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Delaware
The first state -
Pennsylvania
First of the fifty states to list their URL on a license plate -
New Jersey
Most dense system of highways and railroads in the US -
Georgia
Georgia Tech once beat Cumberland University 222 - 0 in a football game -
Connecticut
There were two capitals of the state -
Massachusetts
The first US postal zip code in Massachusetts is 01001 at Agawam -
Maryland
King Williams School was the first school to open in the US -
South Carolina
Chris Rock is from S.C. -
New Hampshire
First to declare independence from Mother England -
Virginia
Named for England's "Virgin Queen", Elizabeth -
New York
11th state to ratify the constitution -
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George Washington
George Washington was the first president in American history -
North Carolina
Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the nights waterfall in the Eastern US -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US (square miles) -
Vermont
First state admitted to the union after the ratification of the constitution -
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The Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers resisted a tax on whiskey. It showed hat the government can suppress a rebellion. -
Kentucky
The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum located on the campus of Murray State University -
Tennessee
The city of Kingston served as capitol for one day -
Washington's Farewell Address
Didn't want America to look like England so he said to stay away from alliances. -
Alien and Sedation Acts
Alien and Sedation acts were passed by the Feds in 1798 and signed into law by President John Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence -
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Chief Justice John Marshall
Big cases- Marbury v. Madison, Fletcher v. Peck, McHulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark went on a two year journey to the great ocean (the pacific) -
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Lousiana Purchase
Land size 828,000 square miles long, cost: 15 million dollars. The Louisiana Purchase demonstrates Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions. -
Ohio
Ohio senetor John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space on February 20 -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury- argued that he was entitled to his commission and that the judicial act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court of the United States original jurisdiction Madison- was sued by Madbury and asked the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a court order that requires an official to perform or refrain from performing a certain duty -
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James Madison
Didn't found a college but had one named after him -
War of 1812
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland vs the North American colonies and it's Native American allies. War at the end of the war disappeared between Britain and France and the destruction of the powers of the tribes and fears of the native Americans -
Louisiana
Named in honor of King Louis XIV -
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She helped organixe the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls on July 19th and 20th. Over 300 people attended. Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sediments, which she read at the convention. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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 toy e college. Then the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that revised the charter, making the college public. -
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was seven -
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James Monroe
Died on the Fourth of July and bought Florida from Spain and extended America's border to the pacific thought the Treaty of 1818 with Britain -
Mississippi
The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi -
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Fredrick Douglas
His role in the movement was travel and deliver speeches, distribute pamphlets, and and get subscribers to the Liberator. -
Illinois
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago. -
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 Onis and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida -
McCullouch v. Maryland
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress has implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article 1, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the U.S. and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. -
Alabama
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon. -
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Abolitionist Movement
This movement was an attempt to abolish slavery. This movement was lead by William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Harriet Breecher Stowe -
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Susan B. Anthony
1851- Susan travels to Syracuse, N.Y., anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cdy Stanton
1856- Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society
1898- The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press -
Missouri Comprimise
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 36 parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. -
Maine
The only state in the United States that has a one-syllable name. -
Missouri
Missouri is known ash the "Show Me State". -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe gave a speech with a message that said the United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved with European conflicts. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The American frontier moved west and settlers pushed beyond the Appalachains into the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys, the question of commercial development became very important. Cheif Justice Marshall delivered the opinion and sided with Gibbons. -
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John Quincey Adams
Married to America's only foreign born First Lady and is also been called the Negotiator of Peace -
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Andrew Jackson
Ignored a Supreme Court ruling and forcibly removed the cherokee nation from its homeland, also defeated the British at the battle of New Orleans and paid off national debt -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
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 sixty some white men, women, and children -
Horace Mann's campaign for free compulsory public education
He and his group wanted education to be free for all students -
Arkansas
Famous singer, Johnny Cash, was born in Kingsland, Arkansas. -
Michigan
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. -
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Martin Van Buren
Enforced the Ondian Removal Act of 1830, removing all natives from their homes and moving them west of the Mississippi, as an even known as the Tril of Tears -
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Trail of Tears
As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land East of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-dat Oklahoma -
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William Henry Harrison
Died soon after he took the position as president. Famously lead battle when the natives resisted and be defeated the Shawnee tribe -
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John Tyler
Sided with the confederate government upon the outbreak of the civil war (after presidency) and won the election to the confederate House of Representatives shortly before his death. -
Sojourner Truth
On June 1st, 1843, she became a methodist. Her speech "AIN'T I A WOMAN?" was delivered in 1851. Sojourner Truth gave speeches on abolishing slavery. -
Florida
Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. -
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James K. Polk
Increased the united States more than any other president did thought the acquisition of California and new mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War -
Texas
Texas is popularly known as te Lone Star State because it was once its own country. -
Texas
Texas is popularly known as te Lone Star State because it was once its own country. -
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Mexican-American War
Wanting land, the war was primarily a territorial dispute caused by the United States' policy of manifest destiny. President Polk and the American continent regardless of the anti e people already residing on the land. Texas was gained from this war. -
Iowa
Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry. -
Seneca Falls Revolution
The primary goal was to discuss the rights of women. -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin visitors and residents enjoy the states 7,446 streams and rivers. End-to-end they'd stretch 26,767 miles. -
Seneca Falls Resolution
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the first women's rights convention in American history. -
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Zachary Taylor
Was not known for education and had no political background. He was elected for his history as a war hero. -
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Millard Fillmore
He was in office for less than three years but his his acceptance of the Comprimise of 1850 averted the Coivil War for another 11 years -
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart. -
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Franklin Pierce
He was president in during a critical time in american history and the country had become more polarized in northern and southern interests. -
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 lead them safely to the northern free states and to Canad. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. She made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300 people to freedom. During these dangerous journeys she halped rescure members from her own family, including her 70-year-old parents -
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James Buchanan
Vetoed bills concerning the establishment of colleges -
Minnesota
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet -
John Brown and the armed resistance
Brown was upset because he wanted to start a liberation movemetn among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was found guilty and executed for killing slave owners and was hung. -
Oregon
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation which began the freedom for America's slaves. The document also allowed black soldiers to fight for the union. Assassination in April, 1865 -
Manifest Destiny
Is a term for the attitude prevalent durning the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to stretch from coast to coast. -
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John Adams
John Adams defended British soldiers who killed five Americans in the Boston massacre
