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Washington enters office on this day.
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On this day, the Presidential Cabinet was created. The Presidential Cabinet consists of 15 Executive Departments.
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Washington gave his Second Annual Message on this date to the Senate and House of Representatives
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The Whiskey Rebellion was when people protested taxes when Washington was president
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The Nuetrality Proclamation settled disputes between the United States and France
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Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. It was a machine that quickly removed the seeds from cotton fiber
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A treaty that was signed that settled the dispute between the United States and Great Britain
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A dispute between the United States and Republican France that started the Quasi War
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Washington left office on this day
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Four acts passed in 1798 in order to help get rid of immigrants
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Thomas Jefferson was elected President on this day
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Landmark case argued on February 11th, 1803 which argued to seperate the Judicial Branch from the rest of the government. It was decided on February 24th of the same year. The ultimate decision was to seperate the Judicial Branch from the rest of the government. The values in this case presented were equality. The branches needed to have seperate powers from each other.
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Thomas Jefferson bought 820,000 square miles of land from France on this day
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The Emarbargo of 1807 made any and all exports from the United States illegal
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Thomas Jefferson left office on this day
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When Missouri settlers requested admission into the union, a conflict arose in Missouri, questioning the Constitiution. After a dispute, a compromise was signed, making Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state. They made a line, and anything above the line was a free state, while anything below was a slave state
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The Nullification Crisis was a crisis with Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government
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Andrew Jackson was elected President on this day
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Andrew Jackson took action in removing all Indian's of their own land
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This action restrained the state of Georgia in 1830
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A man named Sam Worcester fought against Georgia
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While Texas was part of Mexico, Texas was a slave state. Mexico did not allow slavery, causing Texas to form it's own country, named the People's Republic of Texas
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Jackson left office this day
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The Cherokee Nation was forced to move to another land because of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy
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While Texas was it's own country (formed in 1836), the Southeners wanted Texas to increase the slavery in the South. In order to get Texas back into the US as a state, president James K Polk starts a war with Mexico over the control of Texas. Finally, we gained Texas as another Southern state in
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The Mexican American war took place when the US wanted most of Mexico's territory. Mexico lost, and lost most of their land to the US too.
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Treaty to eliminate slavery from aqquired states from Mexico war
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Gold was found in California, brought over 300,000 gold seekers called fourty niners
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Five seperate bills passed by the US Congress, sorting out the Mexico-American war slave territory issues
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A war that erupted in Kansas over anti-slave and pro-slave rules
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This act was passed to let Kansas and Nebraska decide if they are going to be slave states or not
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A landmark case in 1857 which was argued twice over the period of February 11th and December 18th 1856, until finally decided in 1857. The case argued whether African American slaves, free or enslaved could be US citizens. The decision was no, they could not be citizens (free or enslaved). The values in this case was lack of liberty and equality.
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Crisis when Lincoln was president
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Lincoln entered office this day
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Civil War fought to determine the union and independence of the US
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First major battle of the Civil War, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Bloodiest battle in American history.
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The law that slaves could be free if their owners/land was in danger
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The Suspension of Habeas Corpus was a suspension that Lincoln put on the law of Habeas Corpus, which was to free people who haven't been tried yet
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Second phase of the Civil War, turning point for the Union. Heaviest and largest number of casualties throughout the whole war. Fought near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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The Gettysburg Address was a 2-minute long speech given by president Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg. It is one of the most well-known speeches in American history, and it is influential, and reinstated human equality and purpose.
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Sherman, military leader, leading troops through Georgia. Sherman was later on captured.
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One of the last battles of the Civil War, where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union.
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A man named Miranda was practically forced to confess to a crime, but until after his confession was he told of his rights. The ultimate decision of this case was that the confession (or any other evidence) couldn't be used in the case, as the suspect didn't get read his "Miranda" rights. This was argued February 28th-March 1st in 1966. It was decided June 13th, 1966. The values of this case is liberty and equality.
