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Washington's Presidancy
Washington's presidancy was from April, 30th, 1789 to March, 4th, 1797. He entered office with full support of the national and state leadership. He established the executive and judicial branches. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
It was the first session of the United States Congress. It established the U.S federal judiciary of the Constitution. "Judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court." -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The first modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney -
Adam's Presidency
Adam's was the second president of the United States. He was vice president to George Washington. Adams was a statesman, a diplomat. and an advocate for American independence from Britian. -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were taken captive and hanged in punishment. In reaction, Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their chances to learn and to plan similar rebellions. -
Jefferson's Presidency
Thomas Jefferson's presidency was from March, 4th, 1801 to March, 4ht, 1809. He carried out the "Revolution of 1800". His goal was to put the principles of republicanism into action. -
Marbury Vs. Madison
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is when the Unites States bought land from France. We paid around 15 million dollars for the territory. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies -
McCulloch Vs. Maryland
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. -
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. -
Age of the Common Man
A time when democracy in the U.S expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process. Americans no longer let aristocrats make all the decisions. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise 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
The Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823 It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention -
Gibbons Vs. Ogden
A landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. -
Jacksons Presidency
Was the seventh President of the United States. His term was from 1829 to 1837. -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
The Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Nat Turner Revolt
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
Battle of the Alamo
Was a pivotal 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 (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing all of the Texian defenders. Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican -
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. About 630 of the Mexican soldiers were killed and 730 captured, while only nine Texans died. -
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. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. -
CA Gold Rush
Began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.Of the 300,000, approximately half arrived by sea, and half came overland from the east, on the California Trail and the Gila River trail. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention.It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. -
Reservation System
Indians were forced off their land onto smaller and smaller reservations. -
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). -
Fugitive Slave Law
It required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law. Abolitionists nicknamed it the "Bloodhound Law" for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves. -
Kansas-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 whether they would allow slavery -
Homestead Act
This act granted 160 acres of land to anyone who was willing to come out west and work the land. -
Knights of Labor
Founder was Uriah Stevens. Union created to protect workers rights. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned entry of almost all Chinese. -
Haymarket Square
K. of L. protest in Chicago. A bomb went off near police. 8 strikers were convicted -
American Federation of Labor
Founder was Samuel Gompers. "Craft Unions", only skilled workers from multiple industries. Used "Collective Bargaining", when unions and emplyers negotiate. -
Dawes Act
Goal: Americanize the Indians. Broke up reservations and divied them into individual plots. Legally abolished tribes. -
Assimilation Policy
Plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt American culture. -
Progresive Movement
Early 20th century reform movement. It used the government to insititute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Goal was to get rid of monopolies. The act wasnt succesful. -
Homestead Strike
Carnegie Stell Plant. Plant manager Henry Frick called the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Turned into a major gun battle. -
American Railway Union
Founder was Eugene V. Debs. Consisted of railroad workers. "Industrial Union", skilled and unskilled workers. All from one industry. -
Pullman Strike
By Pullman railroad workers. Started nationwide RR Boycott. The Federal Government ended it. -
Spanish American War
Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule. U.S got involved because they had business and strategic interests in Cuba. The U.S defeats the Spanish in the Philippines and in Cuba. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
U.S annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba became free. -
Open Door Policy
By Secretary John Hay. Gave all nations equal trading rights in Chine. Called for fair competition. Goal was to end U.S/European competition. Urged forigners to obey Chinese law. -
Platt Amendment
U.S asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affaris. -
Susan B. Anthony
Strong leader in the womens suffrage movement. Encouraged women to enter the labor force in WW1. -
16th Amendment
Creates Federal income tax. Is a "Progressive Tax". Higher incomes pay a higher rate. -
17th Amendment
Voters select Senators now. -
Clayton Anti-Tust Act
Expands on Shermans Anti-Trust Act. Outlawed price fixing. Exempts unions from the Sherman Act. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Creates the FTC. Investigates business practices. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
Immigration Restriction Act
Put a quota of how many immigrants could come from each counrty. Allowed more from "old" immigrant areas than "new" immigrant areas. Basically ended immigration for several decades.
