northwest Ordinance
Act of congress and confederation in united states. -
15 Amendment
The 15 Amendment allowed all men to vote.This Amendment prohibits the federal government each state. They had the right to vote within, race, color, and other conditions. Included as the third and very last reconstruction amendment. -
Alien and Sedition
Adams administration and federalist congress. Alien limits immigration, and Sedition limits freedom of speech. -
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison pen the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions. The legislatures in Kentucky and Virginia took the position that the Alien and Sedition acts were infringing upon states rights and thus were unconstitutional. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory through the Louisiana purchase treaty from france. -
Mabury v. Madison
Established the principle of judicial review which says that the supreme court has the authority to interpret the constitution ( specifically, in this case, to overturn a law passed by congress). -
Missouri Compromise
In 1819 they were equal free states and slave states. When Missouri applied as a slave state, it threatened that balance. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Drew the line for the expansion of slavery at 36 degrees . -
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe passes the Monroe Doctrine to warn European countries no to recolonize Latin America. This threat was depended on the British Navy, as the U.S. military had not grown yet. While it didnt immediately do anything, the Monroe Doctrine was used as a reason for future presidents' involvement in Latin American affairs which will ultimately lead to resentment. -
Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun from South Carolina. States rights- states have the right to declare a federal law ( or tax ) null and void if it harms that state. The federal government passed a very high protective tariff, which angered the south. John C. Calhoun attempted to nullify the tariff stating South Carolina wouldn't pay. -
Texas Annexation
Republic of Texas into the U.S. It was acknowledge to the Union as the 28th state. The Republic of Texas proclaim self government from Republic of Mexico. -
Oregon Territory
Jointly occupied by the Americans, the British and the Spanish. Spanish claim to the territory ended after the Adams-Onis treaty was signed. Conflict between the Americans and British led to the negotiations of British-American border. American newspapers headlined " 54' 40" or fight". Negotiations led to the Oregon Treaty of 1846 granting US control south of the 49th parallel and avoiding war. -
Compromise of 1850
Admit California as a free state. stronger fugitive state law. Popular Sovereignty in Mexican Cession. Texas sells land and federal government assumes debt. Abolish slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Stephan Douglas proposed popular sovereignty to decide whether these states would be slave for free. Kansas Nebraska Act compromise Missouri compromise. Both sides sent supporters to sway the votes. With both pro and anti slavery supporters sway voting things turned violent and became known as Bleeding Kansas. Eventually led to the emergence of the new party, the Republican Party. -
Bleeding (blooding) Kansas
This is a term used for violence during the Kansas Territory. Kansas Nebraska Act turned to the Missouri Compromise. As a boundary between slaves and open territory. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is known as a island located in Charleston Harbor. Sumter SC is famous for the first shots of the Civil War. -
Battle Of Bull Run
It was at Bull Run Creek outside Mananas, Virginia. General Irvin McDowell ( union ) General Thomas J. Jackson ( Confederacy ) aka Stonewall Jackson. Although Union troops had the upper hand in the beginning, the confederacy was triumphant. Shocked those who hoped the war would end quickly and who were unprepared for the carnage modern warfare would produce. -
Battle Of Antietam
Antietam Creek, Sharpsburg, Maryland. General George McClellan ( union) and General Robert E. Lee (confederacy). The single bloodless day of the war. 23,000 soldiers lay dead or wounded. Although the union experienced more losses than the confederacy. Lee retreated to Virginia and Lincoln had found the opportunity he needed to move forward with emancipation. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
Gettysburg, and Pennsylvania. General George G. Meade (union) and General Robert E.Lee (confederacy). Lee sets off to Pennsylvania to take some union ground. Although the confederates seemed victorious as night fell on the first night of the battle, swift thinking and action on the part of the union put them at an advantage. Lee retreats to Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Began January 1, 1863. Only slaves in the U.S. ( not including border states). 0 slaves were freed. Strengthened the moral cause: allowed African Americans to fight in the War on the union side. -
Battle Of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, and Mississippi. General Ulysses S. Grant (union) and General John Pemberton (confederacy). Grant lays siege against Vicksburg after multiple attempts to capture the city. Lincoln believes the capture of Vicksburg is key to bringing an end to the war. The surrender of Vicksburg, and Port Hudson, Louisiana days later, split the confederacy in two at the Mississippi river. -
The Gettysburg Address
Located in Gettysburg and Pennsylvania. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln visits the Gettysburg battlefield to dedicate a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. He describes the Civil War as a struggle to fulfill the Declaration of Independence and preserve a nation. " Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal ." -
13 Amendment
The 13 amendment ended slavery. Congress was passed by the senate in 1864. It was ratified by numerous numbers of states. -
14 Amendment
It was a Birthright citizenship. Had equal protection under the law. They also punished the South. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a landmark as U.S Supreme Court decision. Which confirmed the constitutionally of ethic segregation which held under the " separate but equal." -
Mexican Cession
Contained territories that made up most of the rest of the southwestern U.S. which the U.S. acquired after the Mexican American War. It completed Manifest Destiny, by giving American control of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific ( sea to shining sea )