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Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin. Swerve -
Louisiana Purchase
America bought Louisiana from the French. Swerve -
Lewis and Clark
The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska. Swerve -
Missouri Comprmise
passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress In an April 22 letter to John Holmes, Thomas Jefferson wrote that the division of the country created by the Compromise Line Swerve -
Kansas Nebraska Act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. Swerve -
Erie canal
A navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Swerve -
Wilmont Proviso
major events leading to the American Civil War would have banned slavery Mexico Swerve -
Monroe Doctrine
Because the U.S. lacked both a credible navy and army at the time, the doctrine was largely disregarded internationally. Swerve -
Dred Scott
landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories, and that people of African descent (both slave and free) were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens. Swerve -
Sitting Bull
Born in 1831, Was holy man who led his people against the US government. Swerve -
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William Lloyd Garrison
He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator. Swerve. -
Nat Turner
An American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia. Swerve. -
Nullification Crisis
sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina -
Abolitionism
Abolitionism, used as a single word, was a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. Swerve -
Grimke Sisters
Sarah became an abolitionist in 1835. Sarah was rebuked again in 1836 by Quakers when she tried to discuss abolition in a meeting Angelina wrote her first tract, "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South (1836) Swerve -
Frederick Douglass
After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. Swerve. -
John D. Rockefeller
Founded Standard Oil Company in 1870 and ran it until 1897. Swerve -
Thomas Edison
Inventor, created many things such as the phonograph and helped create the light bulb in 1879. Swerve -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States. Swerve. -
Seneca Falls Convention
An early and influential women's rights convention, the first to be organized by women in the Western world, in Seneca Falls, New York. Swerve. -
Samuel Gompers
Began making cigars but later founded the American Federation of Labor in 1886. Swerve -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was not itself an official government policy, it led to the passage of legislation such as the Homestead Act, which encouraged Westward colonization and territorial acquisition. It also played an important role in American thought. Swerve -
Ida Tarbell
An American teacher born in 1857. Ida wrote many books in her life including, “The History of the Standard Oil Company” She depicted John D. Rockefeller as Crabbed, Miserly and Money-Grabbing. Swerve -
John Brown’s Raid
attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry swerve -
Jefferson Davis
He was the president of the confederacy from 1861-1865.
This was during the American Civil war. Swerve -
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Lincoln
16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led the United States through one of its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crises—the American Civil War—preserving the Union. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated. Swerve. -
Fort Sumter
This is where the Battle of Fort Sumter took place. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. It is located in Charleston Harbor, North Carolina. Swerve -
William T.Sherman
An American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War -
Stonewall Jackson
an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Swerve -
Antietam
First battle of the Civil War on Union Soil. Bloodiest single day battle in US history. Union victory. Rejoice Peasents. Swerve -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was a document passed by Abraham Lincoln that released all of the enslaved in the Confederacy. Swerve -
Robert E. Lee
American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. Swerve -
Vicksburg
This is the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign.
Union victory. Swerve. -
Gettysburg
Known as the bloodiest battle in the Civil War. Described as the turning point in Civil War. Union Victory. Swerve. -
13th Ammendment
This ammendment outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crimes. Still in place today. SWERVE. -
Battle for Atlanta
William Sherman and his union army ambushed Atlanta and defeated the Confederate forces.
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Andrew Johnson
17th president of the United States. He was Democratic and became the president after Lincoln's assassination. Swerve -
14th Ammendment
This allowed Africans to become American citizens. There are several other parts to this ammendment. Swerve -
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Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869–1877) following his highly successful role as a war general in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military; having effectively ended the war and secession with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox. Swerve. -
15th Ammendment
Allowing all citizens to vote dispite color or race. Swerve -
Jim Crow
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. These laws started “Separate but Equal” for African Americans. Swerve -
Compromise of 1877
This was an unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era. Swerve -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An act signed on May 6, 1882 suspending Chinese immigration. It was intended to last ten years, but ending up lasting until 1947. Swerve -
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor was founded in Ohio in 1886 for managing labor through the US. Swerve -
The Wounded Knee Massacre
Occurred in 1890 and was the last battle of the American Indian War. Swerve -
Ellis Island
An Island in New York for inspecting immigrants. Began use in 1892. Swerve -
The Pullman Strike
A strike that began May 11th 1894 in Illinois when 4,000 employees began a strike against the American Railroad Union for wage reduction. Swerve -
Plessy vs Ferguson
An important supreme court decision made in 1896 to keep “Separate but equal” in state laws. Swerve -
The Jungle
A novel written in 1908 by Upton Sinclair to show poor working conditions for immigrants as well as poison in the food and how bad the food actually is. Swerve
