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Civil WAR:THE Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott an African American was not a citizen and had mno roght to sue in court.
The Court also ruled that Congress had no right to forbid slavery in th territories. -
civil war fort sumter
president lincoln send supplies to fort sumter he alert the stase in advance to avoid hostilieties.
commender of the fort robert anderson was asked to surrender he offerd to surrender after the supplies is exausted his offer was rejected and april 12 the civil war begin -
civil war anaconda plan
1 to stangle the south
2 divide ther south controlling the missisipi river
3 blockade the south to prevent from expoting good and war supplies . -
INDUSTRIALIZATION:HOMESTEAD ACT
The homestead act encouraged western miogration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land -
RECONSRUCTION:reconstuction act
divide the south into millitary occupition zones
providing for suffrages of male freedman -
reconstruction:14 Amandment
the fourtheen amandment guaranteed all citizen the equal protection of the laws and due process'
which include formers slave recenty freed. -
GILDED AGE: ROCKEFELLER INCORPORATES STANDARD OIL
Jonh D. Rockefellers standard oil company is incorporated in ohio.
Rockefeller has been active in oil bussiness since 1863.Standard oil was first formed as a partnership in 1868. -
INDUSTRIALIZATION:Serman antitrust act
combination in restaint of trade are prohibited -
RECONSTUCTION: PLESSY VS FERGUSON
Facilities can be separate bu equal provision of public accommodation by state gorverment was founf to be constutional under the equal protection of clause. -
IMPERALISM: USS MAINE
The uss maine was sent to havana in january 1898 to protect American interests during the long standing period in cuba against the spanish gorverment.
The uss maine exploded in havana harbor and the yellow jounalist blame spain. -
AMERICAN IMPERILISM; The Spanish American War
sensational work yellow journalism distorted event which fanned the ameriacn desire to intervined
the de lome letter explosion of the american battleships fueled popular support for a more aggresssive u.s foreign policy. Presidebt MC McKingly ask congrss to declared war on spain. -
GILDED AGE;square deal
Theodoere Roosevelt his effort were meant to give American a square deal espacially in natural resources conservation control od=f corportion and prtection of the consumers -
GUILDED AGE:17 amandment
The constutition by allowing voters to cast vote for U.S Senators -
WWI:LUSITANIA
German submarine sunk the lusitania a brithis passenger ship .
The attack led over a thousand death including 128 American died 94 children grettly stirred anti-germany feeling among Americans. -
WWI:ESPIONAGE ACT
allowed goverment censorship of the nails and imprionment fot those who interfered with the draft -
causes of ww1
1-alliances conflict between the allied power and central power
2-militarism ,glorification of the military military planning and the arms races played key roles in pushing europeans to war. -
the roaring twenties: sacco and vanzetti
two italian anarchist were arrested in 1920 for the murder of a guard during a robbery.
after an unfair trial they were convicted on flimsy evidence and executed. -
ROARING TWENTIES: 19 amandment
Gave women the right to vote while flappers wore looser clothing and went out without chaperones .
Women had increased opportunities in employement and education. -
ROARING TWENTIES:Washington naval conference
the world leading naval power agrred to limit the number of their battleships to fixed ratios proposed by the United State. -
great depression
1 economic weakness in the 1920s actualy led to the great depression
2on october 29 1929 knowns as black tuesday the stock market crashed stock price drop sudenly.everyone was selling but no one wanted to bye -
The Great Depression : Black tuesday
the stock market crash
stock prices dropped suddenly everyone was trying to sell but no one wanted to buy. -
GREAT DEPRESSION:NRA
encouraged the bussinesses to establish codes that set prices ,wages ,and work hours to promote cooperation and fairness. -
WWII:THE NEUTRALITY ACTS of 1935 to 1937
the firts netrality act prohibited american from act prohibited americans from sending arms to countries at war.
the second neutrality act prohibited american from traveling on the shuips of nation at war but allowed American to sell non military good to country ar war CASH andCARRY basis. -
wwII pearl habor
1 japponese plane attack the the american naval base at the pearl habor the hawaii territory.
2 more than 2300 american were killed destroyed the amerivcan battleships. -
WWII:V-E DAY
the nazi counterattack failed soviet forced entered berlin and hiltler committed suicide at the end of april 1945
2 germany serrendered om may 7 1945 knowns as the v-e day. -
WWII:Manhatan project
1-a secret project to developed the atomic bomb .
2-the u.s leaders feared nazi germany might develop such a bomb first the American scientist test the bomb in new mexico. -
COLDWAR:IRON CURTAIN
trade,travel,communication between Eastern and Wersten europe were cut.
IN 1946 WINTON CHURCHILL announced that in IRON curtain had been fallen on eastern europe . -
COLDWAR:TRUMAN DOCTRINE
the united state would [provide assisstance to free peoples resisting communism including military and economic assistance to turkey and greece. -
COLD WAR;MARSHALL PLAN
The United State would give economic aid to countries of the western Europe to help them rebuilt their economy,strenghten their resistance to communism and restored trade with the United States. -
VIETNAM: DOMINO THEORY
The Domino theory had obligations under SEATO believed that vietnam would benefit from democracy,wanted to assure the free world of its protection and thought it could win the war easily. -
CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT :Brown vs Board Education
The Supreme court decision in brown bs board education held that segragation had no place in public education because it was inherently unequal. -
COLDWAR:WARSAW PACT
The Soviet Union and the Eastern Europe sattelites form th ewarsaw pact.
The Soviet sent his troop several times into warsaw pact countries to maintain Communism. -
THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT :Montgomery Bus Boycott
a succesful attempt to end segregation on public transit .Rosa Park, and NAACP member refuse to sit in the colored part of he bustin montgomery Alabama was arrested.
the colored peole refus eto ride the bus until seggregation was ended . -
THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT:LITTLE ROCK NINE
the state gorvernor ordered the national guard to prevent nine black students from attendinng an all -white school.
President Eisenhower then sent federal troops to escort the little rock nine and protect them throughout the year. -
VIETNAM: IMMIGRATION ACT 1965
The immigration act of 1965 replace the previous system based on national origins ny establishing the same immigration quota for all counties -
VIETNAM: TET OFFENSIVE
IN 1968 the vietcong launched the tet offensive although eventually driven out the attack showed their strength
President Johnson announced he would not run for another term as President