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jamestown
first permanent settlement in north america -
start of slavery
plantations would use them to work in the fields -
house of burgesses
1st elected assembly in new world -
mayflower compact
document where the agreed to obey laws created for general good -
french and indian war
fight over land between england and colonists v. france and indians 1754 to 1763 -
proclamation of 1763
di nt allow colonists to settle west of appalachain mountains -
treaty of paris
england gained land west of appilachian mountains -
stamp act
put taxes on legal documents tea and sugar -
boston massacre
british soliders shot and killed 5 colonists -
boston tea party
colonists borded tea ships and threw tea in the harbor -
1st continential congress
all thirteen colonies meet execpt georgia, issued statement of colonial rights, and urged colonies to form a militia -
lexington and concord
british trops attackd colonial gun stock pile -
second continential congress
created a continential army that was kead by george washington, issued the olive branch petition -
declaration of independence
issued by continential congress, and was written by thomas jefferson, colonies officially separted from england -
3/5 ths compromise
made slaves count as 3/5 ths of a person to help the small states gain representatives -
atricals of confederation
when the united states tried to make a new government -
critical period
time pe3riod when the us was under the articals of confederation -
yorktown
where lord cornwallis surrendered to george washington -
treaty of paris
ended war with britian and united state -
land ordinanceof 1785
surveyed the western land -
annapolis convention
to settle disputes over commerce -
northwest ordinance of 1787
process for admission and creation of the new states -
shays rebellion
debt ridden farmers in massachusettes reble due to high taxes -
constitutional convention
where george washington and james madison helped create the 2 plans -
the great compromise
where they balanced the power between large and small states -
washingtons predidency
was the first president of the us and served from 1789 to 1797 -
washingtons presidency
april 30 1789 to march 4 1797 -
judiciary act of 1789
first session of the united states congress -
bill of rights signed
the bill of rights was signed -
fugitive slave revolt
The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. -
cotton gin
separted cotton from seeds created by eli whitney -
adams presidency
president from march 4 1797 to march 4 1801, was second president of the US -
Gabe Prossr
Gabriel (1776 – October 10, 1800), today commonly—if incorrectly—known as Gabriel Prosser, was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. -
jeffersons presidency
march 4 1801 to march 4 1809, third president of the US -
louisianna purchase
jefferson bought this land from france and caused the US to double in sixe -
marbury v. madison
formed the exercise for judical review -
War of 1812
united statse versus britian -
Mc.Coulloch v. Maryland
maryland tried to put taxes on legal notes -
missouri compromise
regulation of slaves in western territories, created a line where it separted slave states from free states -
age of the common man
when democracy expanded and more people got involved in voting -
missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise , submitted by Henry Clay, was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. -
monroe doctrine
US foreign policy regarding latin american in early 19th century -
gibbons v. ogden
held power to regulate interstate -
jacksons presidency
march 4 1829 to march 4 1837 seventh president of the united states -
indian removeal act
made all indians move to the indian territory. Which is present day oklahoma -
nat turner
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. -
battle of alamo
general santa anna attacked fort with suoerior force -
battle of san jacinto
texas defeats mexico. they win their independence -
us annexes tevas
After declaring their independence from the Republic of Mexico in 1836, the vast majority of Texas citizens favored the annexation of the Lone Star Republic by the United States. -
mexican war
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico (which became the Second Federal Republic of Mexico during the war) from 1846 to 1848. -
CA gold rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
CA gold rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
seneca falls convention
where elizabeth cady staton led the womens rights convention -
compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). -
uncle toms cabin
is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
reservation system
Under the reservation system, American Indians kept their citizenship in their sovereign tribes, but life was harder than it had been. The reservations were devised to encourage the Indians to live within clearly defined zones, and the U.S. promised to provide food, goods and money and to protect them from attack by other tribes and white settlers. -
kansa nebraska act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty. -
dred scot case
dred scot sued for freedon after being taken into free territory by his owner -
election of 1860
Abrahan was elected president -
battle of fort sumter
this was the first battle of the civil war -
homestead act
The Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost. In the United States, this originally consisted of grants totaling 160 acres -
american federation of labor
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was the first federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. -
battle of antietam
fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign -
emancipation proclamation
freeded slaves in rebellion states -
reconstruction
The process of rebuilding the south after the civil war. -
battle of vicksburg
was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War -
battle of gettysburg
was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
gettysburg address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. -
13 amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery -
reconstruction
restored southern states back to the union -
appomattox court house
lee surrendered to lee on april 9 1865 -
lincolns assassination
was assassinated by john wilkes booth at a theater. he chose to shot him in the back of the head as he was watching. -
assimilation policy
Both the United States and Canada developed assimilation policies for their Native peoples. Americans and Canadians both believed that the only way to save the Indians from extinction, and to make room for settlers, was to locate Indians on reservations and convert them into Christian, self-sufficient farmers -
reconstruction act of 1867
On Mar. 2, 1867, Congress enacted the Reconstruction Act, which, supplemented later by three related acts, divided the South (except Tennessee) into five military districts in which the authority of the army commander was supreme. -
election of 1867
It was the first presidential election to take place after the American Civil War, during the period referred to as Reconstruction. -
american railway union
The American Railway Union (ARU) was the largest labor union of its time, and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. -
14th amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves -
15th amendment
granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
jim crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws enacted after the Reconstruction period in Southern United States, at state and local levels, and which continued in force until 1965, which mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states. -
knights of labor
The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leader was Terence V. Powderly. -
chinese exclusion act 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
haymarket square
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago -
dawes act 1887
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887), adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
sherman anti-trust act
prevented any business structure that restrained trade. Its goal ws to eliminate monopolies. -
homestead strike
The Homestead Strike, also known as the Homestead Steel Strike, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. -
immigration restriction act
The Immigration Restriction League, was founded in 1894 by people who opposed the influx of "undesirable immigrants" that were coming from southern and eastern Europe. -
pullman strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. -
plessy vs ferguson 1896
is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal -
treaty of paris
us annexed puerto rico guam and the philippines. Cuba became free. -
Spanish america war
Cubans rebelled against spanish rule. Went to war because the US had business in cube. -
open door policy
created by secretary of state john hay. Gave all nations equal trending rights in china. -
Boxer rebellion
the goal was to remove foreign influence. -
platt amendment
us asserted the right to intervenne in cuban affairs. -
Roosevelt corollary
tr added this to the monroe doctrina, reminded europe to not interfere, said us would use force to protect its intrest i latin america. -
susan b anthony
leader in the fight to get women the right to vote. (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) -
great migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. -
progressive movement
early 20th century reform movement. It used government to institute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization. -
16th amendment
Created frederal taxes or progressive taxes. Made the more wealthly pay higher rate. -
17th amendment
Voters can now elect senators. -
clayton anti-trust act
expands anti sherman act and outlaws price fixing also exempts unions from sherman act -
panam canal
connected the atlantic and the pacific oceans. -
us enters ww1
the united states enters ww1 -
ww1
war between the allies and the central powers. -
federal trade comission act
Investigates business practices. -
wilson 14 points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
treaty of versailles
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
19th amendment
Women get the right to vote. -
scopes trial
The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school -
great depression
A time of american hardship where the stock market crashed. -
black tuesday
the day the stock market crashed -
clo
Was a new union -
harlem renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. -
fdr
elected in 1933 promised the new deal to help the us -
new deal
FDRs plan to get the US out of the great depression -
FDIC
was a reform to secure bank deposites and protect banks -
dust bowl
horrible droght on the great plains that ruined crops. -
fair labor standards act
Against a history of judicial opposition, the depression-born FLSA had survived, not unscathed, more than a year of Congressional altercation. -
wagner act
protected workers rights to form unions and engage in collective barganing -
Social security act
helped the disabled or unemployed keep a income to stay floating -
hoover
was the president at the beginning of the great depression. -
war in europe begins
germany and soviet union invade poland -
non agression pact
pact between stalin and hitler saying neither side would attack one another during ww2 -
selective service act
drafted 15 million people in to the military -
germany invades russia
hitler goes 400+ miles into russia -
US declares war
FDR declares war on japan due to its unhumane act on pearl harbor -
pearl harbor
Japan attacks american pacific fleet in a surprise attack. -
korematsu V. US
court case allowing internment camps in the united states -
miracle of idway
huge naval battle in pacific b/w the US and Japan -
d-day
allies storm normandy to begin liberation of europe -
battle of the bulge
germans launch a huge counter offensive throught ardennes forest in france -
division of germany
division of germany into 4 parts during the cold war -
cold war
uneast peace b/t us and soviet union from 1945 to 1991 -
nato
north atlantic treaty organization -
v-e day
allies from west and soviets from the east overran germany -
hiroshima A bomb
us drops first nuclear bomb -
nagasaki
us drops second bomb -
nuremburg trials
post war trials for nazi war crimes after holocaust -
marshall plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe and Asia, in which the United States gave $13 billion -
berlin airlift
In response, the Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. -
korean war
The fighting ended on 27 July 1953, when the armistice was signed. The agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners. Clashes have continued to the present. -
eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II -
JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly known as Jack Kennedy or by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
communist take over china
communist take over china -
warsaw pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization, 1955. The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
vietnam war
November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 between the us and s. vietnam against n. vietnam -
sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957 -
OPEC
organization of petrolun exploring countries raised oil prices -
cuban missile crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. -
jfk assassination
jfk dies -
election of 1968
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, won -
nixons presidency
January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 -
detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. -
nixon in china
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). -
watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up -
vietnam war ending
us draws out and communist north vietnam takes over south vietnam -
carters presidency
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 -
panama canal treaty
On September 7, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty promising to give control of the canal to the Panamanians by the year 2000. -
camp david accords
peace talk between irael and egypt -
reagans presisdency
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 -
reagans berlin wall speech
"Tear down this wall!" was the challenge issued by United States President Ronald Reagan to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall, in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin -
moscow summit
nixon met with soviet leader brezhnez to sign SALT treaty -
berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961 -
fall of berlin wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
soviet union collapse
December 26, 1991 -
u2 incident
francis grey powers was shot down while spying over soviet union -
julis and ethel rosenburg
gave atomic secrets to soviets -
iran hostage crisis
November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981. %2 americans taken hostage in iran
