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who: Traders
what: The Oregon Trail
where: Trail began in Missouri and snaked through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and of course Oregon.
why: People traveling westward, but the Oregon trail originally was laid down for trade. -
who: Texas, The union
what: Texas is admitted to the union
where: The US and Texas
why: This is due to manifest destiny which is the United States plan to expand US territories. -
who: US troops.
what: US troops move into land between Nueces river and Rio Grande river.
where: Land between Nueces River and Rio Grande river.
why: For the US to take over Rio Grande River. -
who: James K. Polk
what: Offers Mexico 2 million dollars to buy land from them during the war.
where: US and Mexico
why: Primarily due to manifest destiny which is the united states expansion of land. -
who: George Thomas/ Braxton Bragg/ Jefferson Davis/ Zachary Taylor
what: Mexican American war/ Battle of Buena vista
where: Buena Vista
why: For the United states to obtain more land -
who: Nicholas Trist
what: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
where: Mexico, United States
why: This treaty ended Mexican-American war. -
who: The United States
what: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
where: Mexico
why: For the United states to gain California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming -
who: James Marshal, John sutter
what: Gold Rush Begins
where: California
why: To strike richness and wealth. -
who: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
what: Won US presidential election
where: United States
why: He was a commander and chief for many years -
who: "Forty-niners"
what: Move to California to find gold
where: California
why: To find gold and become wealthy -
who: Henry Clay
What: Compromise of 1850
Where US-Slave states and free states
why: To end ongoing tension between the north and the south -
who: Henry Clay
what: The compromise of 1850
where: Washington D.C.
why: Abolish slave trade in D.C. -
who: John C. Calhoun
what: dies
where: Washington DC
Why: Tuberculosis -
who: Henry Clay
what: California is admitted at the 31st state
where: United States, California
why: US-Manifest Destiny-To expand United States territory -
who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
what: Published "Uncle Toms Cabin"
where: United states
why: to resist on-going slavery -
who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
what: First publication of "Uncle Toms Cabin"/// Cicil war first starts
where: The united states
why: Because this book was so popular for anti-slavery indivisuals -
who: Members of the free soil party
what: Free soil party convention
where: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
why: Election of 1852 -
who: Stephen Douglas
what: Kansas-Nebraska act bill
where: Kansas/Nebraska
why: to override Missouri compromise -
who: Franklin Pierce
what: Kansas-Nebraska act
where: Kansas
why: To verify Kansas as a state -
who: Charles Sumner/ Preston S. Brooks
what: "Crimes against Kansas"/ Kansas becomes a state
where: Kansas
why: To end slavery -
who: Preston Brooks/ Charles Sumner
what: Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner nearly to death
where: the senate floor
why: He strongly was against his anti-slavery speech -
who: Abraham Lincoln/Stephen Douglas
what: Series of debates/ compromise of 1850/ focused on slavery and expansion of US westward
where: Illinois
why: fight for a US senate position -
who: John Brow/ Robert E. Lee
what: Major abolitionist John Brown took a group of his supporters and seized the federal armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry
where: Harpers ferry
why: To take and stand and work to abolish slavey -
who: Abraham Lincoln/ John C. Breckenridge/ John Bell
what: 1860 election
where: Virginia/ S. Carolina/ Chicago/ Tennessee
why: Lincoln as 16th president of the United States -
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Secession and confederacy
where: South Carolina was the first to secede from the union along with Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana followed
why: Slavery and the battle of Fort Sumner -
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Lincoln is inaugurated
where: Washington D.C.
why: Because he made it clear that he intended to enforce federal laws in the states that seceded -
who: Union Forces
what: Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumner in the harbor in south Carolina in which this event officially officially began the civil war.
where: Fort Sumner in Charleston, South Carolina
why: This was from the culmination of conflict in which seven states seceded -
who: George McClellan
what: First fight of the Civil war
where: West Virginia
why: Confederate vs. Union -
who: The Union and Confederate Forces
what: Monitor vs. Merrimack
where: Off the shore of Hampton roads, Virginia
why: The confederacies effort to break the unions blockade -
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: Slavery prohibited in United States Territories
where: US territories (Mexico to Washington and Dakota)
why: Lincoln made it clear the way he felt about slavery and slave trade in which he prohibited it in US territories -
who: The US government
what: Agrees to help fund railroad from California to Missouri
where: United states, California, Missouri
why: The US was going to help fund this railroad from California to Missouri because it would work in their favor because people would not have to take the Oregon trail to move west, instead they could take this railroad. -
who: Union army vs. Confederate army
what: Battle of Antietam; General Lee was forced to retreat.
where: Maryland
why: for a union strategic victory -
who: The United States/ Lincoln
what: Habeas Corpus suspended
where: The United states
why: To protect people of being accused of a crime they were not responsible for. -
who: Lincoln
what: The Emancipation Proclamation
where: The United States, and border states
why: Lincoln issued this proclamation to catch others attention for he had to recruit African Americans into the military. -
who: General Robert E. Lee, General George Meade, General George E. Pickett
what: The battle of Gettysburg
where: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
why: This was a plan by the confederate army to keep Lincoln's troops in the south so they would be prone to attack. -
who: Abraham Lincoln
what: The Gettysburg Address
where: National cemetery at Gettysburg
why: Lincoln wrote this famous speech to restate why the Union was in this war. -
who: Lincoln, Republicans, Democrats
what: Lincoln Re-elected
where: Throughout the US
why: Lincoln just barely beat McClellan by a 212 out of 233 electoral vote primarily due to his past doings and events. -
who: Lincoln
what: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
where: The North and South
why: For Lincoln to tell the people and recognize the tragedy of the American Civil war. -
who: Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee
what: Robert E. Lee forced to surrender by Grant at the Appomattox court house on April 9th
where: The Appomattox court house in Virginia
why: Ulysses Grant had cut off Lee's Supply lines, forcing him with no other choice but t surrender -
who: John Brown
what: Pottawatomie Massacre where John brown Kills 5 pro slavery settlers along this creek in Kansas
where: Pottawatomie Creek in Virginia
why: Pro-slavery vs. anti-slavery// John brown believed slavery was morally wrong -
who: Thomas M. Jones, Davie Jeems
what: Ku Klux Klan organized
where: At the law offices in Pulaski, Tennessee
why: To target all African Americans starting with Davie Jeems, and to push them out of the country for they were disliked strongly. -
who: Edwin Stanton
what: The Reconstruction Acts of 1867
where: The south
why: To divide the south into five separate military districts. -
who: Congress, Citizens of the US
what: The 15th Amendment
where: The United States
why: Granted African American men the right to vote and therefore the right to be a US citizen. -
who: Abraham Lincoln, Horace W. Carpentier
what: The first transcontinental telegraph
where: California; US
why: Easier to use then Pony Express -
who: Ulysses S. Grant
what: Made dedicated Yellowstone Park as the Nations First National Park
where: Wyoming
why: To conserve and remember the historic events that took place on that ground -
who: Banks, Financial supports
what: The panic of 1873
where: The United States
why: Due to inflation and unbalanced dues of money the United States went into a depression where barely any money was going around. -
who: General George Custer, Western Sioux
what: The Battle of Little Bighorn
where: near Montana's Little Bighorn River -
who: Democratic leaders, Rutherford B. Hayes
what: The Compromise of 1877
where: Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina
why: The US federal government pulled the their last troops of out the south. -
who: Railroad workers
what: Go on strike
where: Martinsburg, West Virginia
why: To protest working conditions and wage cuts. -
who: President Glover Cleveland
what: The Dawes Severalty Act is passed
where: New York, Nebraska
why: So that Indians would be left alone and they could do what they want and make their own rules on their very own land -
who: Sioux and US troops
what : The Massacre of Wounded Knee
where: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota
why: An argument over a rifle -
who: Arizona, United States
what: Arizona is admitted to the union
where: United states, Arizona
why: United States plan to expand territory -
who: Woodrow Wilson
what: Wilson begins his presidency
Where: United States
why: He won election due to the major roles he played in WW1. -
who: President Woodrow Wilson
what: Wilsons 14 Points
where: all countries
why: To spread peace world wide and to work towards world peace -
who: Germany
what: WW1 ends
where: Germany; US
why: Germany surrendered which led other countries to work to prevent war. -
who: Adolf Hitler
what: Hitler joins Nazi party
where: Germany
Why: Hitler's hate for specific genes and the Jewish community. -
who: President Woodrow Wilson; Congress; Women in US
what: The 19th Amendment
where: United States
why: The 19th Amendment granted women with he right to vote, this was a major factor and a big step into what the United States is today. -
who: Woodrow Wilson, Allied powers
what: Treaty of Versailles
where: United States, British empire, Italy, France, Japan +
why: To end the major war between British and United Sates. -
who: Woodrow Wilson
what: The League of Nations
where: Geneva, Switzerland
why: To spread global peace, unfortunately Wilsons plan with the League of Nations royally failed. -
who: The United States
what: The Great Depression
Where: United States
Why: Overly confident stock market -
who: Citizens of US
what: Stock market collapsed
Where: Unites States
Why: Investors traded 16 million shares on the NY stock exchanged in which thousands of investors were wiped out and stocks became worth 20% of their value. Many also went with jobs. -
who: Union and Confederate forces
what: Battle of Bull
where: Bull Run (Manassas) in Virginia
why:Green Union Army troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced against the Confederate Army under Brig. -
who: President Johnson
what: Civil rights Act of 1866
where: The United States
why: To Prohibit discrimination
