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Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. This shut down many county courts -
Constitutional Convention
The purpose was to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
Judiciary Act 1789
Established the current judiciary system we have today, without this, we would almost still be a caveman society -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Whiskey Rebellion
tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. This caused an uproar with the people of the United States -
Chisholm v. Georgia
The first major Supreme court case -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode, this caused the rumor of war to break out -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Four bills passed in 1798 that was proposed by federalists and signed in by john adams -
United States presidential election, 1800
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams. This caused massive re-alignment in the political system at the time -
Marbury v. Madison
It was a landmark United States Supreme Court case where the Court formed the ground work for the use of judicial review in the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
The massive purchase of land that was aquired for over 11 million dollars by then president thomas jefferson. -
Embargo Act 1807
This was caused due to violations in u.s neutrality -
Nonintercourse Act 1809
In the last four days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the United States Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. -
Macon’s Bill No. 2 1810
This was intentened to stop Britian and other countries from using united states vessels. -
Fletcher v. Peck
This was the first cse in which the supreme court ruled a state law unconstitutional. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a 32 month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire and their allies which resulted in no territorial change -
Treaty of Ghent
This was signed on Dec 24 1814 and caused the end of the war of 1812. -
Election of 1816
The election after james madison served two terms -
McCulloch v. Maryland
a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. maryland tried to tax on notes not from maryland -
Johnson v. McIntosh
Was a case where the supreme court ruled that people could not purchase land from the native americans. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States gave congress the power to regulate interstate commerce -
Election of 1824
The 10th quadrennial election. This was important because this was the election that was so close it had to go to the house of representatives. -
Election of 1828
Re-match between John quincy adams and then president Andrew Jackson -
Indian Removal Act 1830
This act let Jackson to negotiate with the Indians in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi -
Nullification Crisis 1832
This was a sectional crisis due to President ansdrews Ordinance of Nullification -
Dawes Act
Adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Wounded Knee massacre
Troops killed every single person in the lakota tribe, and they were put in a mass grave -
Founding of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 -
First red scare
the First Red Scare of 1919–1920 was marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism -
Red summer
Red Summer describes the race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities in the United States during the summer and early autumn of 1919. -
Harlem Renissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s -
Election of 1932
the 37th quadrennial presidential election. FDR was elected which cause a great change in our nation -
New Deal
A string of economic programs that would greatly impact our nation -
Truman Doctrine
A speech given my president harry truman that stated he would support greece and turkey with economic and military aid. -
Creation of NATO 1949
An intergovernmental based on the North American Treaty -
Korean War
This was a war between the Republic of Korea, and The domocarts of korea -
Election of 1952
This was very important because it was the beginning of the Mccarthy era, which would drasticlly change our country