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Dartmouth college vs.woodward
In 1769 the King of England granted a charter to Dartmouth College. This document spelled out the purpose of the school, set up the structure to govern it, and gave land to the college. In 1816, the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that revised the charter. These laws changed the school from private to public. They changed the duties of the trustees. They changed how the trustees were selected.By a 5-1 margin, the Court agreed with Dartmouth. -
Delaware becomes a state
Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution. -
Pennsylvania becomes a state
In 1909 the first baseball stadium was bulit in Pennsylvania -
New Jersey becomes a atate
Has the highest dense population in the United States averaging 1,030 people per square mile -
Georgia becomes a state
This state contains over 400,000 acres of swamp land. -
Connecticut becomes a state
The first telephone book, which only contained fifty names, was published in Connecticut. -
Massachusetts become a state
552 original documents are preserved and stored in Massachusetts. -
Maryland becomes a state
First railroad station, built in 1830, was built in Baltimore. -
South Carolina becomes a state
The Campbell's covered bridge, built in 1909, is the only remaining bridge in South Carolina. -
New Hampshire becomes a state
First to declare its Independance from the mother of England. -
Virginia becomes a state
The Major cash crop of Virginia is Tobacco and many people who live there earn their living in the Tobacco industry. -
New York becomes a state
The statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 1855, a gift from the people of France. -
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George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States of America -
North Carolina becomes a state
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest state university in the united States. -
Rhode Island becomes a state
Never ratified the 18th amendment. -
Vermont becomes a state
The first state admitted by the union. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in the U.S. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
The U.S. raised taxes and then rebelled. This showed significance ot the U.S. because it showed us that we can supress rebellion. -
Kentucky becomes a state
Was a poular hunting ground for Indians before being settled by white settlers. -
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Washington's Farewell addres
Washington didn't want the U.S.to look like England. He wanted to stay away from alliances. -
Tennesee becomes a state
There are more horses per capita in Shelby County than any other county. -
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John Adams
John Adams was a political philosopher, and during his term as president, the nation broke out into what Adams called the "X,Y,Z fever" -
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Alien and sedation acts
Alien and sedition acts were passed by the federalist congress in 1798 and signed into the law by president Adams. These laws included new powers to deport for foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote -
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.Manifest Destiny was significant to the expansion of the United States in the 19th century. It was the primary force that caused the United States to expand west across North America. To Americans, expansion offered self-advancement, self-sufficiency, income and freedom. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was an American founding father, and he was the principle of the Declaration of Independence. He also won an AIA gold medal. -
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Chief Justice John Marshall
Marbury v. Madison(1803), fletcher v. Peck(1810), Mchulloch v. Maryland(1819, cohens v. Virginia(1821), Gibbons v. Ogden(1824) He was part of the 3 branches and making them all have equal, especially the judicial branch -
Ohio becomes a state
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Ohio becomes a state
The first ambulance was astablished in Cincinati. -
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Madison vs. Madbury trial
Marbury argued that he was entitled to his commission and that the judicial act act of 1789 gave the supreme court of the United States original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamusan. Madison was sued by Marbury and asked the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a writ of mandamus, a court order that requires an official to perform or refrain from performing a certain duty. Marbury placed it squarely at the heart of the U.S. Governance. -
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Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark expedition.2 year journey to go to the great ocean. (Pacific Ocean) -
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Louisiana purchase
Impact: land size 828,000 square miles long, Cost:15 million dollars, the Louisiana purchase demonstrates Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions -
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James Madison
Madison was an American statesman, and a political theorist -
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The war of 1812
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland, it's North American colonies and its American Indian allies.War disappeared with the end of the war between Britain and France. And the destruction of the powers of tribes and American fears of native Americans. -
Lousiana becomes a state
The world famous Mardi Gras is held here every year,drawing in thousands of people. -
Indiana becomes a state
The first long distance automobile race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. -
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James Monroe
Monroe was the last president who was a founding father. -
Mississippi becomes a state
The first human lung transplant took place in Mississippi. -
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Frederick Douglass
The wide world o’er
When from their galling chains set free,Th’ oppress’d shall vilely bend the knee,And wear the yoke of tyranny Like brutes no more.That year will come, and freedom’s reign,To man his plundered fights again Restore. -
Illinois becomes a state
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Transcontinental Treaty
Adams used the Jackson’s military action to present Spain with a demand to either control the inhabitants of East Florida or cede it to the United States. Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida. -
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McCullouch vs. Maryland
Throughout the early years of the Republic, the power of the Federal Government had continued to grow. By the second decade of the 19th century, cases pitting advocates of States' rights against those arguing for the supremacy of the National Government came frequently before the Court Chief Justice McCulloch v. Maryland the Supreme Court ruled that e Second Bank of the Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Congress won. -
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women’s Rights- She helped organize the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Over 300 people attended. Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments, which she read at the convention. -
Alabama becomes a state
Alabama workers built the first rocket to take humans to the moon. -
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Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri.
Slavery impact- The Compromise resolved the conflict over the admission of Missouri by allowing that territory to become a slave state. -
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Susan B. Anthony
1820 - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.
1851- Susan B Anthony travels to Syracuse, N.Y., anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 1856 - Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery act. -
Maine becomes a state
The only state name with one syllable. -
Missouri becomes a state
Called the "Show me state" due to a statement made by a congressman. -
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Monroe Doctrine
The United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved in European conflicts. James Monroe gave the speech. -
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John Quincy Adams
Adams was a diplomat and a senator. -
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Andrew Jackson
Jackson tried to get rid of the electoral college. He also wanted to buy slaves and build a mansion with his wealth. -
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Abolitionist Movement
Was an attempt to abolish slavery. William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Message from Movement?- "I Will Be Heard -
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Nat Turner's rebellion
In 1831 a slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. A religious leader and self-styled Baptist minister, Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21.
He was captured and enslaved. He and his men managed to killed 55 white southerners. -
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William Lloyd Garrison,
The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. goal was only to reduce the number of free blacks in the country and thus help preserve the institution of slavery -
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Free education
he/ they wanted education to be free for all students -
Arkansas becomes a state
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Arkansas becomes a state
Famous singer, Johnny Cash was born here. -
Michigan becomes a state
Famous singer Eminem is from Detroit. -
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Martin Van Buren
During Van Buren's time in office, hundreds of banks and businesses went bankrupt. He contributed to this with his financial measures -
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Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
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William Henry Harrison
Harrison was the first president to die in office. He died of pneumonia, and when he died, the whig program ended. -
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John Tyler
Tyler was expelled from the Whig group. He helped end the Canadian boundary law. -
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Sojourner Truth
Life dates, On June 1, 1843 sojourner truth became a Methodist
Role in Abolition- she gave speeches on abolishing slavery
Basics of life
“Ain’t I a Woman?” -
Florida becomes a state
Saint Augestine is the oldest english settlement in the United States. -
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James K. Polk
While Polk was in office, he risked many wars with his choices. He also extended the Canadian boarder with protests from congress. The treaty was signed in 1846. -
Texas becomes a state
Popularly known as the Lone Star state. -
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Mexican- American war
The war was primarily a territorial dispute caused by the United States' policy of manifest destiny. President Polk and the American citizens wanted to expand their nation by acquiring all of the land on the North American continent regardless of the native people already residing on the land.
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Iowa becomes a state
Was the home of the worlds largest strawberry. -
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Seneca Falls Resolution
Its primary goal was to discuss the rights of women.
in 1848 and into the future", according to Judith Wellman, a historian of the convention.
Declaration of Sentiments (what were the sentiments)- The Declaration of Sentiments, offered for the acceptance of the Convention, was then read by E. C. -
Wisconsin becomes a state
There are 7,446 rivers and streams, and put together end to end, they would stretch to 26, 747 miles. -
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Zachary Taylor
Taylor died in office after he was ill, and he also fought the Indians. -
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Dred Scott vs.Sanford
By the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.
The Court decided 7-2 in favor of the slave owner. Every justice submitted an individual opinion justifying his position, with Chief Justice Taney's being the most influential. -
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Millard Fillmore
Fillmore signed the fugitive slave act, so many people wanted to deprive him of his presidency. -
California becomes a state
Home of the U.S. landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge which is still there today. -
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Franklin pierce
Pierce won with the popular vote. He entered I to office nervously because just before his eleven year old son died in a train accident. -
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave.
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Tubman made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300 people to freedom. During these dangerous journeys she helped rescue members of her own family, including her 70-year-old parents. -
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James Buchanon
Buchanon rejected bills on college because he thought there was enough education in America. -
Minnesota becomes a state
Home of the largest mall called the Mall of America. -
Oregon becomes a state
The only state flag to carry two seperate designs. -
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John Brown and the armed resistance,
Because he wanted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
What happened?- he was found guilty and executed for killing slave owners.
Result?- he got hung -
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Act, which helped free slaves in America. He was assasainated, and also a founding father. -
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
As the American frontier moved west and settlers pushed beyond the Appalachians into the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, the question of commercial development became very important.
Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of a unanimous (6-0) Court siding with Gibbons.