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The great awakening was a religious revival during the 1730s and 1740s. The leaders of the great awakening tried to revive a man’s relationship with god. They wanted to convince people that religious power was their own choice. An increase in religion was seen which would later become a big reason as to why support something. -
Pontiac's rebellion was an armed conflict between the British empire and Native Americans. They tried to fight for the land that the British were trying to take away. It was successful to the Natives because they captured most of the British forts in the area. -
The proclamation of 1763 was a British made boundary that marked the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental divide. It was intended to conciliate the Natice Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on natives lands. -
The sugar act was passed by the British Parliament. This imposed taxes and regulations on goods imported into the colonies. It imposed a tax on sugar, coffee, indigo, and Madeira wine. This act became a problem for Boston and New England because they used sugar and molasses to make rum, it was a main export in their trade. -
The currency act of 1764 prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. It was an attempt by parliament to assume control of the colonial currency system. This system didn’t benefit the colonies because it caused more money to leave the colony than come in. -
The daughters of liberty were formed to protest the stamp and the townshend act. They would make things at home so they wouldn’t let those who taxed them be benefited. They would make their own clothes at home for themselves and their family or others. -
The stamp act was an act by the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on British colonies in America and required that most printed materials in the colonies needed a stamp. It was the first internal tax made directly on American colonists by the Parliament of Great britain. -
The quartering act made colonists provide food, transportation, and homes to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. This made colonists mad because they had to provide food for a stranger they did not know and let them do whatever they wanted and live in your house with your family. -
This act stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as Great Britain. This was a threat to the colonists' independence. The ability of England to tax colonies without giving them a reason was seen as disgraceful and made them mad. -
The Townshend act of 1767 was passed by the British parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The British believed that they should pay the cost for their protection. This angered even more the colonists towards taxation without representation. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which british soldiers shot and killed several people that were a mob. This event helped to unite colonies against Britain. This helped to give another reason for American Independence -
The Boston Tea party was when 342 chests of tea belonging to the British were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American Patriots who were disguised as Indians. They protested in this way because they thought it would be taxed without a real reason. -
The intolerable acts were laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after the Boston tea party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for what happened in the tea party. They used these laws to give an example to show what would happen if another event like the Boston Tea Party would happen. -
The declaration of independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the U.S. It was an official act by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. -
The bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution. It guaranteed civili rights and liberties to the citizens. It gave them freedom of speech, press, and religion. It was important to Americans because it could eliminate having problems with showing and practicing your own religion and opinions.
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The Cotton gin is a machine that was invented to make easier to take out seeds from cotton. This machine was invented by eli whitney in 1793. It was extremely important because it helped to use up less time and you could do mass production. Although this was good for those who sold it, slaves labor increased. -
The Louisiana Purchase helped to double the size of the U.S. This also helped to strengthen the country and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal constitution. The purchase unfortunately also expanded slavery. -
The Missouri compromise was passed to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This was made to have balance between slave and free states. It was then repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska act. -
In this bargain people were surprised that the house elected John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson. Jackson's supporters said that it had been a corrupt bargain. Jackson had also declared that John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay had a corrupt bargain. -
The Indian removal act was authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within the state borders. The reason for this was to make westward expansion easier for Americans. Some tribes left peacefully but most resisted this. -
The trail of tears was part of the Indian removal act that forced them to move. This event was painted as if they were helped and traveled safely but the truth is they had severe exposure, starvation, and disease between the tribes. -
The Nat Turners rebellion was held by enslaved virginians. The rebels killed around 55 and 56 people, and at least 51 of whom where white. Nat turner demonstrated that slaves weren’t happy with their lives or too weak & scared to hold a rebellion as the whites believed.
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The tariff of 1833 slowly lowered tariffs over the next decade. The compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis. It also enabled the nation to raise money and at the same time protect a nation's goods from cheaper priced foreign items. -
The treaty of guadalupe hidalgo ended the war between the U.S and Mexico. Mexico secceded 55% of its territory to the U.S. Some of the states were present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. -
This act benefited slave holders because it authorized local governments to take and return slaves who escaped to their owners and those who didn’t report or return them would have to deal with consequences. Marshalls had to usually seek for runaway slaves. If Marshalls refused to do what they were told then they would be fined $1,000. This act became one of the most controversial laws of the early 19th century. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. His novel had beliefs and attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. This novel was banned in the south because it had pro-abolitionist views and debates of slavery. It was also said it held “groundwork for the civil war”.
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Bleeding Kansas was a period of time with repeating outbreaks of violent guerilla warfare between pro and anti slavery for the decision on Kansas. Northerners tried to make it antislavery at all costs. This event showed peoples strong and importance of beliefs on slavery. -
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the U.S who was unsuccessful to sue. He tried to sue his master for his freedom for the place he had lived in as a freedmen but was then used as a slave. Congress did not have the power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories because of the Missouri compromise. -
The election started to develop and show the division between the north and the south or the free states and slave states. This election was one of the many factors that caused the civil war. Lincoln who won the election, opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. The south felt threatened by Lincoln which caused the south's secession.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. South Carolina seceded because Abraham Lincoln had been elected. They were threatened by him because he was a Republican and a didn’t support slavery. -
This battle was the bombardment of fort Sumter in Charleston. This event started the American civil war and lasted about 2 days. It was a victory to the confederates and freed many enslaved people. -
The first battle of bull run was the first major battle of the civil war. The union had outnumbered the confederates but the confederates still managed to win the battle. They managed to do this because they were too slow to position which caused them to lose because the confederates would call in reinforcements when they had the “free time”. -
The trent affair was a during the American Civil war. The trent affair was the removal of two confederate diplomats off a british ship. The trent affair threatened a war between the U.S and the United kingdom. Once this was over it created a diplomatic problem for lincoln during the Civil War.
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After abraham lincoln made the emancipation proclamation it helped african americans enlist in the union army. They joined the army even though it was announced that confederate congress would capture every black soldier and be sold to slavery. The officer in command of black troops would be executed by confederate congress. -
The battle of Shiloh was an important battle during the American civil war. The commander of the confederate wished to defeat the union's major Ulysses S. but did not. This battle was one of the bloodiest battles in American history. -
The battle of Antietam was a battle in the Civil war. It was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history that showed that the union could stand against the confederate army. It was very deadly because of the advancements in technology,and tactics used. -
The emancipation proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 during the Civil war. The proclamation said that all the people held as slaves in the rebellious states should be freed. This expanded the goals of the union war efforts. It turned slavery into a union goal. -
The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point for the civil war. It killed many people and caused many casualties. It also caused General Lee's army to surrender. The confederates were close to winning but the union caught up and won. -
It was a total of 5 separate bills passed by Congress in September 1850. It caused a political confrontation between the slave and free states of territories acquired in the mexican-american war. Because of this compromise the fugitive act was amended and slave trade in Washington d.c was abolished. California was then made into a free state. -
The kkk or the ku kulx klan was a group organized after the civil war to intiate white supremacy. The black codes had given them unlimited power. They would to terrifying things, such as burn black churches, schools, and terriorize black people. They didn’t just discriminate blacks but hated them and showed this by using violence. -
The freedmen's bureau provided practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed african americans. It was established in 1865 and ulysses s grant disbanded it. It achieved to enroll over 90,000 former slaves into public schools. -
Abraham Lincols death was on April 14, 1865. John wilkes Booth, an actor, entered the presidential box that abreham lincoln was in and shot him. John wilkes booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the backdoor. As a result of this new state governments formed across the south and made the black codes. -
The civil rights act of 1866 declared that every person born in the U.S would become a citizen at birth. It didn’t matter what race or color you were. It also banned the discrimination in sales and property's. Racial discrimination became prohibited. -
The reconstruction act of 1867 highlighted the terms of readmission to representation of rebel states. This act became a law after congress had overrode a presidential veto. From this act there was the creation of five military districts in the seceded states. Each one of the districts was to be headed by a military official empowered to remove state officials. -
The 15th amendment prohibited the federal government and each state from denying a citizens right to vote, based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This gave power to congress to protect against race based denials or the rights to vote. -
Sharecroppers were people who worked on someones land and kept the profit. Share cropping increased the debt that poor people owed the plantation owners. It was somewhat similar to slavery but they could be free once they finished paying. Paying the debts took a lot of time to accomplish.
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The panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a economic depression in europe and north america. In britian it weakened the countries economic leadership. It also helped for reconstruction to formally end. In the south business failed and so did unemployment. -
The new south was the economic shift from an agrarian society to embrace industrial development. The main goal of the new south was to abandon its longstanding agrarian economy for a modern economy grounded in factories, mines, and mills. The civil war destroyed the souths infrastructue as well as the slave system that fueled the regions economy. -
This compromise was an informal and unwritten deal that would settle the tension and dispute from the 1876 U.S. presidential election. Some of the things included in the compromise was the removal of military forces from the confederate states and the construction of another transcontinental railroad. -
Jim crows laws legalized racial segregation. Those who denied african americans the right to vote, would face arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence, or even death for not following Jim Crows laws. These laws were very important because of all the discrimination towards african americans post war. -
It was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes. It was to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and mark the end of the Reconstruction era. After the presidential election, it became clear that the outcome of the race disputed returns from Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. As a result, the United States federal government pulled the last troop out of the Southern United States and ended the Reconstruction era. -
It was a law passed by President Rutherford B. Hayes. It provided a return to the minting of silver coins. The act was replaced in 1890 by the similar Sherman Silver Purchase Act. It required the U.S treasury to buy a certain amount of silver. The goal was to subsidize the silver industry in the Mountain states and inflate prices. -
The spoils system was the name given to the act of hiring and firing federal workers when presidential administrations changed in the 19th century. President andrew jackson had felt attacked or threatened by the branches so he decided to threaten them back by hiring people he wanted and firing those who didn’t favor him. -
This act was the federal legislation that created a system where federal employees were chosen based upon competitive exams.they also provided federal government jobs to be awarded on the basis of merit that government employees would be selected through competitive exams. It accomplished to appoint federal jobs on the basis of competitive exams rather than favors. -
The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition; protectionism, a tactic supported by Republicans, was fiercely debated by politicians and condemned by Democrats. -
The populist party wanted to increase the circulating currency. They also influenced progressivism. They rejected the call for free silver, and embraced the political reforms of secret ballots. They endorsed a graduated income tax, direct election of senators, and a short workweek. -
It’s the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion. It’s purpose was to decrease the strategic and political vulnerability of a nation. It was necessary to preserve the existing social order in more developing countries. It’s been considered morally reprehensible. Imperialism is usually used in international propaganda to denounce and discredit an opponent’s foreign policy.
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Coxey's army was a protest march from unemployed workers from the US. they marched on Washington D.C the second year of the 4 year of the economic depression. They mainly wanted the federal government to use public works projects as a way to provide relief to the unemployed. The outcome of it was that he received a twenty day jail sentence and returned to massillon when he was released. -
The progressive movement was a political movement that was interested in furthering social and political reform that was caused by machines and limiting political influence of large corporations. The goals of the movements were to protect social welfare, prompt moral improvement, create economic reform, and to foster efficiency. The causes that causes this was industrial revolution, child labor, racial inequality, unsafe food, and working conditions.
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This was the conflict between the US and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in US acquisition of territories in the western pacific and latin america. The main causes of the war was that the US supported Cuba’s independence, to protest US business interests in Cuba, yellow journalism, and the sinking of the USS Maine. -
The French and Indian War was ended by the treaty of paris. The treaty of paris was where France gave up the territories in mainland North America, this ended the military threat to the british colonies. This helped formally show the British that the United States reached Independence. -
The Panama canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of panama. The Panama canal was in control of the US. Many in congress opposed the action of giving up the control. Giving up control was an enduring symbol of US power and technological powers. The canal was then turned over to the panamanians. -
The 19th amendment granted American women the right to vote, known as the women’s suffrage, it was ratified on Aug 18, 1920. It ended almost a century of protest. People raised public awareness and lobbied the government to grant voting rights to women. This lengthy battle emerged in the 19th amendment. -
Women's suffrage was the right of women by law to vote. It was a decade long fight to win the right. Activists and reformers fought for about 100 years to win this right over. -
The invention of television changed life. It was a new way to advertise and to be entertained. At first it wasn’t as popular but then grew in popularity. Its ads were mainly aimed at women because they were the ones who stayed home and advertised tools to help make cleaning much easier. The way a family was changed because of this invention. -
The stock market crash of 1929 was a collapse of stock prices that began on october 24,1929. The Dow Jones industrial average had dropped by 30 percent which marked the worst declines in the U.S. It destroyed confidence in Wall street markets and led to the Great depression. Millions of people invested their savings or borrowed money to buy stocks, pushing prices to unsuitable levels.
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The great depression was a huge stock market crash that caused the lower class to lose their homes, jobs, and business owned shops. Many things caused this great depression, there wasn’t one certain thing that caused it but many things, turned into one caused it. Some of the reasons that caused it were Banking panics, banks no longer had the money from those that had put money into their bank. Spending had also increased due to all the new forms of entertainment. -
The dust bowl was the drought in the southern plains region in the US. It had many severe dust storms during a dry period and had high winds that killed both people and livestock. Crops failed to grow and died off, which caused a food shortage and made a dent in the economy. It is believed that this dust bowl was caused because of poor agriculture practice and resulted in wind erosion. -
Hoovervilles were shacktowns or homeless encampments during the great depression due to the loss of homes. Hoovervilles were called this way because of President Herbert Hoover, they blamed him for the Great depression and everything that was led by the Great depression. Due to this he did not get to be president again but was maintained as a symbolism and reason for the Great Depression. -
The new deal was a series of programs that helped during the great depression. These programs were established by Franklin D Roosevelt to restore prosperity to americans. It did end up helping to restore security and was able to put people back to work. He also helped to restore banks. His deal had 3 R’s, they were relief, recovery, and reform. 2 of the benefits from the new deal that still go on was the social security administration and the federal deposit insurance corporation. -
Prohibition was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920-1933. The cause was to reduce crime and corruption. Also to improve health and hygiene in America. The 21st amendment repealed Prohibition. Many US citizens stockpiled personal reserves of beer, wine, and liquor before the ban took effect. -
The first one hundred days was the term of President Roosevelt's first three months as the president. During this time, FDR had managed to get congress to pass an unprecedented amount of new legislation that revolutionized the role of the federal government from that point of view. He also helped the banking systems by trying to restore Americans' faith in the economy. -
The social security act was an act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of federal old-age benefits and by enabling several states to make more adequate provision for aged persons. Although this helped older people to retire, it took money out of those that were working. -
McCarthyism is known for supposedly catching a large amount of communists and soviet spies and sympathizers infiltrating the US government. It publicized the disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. This fed into the fear of Russian spies and gave fire to the red scare. -
The attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military strike from the imperial Japanese Navy Air service to the US naval base. Japan wanted to attack because it was to prevent the US pacific fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in southeast asia against overseas territories of the united kingdom and netherlands. -
The GI bill is beneficial for the latest generation of service members and veterans. It gave some benefits that helped for tuition and fees, as well as a monthly housing allowance and stipend for textbooks and supplies for up to 36 months. They helped to pay for college, graduate school, and training programs. It was important because it helped reconstruct their lives. It helped to also emerge a middle class. -
The bretton woods system created a collective international currency exchange that lasted through the mod 1940s to the early 1970s. Its objectives were to ensure exchange rate stability, prevent competitive devaluations as well as promote economic growth. Unfortunately it failed because of the inflationary monetary policy that was not compatible for the key currency country of the system.
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The United State made 2 nuclear weapons to bomb Japan. The cities of Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were bombed on the 6 and 9 of August in 1945. The 2 bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. Many more people would later die of radiation poisoning.This action marked the first use of atomic weapons in war. -
Levvittowns were the names of several large suburban housing developments created in the US by William J. Levitt and Levvit and sons. They made homes in the suburbs which then became a popular place to live in. They all were the same model and were expensive at the time. The Housing bill had helped make these because it gave billions of dollars in credit and gave every American the chance to get a part of it. -
The Truman doctrine was the principle of the U.S. supporting countries or people threatened by soviet forces or sommunist insurrection. It helped to establish that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. The Truman doctrine was very successful and convinced many that the U.S. was locked in a life or death struggle with the Soviet Union. -
The cold war was the restricted rivalry that developed after WW2 between the US and the soviet union and their respective allies. Some of the causes of the cold war was the post war economic reconstruction and the US atomic bomb , and the berlin crisis. Americans were scared that they could get bombed at any moment and feared the communists overtaking. -
Jackie Robinson was the 1st black player in the major leagues. He was spiked, beaned, threatened by players who refused to play with or against him and he was refused service while on road. Before being hired to play in the major leagues he was tested to see if he could handle all the hate and hurtful words. He withstanded it which inspired millions to work hard. -
The Marshall Plan was a program or plan designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic. This plan generated a resurgence of European industrialization and brought extensive investment into the region. It also helped to be a stimulant to the U.S. economy by establishing markets for American goods. -
President Truman had ordered forces to South Korea to repulse the borths invasion. Truman had taken this chance with South Korea to send a message that the U.S will contain communism and come to aid their allies. It reflected on the marshall plan and Truman doctrine. This would help not only the US look good but also get economic benefits. -
Emmit Till was a 14 year old who was visiting his family in mississippi. Emmit Till was kidnapped and beaten and then shot for allegedly whistling at a white woman. 2 men were arrested for the crime but were then acquitted by an all white jury. They then later bragged about the crime in a magazine attack. This shocked the national d'provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks challenges the Jim Crow laws by refusing to give up her seat. She was then arrested and black leaders organized a boycott. 40,000 blacks in Montgomery participated in the boycott which lasted 382 days. The bus companies eventually joined in fighting the law in order to end the boycott and regain black customers which made up 75 percent of their business. -
By law blacks could go to white public schools but they were too fearful of the treatment they would receive. Most chose not to go but 9 students went and were known as the little rocks. Once the enrolled, governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas national guard to deny their entrance. The president then ordered us to stop but he wouldn’t. Since he wouldn't stop he was forced to threaten him with the airborne division which would help them get into the school. -
Passed by congress and signed into law by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958. It provides funding to improve American schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal was to enable the country’s educational system to meet the demands posed by the national security needs. NDEA is a major act of reform. It's the beginning of a large scale involving the U.S federal government in education.
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The Presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. Nixon was much stronger in person, he was more experienced and new what to do better. Kennedy was supported by those who watched T.V. because he new how he had too look on TV but didn’t have a strong stance or experience to be able to become president. -
She is the first to attend an all white elementary school and was escorted to and from school while being insulted and thrown objects. Teachers would call off anf kids would be taken out of class because they didn’t want their children near a black student. -
It's a nation’s military establishment. It’s the network of individuals and institutions involved in the production of weapons and military technologies. A country typically attempts to marshal political support for continued or increased military spending by the national government. Eisenhower was the one who made it famous by using it in his farewell address. His speech has come to be a concern about unchecked military expansion. -
It's a nation’s military establishment. It’s the network of individuals and institutions involved in the production of weapons and military technologies. A country typically attempts to marshal political support for continued or increased military spending by the national government. Eisenhower was the one who made it famous by using it in his farewell address. His speech has come to be a concern about unchecked military expansion. -
The bay of pigs was the cuban-exile invasion force known as Brigade 2506, they landed at beaches along the Bay of pigs and came under heavy fire. Cuban planes sank 2 escort ships and destroyed half of the exiles' air support. Although it was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push the Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. -
Over 1,000 students volunteers (both black and white) begin taking rides through the south to test new laws that outlawed segregation in buses and railway station. Those who were pro-segregation in the south used violence to prove their point. They would be bombed and beaten. the interstate commerce commission declared it would uphold the supreme courts ban on segregated bus terminals. -
The Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation in 1962 that brought the US and the Soviet Union close to war because of the Soviet nuclear armed ballistic missiles in cuba. A american spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites that were being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. It was most likely the most important point of the cold war, it caused the US and USSR to almost go to nuclear war and annihilation. -
On the march on Washington they held a political demonstration at Washington D.C. Civil rights leaders protested racial discrimination and showed support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in congress. This is also where Martin Luther King gave his “I have a Dream” speech. In the future it will help to get a civil rights act. -
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the civil war. It banned discrimination in local, state, and national elections and polling places. It was signed into law by president Lyndon B. Johnson. It offered African Americans a way of getting around the barriers of the state and local levels that prevented them from using the 15th amendment right to vote. They would also be asked non relative questions that no one would know from the top of their head. -
It outlawed the discriminatory woting practices adopted in many southern states after the civil war. It banned discrimination in local, state, and national elections and polling places. It was signed into law by president LyndonB. Johnson.It offered african americans a way of getting around the barriers of the state and local levels that prevented them from using the 15th amendment right to vote. They would also be asked non relative questions that no one would know from the top of their head. -
4 black college students sit down at a segregated lunch counter in a wool worths department store and ask to be served. When they are denied they refuse to leave and begin a sit in at the restaurant. The event inspires similar sit-in protests at lunch counters throughout the south.6 months after the 4 N.C. students were denied service, they were now able to be served lunch at the same Woolworth's lunch counter. -
The red scare was the overall fear of the rise of communism. It led Americans to fear that immigrants from Russia and southern and eastern europe were trying to overthrow the US government. Several were deported because of the red scare and people were often framed for being a communist even though they weren’t. They would even have guides on how to identify a communist who was trying to overthrow the US government. -
Cold war liberalism is liberal politicians and labor union leaders who supported democracy and equality. The basic idea of it was a political and moral philos[hy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. This supported the growth of the labor unions as well as the civil rights movement.
