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George washington
George washington was the first president of the united states serving from 1789 to 1797. -
john adams
John Adams was the second president of the united states serving from 1797 to 1801. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas jefferson was the second president of the united states serving from 1801 to 1809 -
Industrial revoultion
was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times. -
James Madison
was an American statesman and political theorist, the fourth President of the United States 1809–1817. -
james monroe
was the fifth President of the United States 1817–1825. Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States -
Eli Whitney
was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution. -
andrew jackson
was the seventh President of the United States 1829–1837. -
john quincy adams
was the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829). He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties -
william henry
was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office -
Francis scott key
who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem,The Star-Spangled Banner. -
Martin Van Buren
was the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the tenth Secretary of State -
Zachary Taylor
was the 12th President of the United States (1849–1850) and an American military leader -
John Tyler
was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845), after being the tenth Vice President of the United States (1841). A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President in 1840 -
Sanuel f.b Morse
was an American contributor to the invention of the telegraph also was the nventor of the Morse code, and was a painter. -
Cotton Gin
the first modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793, and patented in 1794. -
Whiskey Rebellion
a protest against the government tax on whiskey,which was valuable to the liveilhood of backcountry farmers -
James K. Polk
was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). -
louisiana purchase
a purchase of the louisana territory from france in 1803 -
Marbury V. Madison
a case in which the supreme court ruled that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconsititutional -
Robert E. Lee
was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army in Virginia in the American Civil War. -
Jefferson Davis
was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history -
Abraham Lincoln
was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
war of 1812
was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British. -
William Tecumseh Sherman
was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 -
missouri compromise
a series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balence of power between slave states and free states -
Ulysses S. Grant
was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) following his miltary role in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederates. -
Erie Canal
is a waterway in New York that travels from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes -
trail of tears
is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 -
indian removal act
was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830 to authorize the removal of Indian tribes to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of the Alamo
was a event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar -
lone star republic
was an independent state in North America which existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. It was bordered by the nation of Mexico -
panic pf 1837
was a financial crisis or market inflation and The end of the Second Bank of the United States -
Mexican–American War
also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. the U.S wins this war -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
known as the Treaty of Peace, friendship between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic -
compromise of 1850
was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
dred scott v. stanford
also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves or their descendants whether or not they were slaves were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens -
Harpers ferry
a federal arsenal in virigina that was captured in 1859 during a state revolt. -
civil War
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state.The American Civil War (1861–1865), often referred to as The Civil War in the United States, was a civil war fought over the secession of the Confederate States -
Confederate States of America
was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern slave states that had declared their secession from the United States -
the first battle of bull run
was fought on July 21, 1861,in Virginia, near the city of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War the confederates won. -
battle of shiloh
was a major battle in the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, inTennessee.the Union army under commander was Ulysses S. Grant. the union wins this battle -
battle of antietam
fought on September 17, 1862, near Antietam Creek, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union land.the union won this battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation
is an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It was not a law passed by Congress. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states . -
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the American Civil War -
Battle of Gettysburg
was fought July 1–3, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War it is often called the war's turning point. -
Reconstruction
From 1863 to 1869, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson took a position designed to bring the South back to normal as soon as possible. -
Appomattox Court House
the virgina town where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the civil war -
james buchanan
was the 15th President of the United States 1857–1861. He is the only president from Pennsylvania and the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor
