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Period: 30,000 BCE to
Beginnings to Exploration
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8000 BCE
Mesoamerica: Beginning of New World agriculture
In the beginning, the Mesoamerican were relying on nomadic lifestyles like hunting and gathering for food. Later they found out another way to get food more easier and more abundant than hunting. They started to gather wild plants to increase their food variety so if hunting for food is getting hard, they can rely on the plants to help not starve. -
750 BCE
Maya: Written Language
The Maya writing was one of the most visually writing systems in the world. It got unique signs in form of humans, animals, and objects. The signs are either to express meaning or denote sound values. The Mayan Script have about 550 whole words, 150 syllables, and about 100 glyphs that represent place and gods. -
476 BCE
Rome: Fall of the Empire
There are a lot of factors that goes into the fall of Rome. Rome lost their military strengths because of the constant invasions of the Barbarian tribes. By constant war and overspending, the taxes widened the gap between the rich and the poor and people started to leave. The size of the population made it hard to govern and is very dangerous. More than 20 men have took throne in 75 year. -
1330
The Dark Ages: Catholic Church
The Dark Ages happen because of the fall of Rome. Life was difficult and chaotic, there were no central government and trading and communication stops. Even though the Dark Ages is bad for most of the Orthodox Christians viewed that this time was a period of Catholic corruption. The Catholic Church views this period as a good religious era "The Age of Faith". -
1345
Aztecs: Caste System
People in the Aztecs were nobles, commoners, serfs, or slaves. The highest rank on the social hierarchy are the noble which included government and military leaders, priest, and lords. Below the nobles are the commoner which included farmers, artisans, and merchants. Below the commoners are the serfs and slaves. Serfs work on lands that are owned by the nobles and slaves are people like prisoners of war. -
1347
The Black Death: Rats/Fleas
The Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The Yersinia pestis infected the rats fleas and also other small rodents. When the animal die, the infected fleas on the animal started to traveled to human and biting them. The Black Death was traveled through human to human by bacterium like coughing and close contact. -
1492
The Columbian Exchange: Diseases
Before the Columbian Exchange, there were no smallpox, mumps, measles, polio, and hepatitis. Smallpox was one of the major disease that affected the new world. Smallpox killed a massive amount of Native American because of the sudden introduction that they never seen before and their weak immune systems because they are not immune to these foreign diseases. -
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English Colonial Societies
1600-1710 -
Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia Tobacco
John Rolfe, a Englishman found that tobacco would grow well in Virginia. The potential cash value of tobacco made the colonist to began to plant it everywhere they can. Tobacco was the safest currency for the Chesapeake colonies and can use it to trade for gold. -
Maryland: George Calvert
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore also called Sir George Calvert was the first person to dream of a colony in America where Catholics and protestants could come together and be united. George Calvert was born in Yorkshire, England in 1578. He was a English statesman that was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and became the secretary to Robert Cecil. -
Charter Colonies: New York
New York was one of the original 13 colonies and classified as the Middle Colonies. New York was founded by the Duke of York and named after the Duke of York, the brother of King Charles II. The founding of the New York colony was to trade and to make profit. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony: John Winthrop
John Winthrop was one of the people that founded the Massachusetts bay colony. He was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He was a religious person in his early life, studying scriptures and prayers and trained himself into a Puritan. -
New England: Puritans
Puritans was a religious reform movement in the church of England. They didn't like that a lot of the church were catholic church. By the 1630s, large population of Puritan families came to the New England colony. They believed the Church of England are unscriptural. -
Pennsylvania: William Penn
King Charles II owed William Penn's Dad a huge debt so he awarded William Penn land in the New World. Penn saw a opening to spread his faith because of the persecution in England, he have to establish a religious refuge. Penn started to develop a good relationship with the Native Americans, women have a better freedom in the Quaker society than anywhere else. -
Caribbean Colonies: Sugars
Sugar was the start of slave trade that brought Africans to the Americans. Europeans introduced to sugar by the Arabs and were demanding a huge price for sugar. Profits on sugar trade was so good that it helped America gets its independence from Great Britain. -
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Colonial America to 1763
1710-1763 -
Triangular Trade
Was a trading system in the Atlantic Ocean between west Africa, American colonies, and the European. The triangular trade included trading slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods. -
Slavery: The Lower South
The production of cotton caused the slavery in the south. Most of the slaves worked on the field or house slaves on plantation. The soil in the lower south was hard and the planters were richer than the north -
The Great Awakening: John Edwards
John Edward was a minister and a philosopher who was very religious. He was a puritans that held the reformed theology which is a protestant movement reformed the theological perspective held by the Catholic Church. -
Seven Years War: Great Britain
Great Britain has the world strongest colonial power and France went to war with them to be the strongest. Britain wanted to have more land to the west so they went to war and defeated France, The outcome of the war impacted the borders and America. During the war, the Native American was mostly on the France side because they didn't want Britain to take their land. -
The Enlightenment: John Locke
He was a English philosopher born on August 29, 1632 and died on October 28, 1704. He has a ideas that influenced the development on Political Philosophy but was most influential to the early enlightenment thinkers. He was known as the "Father of Liberalism". His 3 natural rights that he believed are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the idea that the people and the government should work together, and the citizens can kick the leader out is they are not protecting their people. -
Virtual Representation: Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was a undocumented policy that Britain made to avoid strict enforcement of parliamentary laws and to keep the American colonies to listen to Great Britain -
The Seven War: Treaty of Paris of 1763
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 says that France have to give up all its territories in the mainland of North America and ending foreign military threat to British colonies in the New World. The Britain and the France was at war because the winner will be the world super power and the outcome impacted the borders and America. During the war, the Native American was mostly on the France side because they didn't want Britain to take their land. -
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The Revolutionary War 1763-1783
1763-1783 -
Act of Parliament: Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament to imposed it on all American colonist to make them pay tax on any paper they used even playing cards. -
Boston Massacre: Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a American silversmith, engraver, and a early industrialist that painted the famous painting of the Boston Massacre in King's street. A shot heard and then British soldiers started to fired on civilians. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a petition made by the second continental congress for peace during the American Revolution They begged the king to stop the hostilities. -
Battle of Lexington: Shot Heard 'Round the World
The Battle of Lexington was the first battle in the American Revolution. It started by a shot but no one know who shot so war broke out against Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. -
Common Sense: Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, a founding father who wrote the common sense to get independence from Great Britain to the thirteenth colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States was in charged with writing the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was to declared independence from Great Britain. -
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The Constitution
1777-1788 -
Problem with Great Britain: Mississippi River
The Article of Confederation was put to the test with problem with Great Britain over trade, and military forts left on American soil on the Mississippi River. -
Massachusetts Constitution: US Constitution Model
Massachusetts Constitution was the adoption of the federal constitution. John Adams drafted the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to served as a model for the United States Constitution. -
Articles of Confederation: Problems
The problem of the Articles of Confederation was that it was too weak. The government was too weak to enforce laws and had no power. The Continental congress have to borrowed money to fight in the Revolutionary war. -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was the treaty that was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III and the representatives of the United States of America to end the American Revolutionary War. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion occurred in western Massachusetts. Cause the Article of Confederation was too weak, Daniel Shays led a rebellion to prevent the courts from foreclosing farms to farmers that couldn't pay their taxes. -
American Virtue: Education
The American Virtue was to celebrated the ideals of republicanism and involved citizens in the state constitutions. The American Virtue educated their citizens. -
Age of the Common Man: Davy Crockett
David Crockett was a American folk hero, soldier, and a politician. When he was a member of the US House of Representatives, he represented Tennessee and also served in the Texas Revolution. He grew up in Tennessee where he got known for hunting and telling story and people called him the King of the Wild Frontier. During the Texas Revolution, he was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. -
Constitutional Convention: Two Plan
The constitutional convention was saved by the Great Compromise. Before it was for proportional representation in the House and the other per state in the senate and was later change into two plan. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance purpose was to allow new states to the union and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
Election of 1788: George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. Everybody loves him and treated him like a God. Washington was in office for two term. -
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The New Republic
1789-1800 -
Whiskey Rebellion: First National Test
The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of the Constitution. The rebellion was on tax on whiskey. George Washington was the president during this time and he called a militias there to end the rebellion. -
Bank of The United States: Currency Stabilization
The Bank of The United States was the first bank in the United States proposed by Alexander Hamilton. The bank was use for federal funds and as government's fiscal agent. -
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is in the Constitution that is the first 10 amendments written by James Madison. The Bill of Rights was written for protection of individual rights. -
Slavery: Cotton Gin
When the cotton gin was develop, the need of slaves reduced because the cotton gin can easily separates the cotton from its seed and take shorter than by hand.This made cotton more profitable for planter and slaves. -
Election of 1796: Thomas Jefferson
The Election of 1796 was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson will become the vice presidents while John Adams will going to be presidents. -
Adam's Presidency: XYZ Affair
XYZ was created because of the incident when the french attempted to bribe and loans money from the US diplomats in exchange for a agreement. It later led to a Naval War between the two sides. -
Labor Changes: Mass Production
Mass production is producing a large amount of a product usually by a machine and the priced of that object will reduced. Eli Whitney was the person who introduced mass production in 1798. -
Kentucky Resolution
The Kentucky Resolutions was a political statement that was drafted in the 1798. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional -
Free Black Communities
Free black communities are in the North created by free African American to get equal rights from slavery and racism. Even though the North is free, there were still segregation between white and color. -
Second Great Awakening: Education
The Second Great Awakening was a Christian renewal movement that swept through towns in upstate New York and through the frontier regions of Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and South Carolina. Charles Finney was one of the most important leaders of this movement. It caused a new interest in religion to spread to New England and the South and it renewed religious faith throughout America. Finney taught new converts to prove their faith by good deeds. -
Nativism: Immigration
Nativist is a political party that favored people that are born in the US then immigrants. Nativists blamed the immigrants for the problem in America and so they don't want immigrants coming to the US but their political party will disappear around 1860.Nativism is favoritism toward native-born Americans, caused immigrants issues with jobs and adapting to the new culture and language -
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The Age of Jefferson
1800-1824 -
Jefferson Administration
Jefferson was a very different president than the others and was even mocked by the federalist. Jefferson dressed very casual walking around the White House. He would ride horseback instead of a carriage and do a lot of things normal citizens would do. Jefferson didn't like Constitution, or National Bank. Democratic Republican, anti-Hamiltonian. Stopped funding Navy. Dominated by Embargo Act. Secretary of State was Madison. -
Hamilton vs. Burr: Loss of Federalist Ideas
The duel between Hamilton and Burr was illegal. During the duel, Hamilton took the first shot and miss on purpose thinking that Burr would not shoot him because he would loose his reputation but Burr shot Hamilton and Hamilton died a day later. Burr accepts Federalist proposal. Hamilton accuses Burr of plotting treason. Burr lost New York election, blames Hamilton. Dueled for honor, killed Hamilton -
Madison Presidency: Embargo Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a law passed by Congress forbidding all exportation of goods from the United States. Britian and France had been continuously harassing the U.S. and siezing U.S. ship's and men. The U.S. was not prepared to fight in a war, so Jefferson hoped to weaken Brittian and France by stopping trade. The Embargo Act ended up hurting our economy It was repealed in 1809. The act helped to revive the Federalists. It caused New England's industry to grow. It led to the War of 1812. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 occurred between the US and the greatest naval power in the world back then, Great Britain because the British keep restricting US trade, British impressment of American men in ships, and that the Americans wanted to expand their land. The war established that the US was just as strong as Britain and the injustice of what Britain did to them rose the script of the National Anthem. Achieved pushing off the First Nations(Native Americans) off their settlement. -
Slums: Location
Slums are located in urban area where large population of people lived mainly poor people. The area is very packed and close together with run down house and social disorganization. Slums housed many of the urban poor, they were often very crowded, they were often densely populated , usually by new immigrants. -
Southern Society: Yeoman Farmers
Yeoman farmers are the ideal of Americans. They own farm that they worked with their family and no slaves. They are hardworking and independent. Yeoman has the largest number of white farmers in the era.They were small landowners (the majority of white families in the south) who farmed their own land and usually did not own slaves -
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The American Industrial Revolution
1815-1848 -
Panic of 1819: One of the Worst recessions in US History
The panic of 1819 happened because of the war of 1812. After the war, bank began to fail mortgages causing people to use their home and property. The panic of 1819 was a major financial crisis in the US.The Panic of 1819 was the first major financial crisis in the United States. It featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812. -
McCullough vs Maryland
McCullough vs. Maryland was two supreme court cases. It gave the federal government implies power under the Constitution to create a second bank. This case Strengthened federal authority and upheld the constitutionality of the bank of the United States by establishing that the state of Maryland did not have the power to tax the bank. -
Florida: Andrew Jackson
After the US won the battle of New Orleans, they wanted to get Florida from Spain. Jackson captured the Spanish forts and attacked the Florida Seminoles to make them sell the land to the US. Eventually Spain sold Florida to the United States. There were campaigns against Seminoles and outlawed Negros from Pensacola to Suwanee . And they executed 2 British citizens whom he accused of inciting the Indians of the region against the United States. -
Architecture: Greek Revival
The style of the Greek gained popularity by exploration. The movement was the building style imitated by ancient Greek structural. During this time, Greek was new so people started to gain popularity in their style so they started to copy their architecture. -
Western Frontier: Fur Traders
Fur Trading was making huge profits with the Western Frontiers. The trade in fur coats such a beavers start to decrease and almost went into extinction because of fashion change overtime. Swedes, Dutch, French, British, Spaniards, Russians and Americans all participated in the pelt trade. The fur trade too place across the country, thought it was popular in the Great Lakes area, among the northern states and throughout Canada as well. -
Milennialism: Mormons
The Mormons were a religious group which began with Prophet Joseph Smith in New York. They love their savior Jesus Christ and Jesus is the central to their belief. This religion was a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking; moved from IL to Utah -
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1820-1850 -
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Age of Jackson
1824-1840 -
Election of 1824: Results
No one won a majority of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay. Clay dropped out and urged his supporters in the House to throw their votes behind Adams. Jackson and his followers were furious and accused Adams and Clay of a "corrupt bargain.", John Quincy Adams won after Henry Clay gave his support to Adams. Adams appoinsts Clay as his secretary of state, Jackson's supporters raged that a corrupt bargain had cheated Jackson of presidency. -
Presidency of John Quincy Adams: American System
During John Quincy Adams presidency, he wanted to pass the law of an industry tariffs and a new national bank because it would strengthen the country. This system was also known as the American Way; mercantilist economic plan based on the "American School" ideas of Alexander Hamilton consisting of a high tariff to support internal improvement; plan was advanced by the Whig Party, more specifically Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and John Quincy Adams. -
Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement was social movement against alcohol. People were drinking alcohol too much and started to do dumb things which causes some states banned alcohol due to the intoxication. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery. a term used to describe religious, ideological, and cultural aspects of the various denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. -
Election of 1828: Andrew Jackson
During the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson wanted a new strategy. The Democratic Party merged its strength from the existing supporters of Jackson. Andrew Jackson got more electoral votes and popular votes and won the election against Quincy Adams.The election was between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Adams wants a navy, army, university, and observatory, but Jacksonians are doing lots of uprisings.Many more people voted for Jackson so he didn't get robbed again and Jackson won -
Jackson Administration: Spoil System
The Spoil system was also known as the patronage system was in politics and the government. The spoil system allows the government civil service job to their supporter. All of Jackson supporters were offered a new government position. The spoils system was a method of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit. The name was derived from the phrase "to the victor go the spoils". -
Slavery: Abolitionist
Abolitionism was the movement in opposition to slavery,often demanding immediate,uncompensated emancipation of all slaves.This was generally considered radical,and there were only a few adamant abolitionists prior to the Civil War. Almost all abolitionists advocated legal, but not social equality for blacks. Many abolitionists,such as William Lloyd Garrison were extremely vocal and helped to make slavery a national issue, creating sectional tension because most abolitionists were from the North. -
Changes in Communication: Telegraph
During the 1830, one major changing in communication would be the creation of the telegraph. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph to communicate long distance and to receive and send faster. Samuel Morse used electrical transmitting signals to make the telegraph work.Newspaper reporters used the telegraph to send their stories to newspaper offices. During the Civil War, armies used the telegraph to send military messages between units. -
Changes in Transportation: Steamboats
New transportation grew because of factories and increasing in agricultural production. John Fitch built steamboats to help for transporting goods quicker. The first actual successful steamboat was called Clermont. Clermont traveled up the Hudson River from NYC to Albany. These boats were powered by steam and the steam-propelled paddles that increased the speed of river travel. Thus making trade increase exponentially. -
Election of 1836: Whig Party
During the election of 1836 several Whig party candidates like William Harrison, Hugh White, and Daniel Webster were defeated by Martin Van Buren. The Whigs believed in the strong power of Congress such as banking and modernization. This election was between Martin Van Buren won, Jackson supported him (blamed for the Panic of 1837, not Andrew Jackson) vs. the Whig's Favorite Sons -
Jackson Administration: Trail of Tears
The trail of tears is the process of removing the Indian to the Indian territory now the territory is the state Oklahoma. The settlers removed the Indian because the land the Indian are living in are good for growing cotton. The result of that caused the natives to traveled a long, deadly, and difficult journey to the Indian Territory -
Manifest Destiny: Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of 6 millions African Americans from the south to urban cities in the North. During this time period it took up to 5 to 6 months to the overland trail. The urban life had and huge impact , many were in need for industrial worker. Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could but, was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
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Westward Expansion
1840-1848 -
Mexican American War: General Robert E. Lee
The General of the Confederate troops; he was prosperous in many battles; was defeated at Antietam in 1862 when he retreated across the Potomac; this halt of Lee's troops justified Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation; he was defeated at Gettysburg by General Mead's Union troops; surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. -
Slavery: Wilmot Proviso
This bill proposed after the Mexican War that stated that neither slavery no involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any territory gained from Mexico. It was never passed through both houses but it transformed the debate of slavery. This proposal to prohibit slavery in any land acquired in the Mexican War, but southern senators, led by John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, defeated the measure in 1846 and 1847. It Failed -
Mexican American War: Battle of Palo Alto
The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major engagement of the Mexican American war. The Battle of Palo Alto took place on the plain of Palo Alto, which was a natural battlefield. The battle tactics used in the Battle of Palo Alto were crucial to the results, as well as the generals of the armies.It ended in a standoff. -
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Sectionalism
1848-1861 -
California Gold Rush: Mass Migration
The California Gold rush had an Mass migration between new territories and slavery. Thousand migrated during this time and found gold. After a while mining will began and support the industries. Chinese migrated and worked in the worst mines and face plenty of racial activate. News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
Slavery: Election of 1848
During the election of 1848 the free soil party opposed to further the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Candidates: 1. Zachary Taylor-winner, honest, ignorant (whig- popular because he was the hero of Mexican War, north: he was a whig, south: owned many slaves) 2. Martin Van Buren (Free Soil Party- made slavery an issue) 3. Lewis Cass-father of popular sovereignty (Democrat). Zachary Taylor became president, died in office, making his vice president Millard Fillmore president -
Western Frontier: Trappers
A trapper is basically a mountain man and explorer who lives in the wilderness. Trappers were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s). They collected furs and explored the vastful land of the unknown territiry. -
Slavery: Fire-eaters
Fire-eaters are a group of politicians that wanted slavery and also wanted the south to succeed from the North into their own nation. The leader of this group is Robert Barnwell Rhett, a politics of South Carolina.The term "Fire Eaters" refers to a group of pro-slavery, extremist. Often politicians, Fire Easters were from the South and urged the separation of southern states into a new nation. This later became known as the Confederate States of America. POLITICAL. -
Election of 1852: Ended the Whig Party
During the election of 1852 the Whig party eventually ended. The compromise of 1850 fractured the Whigs den cling pro and anti-slavery. After all, the anti-slavery had enough power to deny fill more during the election of 1852 and the over expansion of slavery to the territories. This presidential election pitted Winfield Scott (Whig) vs. Franklin Pierce (Democrat); Pierce, the only president from New Hampshire, wins the election 254 to 42 electorally -
Republican Party: Anti-Slavery
During the Republican party of 1854 Anti-slavery play a big role. Their society was Americans sense of religious principles ans conscience. They wanted Blacks to be free and have racial equality as whites. Anti-Slavery person were more in urban cities and wanted to stop the use of slaves and abuse living in the United states. -
Election of 1860: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States. The election was all divided as a Democratic Party. Lincol only received 40 percent of the popular vote but was able to defeat three other candidates. The Republicans won because the democratic party was divided over the issue of slavery. -
South: Military Leadership
The Military Leadership in the South was full with Civil War Generals and Commanders during the war. Hundreds of Generals commissioned during this time the union and even Confederate armies. After all, the military leadership was a great history of competent leaders.A well known General would be General RObert E. Lee ,,one of his main plans towards the end of the civil war was to wait for a new president to come into office to make peace with. -
Neutral States: Missouri
During the civil War Missouri was considered as a Neutral State. It was claimed by the Union and The confederacy to compete the states government. Missouri is important becuase it controled parts of the Mississippi River and major routes to the West. -
Women at Work: Nurses
During the Civil War in the north and South, thousands of women served as volunteer nurses during this time.They agency was to supply soldiers and and deliver care to wounded soldiers on both sides.Nurse were merely volunteers who showed up at the military hospitals. -
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The Civil War
1861-1865 -
Confederate States of American: Fort Sumter
Built following the War of 1812, and still not completely finished by 1861, the fort is located in Charleston Harbor, SC. Fort Sumter is best remembered for the Battle of Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the civil war were fired. Once the Confederate States of America took control of Charleston Harbor, they soon aimed costal guns on the fort, and fired. After the battle, 4 more states seceeded, and their was more support for military action. -
International: Trent Affair
During the Civil War the Trent Affair was the admiral removal of diplomats of British ships. This ending up treating war between the United States and Britain and France.Union warship stopped a British ship on way to England and arrested 2 Confederate diplomats-James Mason and John Slidell. Britain prepared for war against US-sent troops to CanadaLincoln decided to release Confederates because he did not want to fight a two front war. He said Captain of Union Ship acted without orders -
The War: Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was when the Union gains control of Mississippi.During this time confederacy split in two and grant eventually takes lead if the union armies which made the total wars begin. It was the key strategic position during the American Civil War.Grant decided to take it from South and opened siege; Confederate forces unable to unite, and after about six weeks Vicksburg's defenders surrendered on July 4, 1863 -
Plans: Lincoln's 10% Plan
Lincoln made the 10% plan after the Civil War ended. Lincoln knows that the South legally seceded from the north so he was being forgiving and say that the south can join back if 10 percent of the voter swore an oath of allegiance to the north. Lincoln's reconstruction plan which would allow a southern state to reenter the union if only 10% of the voters in that state pledged alleigance to the union. -
Plans: Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill was an important to national and congressional power. It was sponsored by the radical Republican Benjamin F Wade and Henry W. Davis. The bill was a response in opposition to president Lincolns lenient Proclamation of Amnesty. an 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office for anyone who had fought for the Confederacy...Lincoln refused to sign this bill thinking it was too harsh. -
Andrew Johnson Administration: Johnson Racist
Andrew Johnson Administration was the implemented plant that gave the white south a free hand in the regulating the transition from slavery to freedom. The racist Southerner Johnson was charged with the reconstruction of the south and extension civil rights and suffrage of free black slaves. He didn't grant the full equality to blacks which further causes an political influence in the South. -
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Reconstruction
1865-1877 -
Former Slaves: White Resistance KKK
The White Resistance know as the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK was a secret domestic organizations in the United States. They were known for advocating white supremacy. They were very violent and abusing on African American. It started in Tennessee and spread to all other southern states; its purpose was to maintain white supremacy through acts of violence (beatings, lynchings, and burning houses); resulted in increased violence and limitations on civil rights -
Leaders: Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S Grant was the Union Army general during the Civil War and was the 18th presidents of the United States. As general President Abraham Lincoln chose him to lead the Union Army to achieve victory over the confederacy. He became the first president after the Civil War; previously a Union General who defeated General Lee at Appomattox Court House, which ended the Civil War; during presidency several scams passed through Congress; the Panic of 1873 (over speculation) came about in his reign -
Grant Administration: Horatio Seymour
The Grant Administration was the first presidential election after the Civil. Horatio Seymour was an American Politician who served as Governor of New York from 1842-1846. He went for a second term but lost because of the prohibiting of liquor. He was the conservative former New York governor nominated by the Democrats for the 1868 presidential election. -
North: Industrialization
Industrialization in the North was based off factories. 97 percent of the factories was on weapons manufacturing and and the other percent was clothing. The industrialization transformed the economy from an agricultural to manufacturing goods.This was the key factor in the increase of immigration to the United States. Includes the following: growth in manufacturing, increased embrace of mechanical production, expanding of natural-resource forms of energy, spread of the wage-labor system. -
The New South: Economic Boom
The New south was the example of the United States modernized society. The Old South was based on plantation and agriculture but society changed and so did the South. This econmic boom supported building a more diversified Southern economy; championed the expansion of Southern industry; supported return of White conservatives to power; withdrawal of federal troops and rise of KKK and lynching -
Election of 1876: Samuel Tilden
In the election of 1876, Samuel Tilden, the 25th Governor of New York and a Democratic candidate. Even though Tilden won majority of the popular vote in the United States, he still lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes. Democratic candidate for presidency in 1876 won popular vote but was one vote short in electoral college, as compromise the republican candidate (Hayes) became president if troops were withdrawn from South ending the Reconstruction era -
Suffrage: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a American suffragist that led to the movement of woman's rights in the 1900s. Because of her courage and bravery to speak up, women now started working in cities and has the same jobs as men and not at home doing house work. She was a member of the women's right's movement in 1840. She was a mother of seven, and she shocked other feminists by advocating suffrage for women at the first Women's Right's Convention in Seneca, New York 1848. -
Nature: Creation of Parks
The creation of parks were a new idea in the 1900s . It was created to make people forget about the past of sad things that occurred. Later, they started to build cemetery for people that pass away so their family can visit them. Prpsed by George Catlin ,a painter who was among the first to advocate the preservation of nature as a national policy, also proposed the creation of a national park
