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Christopher Columbus traveled the Atlantic Ocean to discover new lands for the King. He ended up landing in the Caribbean and was met by Native Americans. This is where it all started. -
The Stamp Act was mainly just taxes back then. It required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various papers, documents, and playing cards. Adverse colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors. -
The event in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation”. They dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
The Second Continental Congress helped USA to establish an army. It helped the people to appoint a general to lead, which was George Washington. It started up the making of money to help with the economy for USA. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington. As well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. -
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. In this case, a long history of abuses has led the colonists to overthrow a tyrannical government. -
This battle was a big victory for George Washington and represented and huge turning point in the war. There, a group of British soldiers get surrounded by many of George Washington's men and they are forced to surrender. If we wouldn't have taken this group out, the war might've had a different outcome. -
This treaty ended the revolutionary war. USA was granted British lands between the Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River and North to British Canada. This was important because now USA was able to establish better. -
The Presidential Cabinet was established to help the President with decision and running of the country. The congress created departments to help him out. This helped our country become a little more efficient in making decisions and such. -
This treaty was important because it made it so that Spain allowed USA the right to travel the Mississippi River and use the Port of New Orleans. This is good because now we can gain another route to get resources and help expand our military inventory. -
This affair between the French and America was when America sent three diplomats to negotiate with the French and they wanted 250,000 to just hear their questions. This was a huge slap in the face for America and became angry. America wanted war but Adams creates peace. -
In this election, Thomas Jefferson wins and ends the "federalist era". This victory for him is known as the "revolution of 1800". This was important because it sort of proved that our country can change and change is good for our country and political system. -
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi. -
The Embargo Act made it so that British closed off all foreign products from coming into America. This angered us and we were struggling with not having new resources. This was one of the main causes for the war of 1812 -
This battle took place during the War of 1812, and was important because America defeated the British and Indian forces in Canada. Tecumseh's death ends Indian residence in the Ohio River Valley. This was important because we realize we can compete with any country. -
This treaty ends the War of 1812 between the British and America. This was a big war win for America and helped us to establish our power to the British. This was a strong representative for military. -
This battle was big for us after we hid and ambushed the British in New Orleans. Andrew Jackson was awarded with cause of the win for the war of 1812. This was the nail in the coffin to official say they won. This is important because it makes America, America. -
After the war of 1812, the Embargo Act was repealed and allowed America to have interchangeable parts and foreign products brought in to help with making of the country. This was important because now more and more huge inventions are going to be created to bring up power of America -
The Missouri Compromise was meant to create balance between slave and non-slave states. With it, the country was equally divided between slave and free states. Admitting Missouri as a slave state gave the south one more state than the north. Adding Maine as a free state balanced things out again. -
U.S. President James Monroe proclaimed the United States as protector of the Western Hemisphere. The doctrine became a mainstay of U.S. foreign policy, laying the groundwork for U.S. expansionist and interventionist practices in the decades to come.
He wanted to separate the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe. -
This tariff was mainly an effect on southern people because it affected the southern economy widely. It set a 38% tax on imported goods and a 45% tax on certain imported raw materials. This angered a lot of people. -
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. In exchange they got white settlement of their ancestral lands. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Nat Turner destroyed the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion. His revolt hardened proslavery attitudes among Southern whites and led to new oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of slaves. -
The 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 reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar, killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside. -
The Texas annexation was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America. Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state. The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836. -
The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico. It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim). -
The desire to address this inequality and challenge the country to live up to its revolutionary promise led to a two-day convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.Wwhere 300 women and men gathered to debate Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments. This started the women's suffrage movement. -
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. It provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble and steadfast in his beliefs. While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva, an angelic and forgiving young girl, whose grateful father then purchases Tom. Stowe became one of the leading voices in the anti slavery movement. -
Bleeding Kansas was a mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the newly created Kansas Territory. Many Northerners intended to prevent slavery at all costs. -
A decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories. They denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. They took away his ability to become a freeman. -
A former Whig, Lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. His election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War. After being sworn in as president, Lincoln refused to accept any resolution that would result in Southern secession from the Union. -
This was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia (the Confederate Army did not yet exist). The return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army. this angered Americans and started the American Civil War. -
The First Manassas or Bull Run resulted in thousands of lives lost and is referred to as the first major land battle of the American Civil war. It was also highly crucial as two inexperienced armies fought on the battlefield for the first time. -
To help develop the American West and spur economic growth, Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862. Which provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land. The act distributed millions of acres of western land to individual settlers. -
A victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. Following the Battle of Shiloh General Ulysses S. Grant's Union army moved south. Grant hoped to secure control of the Mississippi River for the Union. -
In a must-win clash, Union forces halted the northern invasion of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army. The Union's eventual victory in the Battle of Gettysburg would give the North a major morale boost and put a definitive end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North. -
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union. The Fourteenth Amendment provided former slaves with national citizenship. The Fifteenth Amendment granted black men the right to vote. -
Reactions to the purchase in the United States were mostly positive, as many believed possession of Alaska would serve as a base to expand American trade in Asia. Some opponents labeled the purchase as "Seward's Folly", or "Seward's Icebox", as they contended that the United States had acquired useless land. -
The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States,". This included formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the states. -
NWSA (National Women's Suffrage Association) was a way for women to finally gain rights. It worked to help women be able to vote freely. Women agreed that alcoholism was the root of all evil. They had peaceful riots and reforms against the Government. -
In the election for USG, Susan B Anthony and 3 other women walked into a barbershop and tried to cast a vote. She tried to make claims about the 14th amendment. They weren't able to vote but they left a statement and started the main movement in the suffrage. -
Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River. A force of 1,200 Native Americans turned back the first column. -
The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement after the American Civil War between leaders of the Democrats, who mostly ruled the South, and the Republicans, who mostly ruled the North. The Republicans promised to remove the Army from the occupied territory of the South, thus ending the Reconstruction era. -
The Dawes Act of 1887 regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. It authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals. -
This book was written by Jacob Riis who exposed somethings. He exposed the horrible conditions that these poor people lived in. It was finally shown to middle and upper class people who were surprised by it. It served as a basis for future muckraking in America. -
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It played a pivotal role in the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
Wounded Knee Massacre, the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army's late 19th-century efforts to repress the Plains Indians. -
Through hard work African Americans could build prosperity. Booker T. Washington had a speech that was very inspirational towards all blacks. This was a request for blacks to be able to flourish and grow just like whites were. It gave African Americans responsibilities to prove themselves to everyone. -
In Plessy v. Homer Plessy, seven-eighths white, seated himself in the whites-only car and was arrested. He argued that Louisiana's segregation law violated the 13th Amendment banning of slavery and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. He should've become a freeman but instead was told the main idea of "separate but equal". -
The victory allowed the United States to begin a siege of Santiago de Cuba. This led to Spanish surrender and the end of the Spanish-American War. The American press was effusive in its praise of the United States forces. -
Ultimately, annexation was achieved due to the perceived threat of the Japanese invasion. Waves of Japanese came to the islands in increasing numbers to work in the sugar trade. U.S. military leaders feared potential Japanese occupation of the islands and created a strategic naval base in the center of the Pacific. -
President McKinley was inaugurated in March of 1901. Later that year in September he was shot and killed. After his death, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in from the Vice President position. This is big because now Roosevelt can take over and make changes. -
This act was an expansion of an old tenement housing act. It banned construction of dark, poorly ventilated buildings in the state of New York. It outlawed the construction of the dumbbell-shaped style tenement housing and set minimum size requirements for tenement housing. It also mandated the installation of lighting, better ventilation, and indoor bathrooms -
The Wisconsin Plan was an idea to help end the First World War. This plan helped to create better health and ways of life for all states. It was based off of Recall, Refreedom, and Initiative. It would help create more of a Democracy in U.S. It did away with all of the monopolies and such to help grow the economy. -
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Is a civil rights Organization. This was a mission to insure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States. This eliminated race prejudice with all races between whites. -
First war between multiple countries across the world. We got involved and were a main cause for the victory. This affected our economy and culture for the rest of history. -
The Panama Canal opened up a new way for imports. It was known as one of the wonders of the world. It helped out with military transport for the war. It linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. -
National Parks were official created and protected to preserve different areas. Whether those areas be historical areas or natural wild lands. It helped with visitors to enjoy the natural beauty of America. -
This was a document signed to end the First World War. This also forced Germany and such to take all the blame for the war. They also had to get rid of a lot of their military power. -
This granted women the right to vote. It stated that someone couldn’t be prevented from voting because of their sex. This was big for women cause now they could participate and have purpose in their communities. -
This war was started because of hitler and his reign. He started to take over European countries and so we had to come in and help. Tons of advancements made this war last longer and become even deadlier than any war. -
On a Sunday we had harbored most of our fleet and ships. Japan thought we were hiding something from then and they wanted to attack. They sent 30+ planes and bombers and bombed most of our ships. It set us back but that was when we really started to get serious about the war. -
Filburn said that his farming activities were outside of government rule. He said that they were taking advantage of him and selling him out of his farming. This was a case where the federal government was overusing their power. -
This was known as D Day. It was a result of the Pearl Harbor attack and we we’re going to Normandy, France. This was a long process and a very well executed one with setups and mix communication so that we could have every chance to win. This would give us a big upper hand in the war. -
An American B-29 plane flew over Hiroshima and dropped an atomic bomb. It wiped out most of the city and left Japan stranded. We did it because we got word that they had a successful atomic bomb test. -
The Cold War had begun with the Russians. The Soviet Union was taking over half of Great Britain. The Soviets we’re trying to split our relationship with GB so we had to bare down. -
In the late 1940s started the baby boom. This was after World War 2 had ended and now we could have all the husbands come back home. Once home the population started to rapidly go up which caused a baby boom. -
Because of the Berlin Wall being built our allies were in need of help. We decided to send supplies by air since we couldn’t do it by land. We dropped supplies from big planes down to the parts of Berlin in need. We did this for months and months until finally the wall was taken down. -
The Korean War started with the attack of north on south. We had a relationship with south so we went and joined in. The main attack was on the 38th parallel dividing the two sections of Korea up. -
There was such segregation in public schools and people had enough of it. It was took to court and found that it was impeding in the 14th amendment. This said that there cannot be any segregation in any public schools. -
Fidel Castro took over Cuba as a communist. He was a little under control of the Soviet’s and was the driving force in the Cuban Revolution. This was a problem for us because they were so close to us and they had bombs. -
This war was very important to our country and our future. We joined in efforts to try and stop the spread of communism. There were a lot of economic interests in this and so we put a decent amount of effort into it. -
This caused segregation to be banned on all buses. If bud companies were to keep blacks off the buses then they would lose more than half their customers. -
The people of Hungary started an uprise because of their beliefs. They felt that their basic freedoms like speech etc were being violated. They also were mad that they were short on gas and harvest inventory. -
The race to space was huge for our advancements. The Soviet’s ended up getting the first satellite in space. It was called the Sputnik and it orbited for about 3 weeks until it ran out of batteries. -
We needed to catch up to the Soviet’s in space discovery. NASA was intended to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere. -
This act was important towards the leaders of America. This strengthen voting powers and expand the enforcement powers of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 -
The Berlin Wall was built to divide the communist part of Germany to the prosperous part. The wall divided families from different parts of the country and caused lots of problems. The communists started to take over Germany. -
While riding in a Presidential Motorcade, JFK was shot and killed. He was murdered next to his wife in Dallas. LBJ took over after JFK and had to fill a lot of shoes. -
The Soviet’s were the first to “walk in space”. A Soviet astronaut left the capsule tied to a rope and did a free float. This was a huge step in space race. -
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to be a Supreme Court justice leader. He fought in the Jim Crow debate. He led many activists and was a big part of the civil rights movements. -
MLK Jr. was a major leader in the civil rights movements. He gave the I have a dream speech and inspired many African Americans. He was shot and killed in Memphis, TN. -
This fair housing act gives them protection from discrimination in realty. This makes it illegal to prevent selling property to other people because of race. -
Apollo 11 was a mission for NASA that was going to the moon. They were able to successfully land and have someone walk on the moon. This set us ahead of the Soviet’s in the space race and gave us a boost to do more with the moon. -
The watergate scandal was based off of Nixon and his alleged men breaking into government building and rigging. He was said to be in charge of the men to tap phones and steal documents. This put Nixon in a pickle and eventually forced him to resign from office. -
This act changed the standard tax amount from 50% to 28%. This was big for many families cause now they could actually build their income and not have to give up so much money to the government. This had a huge impact on the market and tax sellers. -
Space Shuttle Challenger was set to take off for space. While taking off things went wrong and ended up exploding midair not far from the ground. It killed all 7 people inside and was the first fatal accident in US space history.