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Mar 9, 1542
Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionism is a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free. King Charles I of Spain, following the example of the Swedish monarch, passed a law which would have abolished colonial slavery in 1542, although this law was not passed in the largest colonial states, and so was not enforced. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Washington's farewell address
Date: 1796
His message was unity at home and independence abroad. Washington spoke of the need for national unity. -
Monroe doctrine
President James monroe gave the message
The Monroe Doctrine was articulated in President James Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823. The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest. -
Trail of tears
September 1838 to March 1839
Martin vanBuren was president
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
John Adam
John Adams was the second president of the United States, having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States.
Term: March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States.
term: March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 -
James Madison
James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States
term: March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 -
James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States. Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation.
term: March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 -
John Quincey Adams
John Quincy Adams was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives.
term: March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 -
John Quincey Adams
John Quincy Adams was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives.
term: March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. He was born into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively modest means, near the end of the colonial era.
term: March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 -
Martin van buren
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in a number of senior roles, including eighth Vice President and secretary of state, both under Andrew Jackson
term: March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States, an American military officer and politician, and the last President born as a British subject. He was also the first president to die in office
March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison, Presidential term -
John Tyler
John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president after his running mate's death in April 1841
term: April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 -
James Polk
James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee.
term: March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 -
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general.
term: March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 -
Millard Filmore
Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States, the last Whig president, and the last president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties
July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
Millard Fillmore, Presidential term -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States. Genial and well-spoken, Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
term: March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 -
James Buchanan
James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.
term: March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln, Presidential term -
Delaware
The date Delaware was admitted to the union December 7 1787
Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787. -
Pennsylvania
December 12, 1787 was the date that Pennsylvania was admitted into the union
In 1909 the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh. -
New Jersey
New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.
This state was admitted into the union on Dec 18 1787 -
Georgia
Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
This state was admitted into the union in Jan 2 1788 -
Connecticut
This state was admitted into the union in Jan 9 1788
The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954. -
Massachusetts
This state was admitted in February 1788
Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897. -
Maryland
Maryland was admitted in April 28 1788
In 1830 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company built the first railroad station in Baltimore. -
South Carolina
South Carolina was admitted in May 23 1788
The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian. -
New Hampshire
This state was admitted into the union on June 21, 1788
Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
Virginia
This state was admitted to the union on June 25 1788
Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation". -
New York
New York was admitted into the union on July 26 1788
The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843. -
North Carolina
North Carolina was admitted into the union in November 21 1789
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was admitted in the union in May 29 1790
Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to become a state. -
Vermont
Vermont was admitted in the union in March 4 1791
Vermont was the first state admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution. -
Kentucky
Kentucky was admitted into the union in June 1 1792
The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum located on the campus of Murray State University -
Tennessee
Tennessee was admitted into the union in June 1 1796
The city of Kingston served as Tennessee's state capital for one day (September 21, 1807) as a result of treaties negotiated with the Cherokee Indians. The two-hour legislative session passed two resolutions and adjourned back to Knoxville. -
Ohio
Ohio was admitted in to The union on March first 1803
The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865. -
Louisiana
Louisiana was admitted into the union on April 30 1812
The world famous "Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is an ancient custom that originated in southern Europe. It celebrates food and fun just before the 40 days of Lent: a Catholic time of prayer and sacrifice. -
Indiana
Indiana was admitted into the union on dec 11 1816
Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. He lived most of his boyhood life in Spencer County with his parents Thomas and Nancy. -
Mississippi
The world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula.
Mississippi was admitted into the union on dec 10 1817 -
Illinois
The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
Illinois was admitted into the union on dec 3 1818 -
Alabama
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
Alabama was admitted into the union on dec 14 1819 -
Maine
Maine was admitted into the union on March 15 1820
Eastport is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun. -
Missouri
Missouri was admitted into the union on August 10 1821
Missouri is known as the "Show Me State". -
Arkansas
Arkansas was admitted into the union on June 15 1836
Elevations in the state range from 54 feet above sea level in the far southeast corner to 2,753 feet above at Mount Magazine, the state's highest point. -
Michigan
Michigan was admitted into the union on jam 27 1837
The Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit manufactured the first air-conditioned car in 1939. -
Florida
Florida was admitted into the union on March 3 1845
Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America. -
Texas
Texas was admitted into the union on dec 29 1845
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State. -
Iowa
Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry.
Iowa was admitted into the union on dec 28 1846 -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Door County has five state parks and 250 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan. These figures represent more than any other county in the country.
Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 26 1846 -
California
California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required.
California was admitted into the union on sept 9 1850 -
Minnesota
Minnesota was admitted into the union on May 11 1858
Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first to say 'Holy Cow' during a baseball broadcast. -
Oregon
Oregon was admitted into the union on February 14 1859
Oregon's state flag pictures a beaver on its reverse side. It is the only state flag to carry two separate designs. -
Whiskey rebellion
Date: 1791 during the presidency of George Washington
What happen? We'll what happened is the "whiskey tax" wS the first tax on imposed on domestic product
The resisters of the law were mostly war vets who said they felt like they were fighting the revolutionary war again. -
Alien and sedition acts
Date: signed into law by president John Adams in 1798
These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years
These laws were passed by the federalists controlled congress -
Marbury vs Madison
Marbury went to the Supreme Court in an attempt to gain his post. He wanted the Court to issue an order forcing Madison to give Marbury his commission. The Judiciary Act of 1789 had given the Supreme Court the power to issue such an order.
Judicial review from the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison in 1803 and the impact of Chief Justice John Marshall's accompanying decision have greatly strengthened the judicial branch. Marbury v. Madison stands as the classic expression of judicial review -
Chief of justice john marshal
Some major cases dates are 1803, 1810,1819,1821,1824,and 1819
Major cases are: Marbury vs Madison, fletcher vs Peck, McCulloch vs Maryland,cohens vs Virginia, Gibson vs Ogden, Dartmouth vs Woodward. -
McCullouch vs Maryland
Two important aspects of law. First the constitution Grants to Congress implied for powers. Constitutions express powers in order to create a functional national government -
Dartmouth college vs Woodward
Was a land mark decision from the United States supreme Court dealing with with the application of the contract clause of the constitution -
Nat turners rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South.
Nat Turner ended up baing executed -
Manifest destiny
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. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
Manifest destiny
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. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
Horace manns campaign
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the Massachusetts State Legislature (1827–37). In 1848, after serving as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education since its creation, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Historian Ellwood P. Cubberley asserts: -
John brown and the armed resistance
John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.[1] During the 1856 conflict in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie.[1] Brown's followers also killed five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie.[1] In 1859, Brown led an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry that ended with his capture.[1] Bro -
Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and during the American Civil War, a Union spy.Harriet Tubman. After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada. -
Fredrick Douglas
Douglass wrote several autobiographies. He described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller and influential in supporting abolition, as did the second, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. First published in 1881 and revised in 1892 -
Susan b Anthony
Leaving the Canajoharie Academy in 1849, Anthony soon devoted more of her time to social issues. In 1851, she attended an anti-slavery conference, where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was also involved in the temperance movement, aimed at limiting or completely stopping the production and sale of alcohol. She was inspired to fight for women's rights while campaigning against alcohol. Anthony was denied a chance to speak at a temperance convention because she was a woman, and later realized -
Nat turners rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South.
Nat Turner ended up being executed -
Mexican American war
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico (which became the Second Federal Republic of Mexico during the war) from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. It was the fourth of the five major wars fought on American soil which was pre -
Sojourner Truth
was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. Sojourner Truth was named Isabella ("Bell") Baumfree when she was born. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known extemporaneous speech on gender inequalities -
William Llyod Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded in 1831 and published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States. -
Fredrick Douglas
Douglass wrote several autobiographies. He described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller and influential in supporting abolition, as did the second, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. First published in 1881 and revised in 1892 -
Elizibeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States.[1][2] -
Seneca Falls Resolution
The seed for the first Woman's Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the conference that refused to seat Mott and other women delegates from America because of their sex. Stanton, the young bride of an antislavery agent, and Mott, a Quaker preacher and veteran of reform, talked then of calling a convention to address the condition of women. Eight years later, it came about as a spontaneous event. -
Seneca falls convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention.[1] It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".[2] Held in Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. Attracting widespread attention, it was soon followed by other women's rights conventions, including one in Rochester, New York two weeks later. In 1850 the first in a series of annual National Women's Rights Conventions met in Worceste -
gibbson Vs Ogden
(1824), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation -
Dred scott vs sanford
(1857), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court,[2][3] and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. Dred Scott, an enslaved African American man who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for hi -
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May 1804, from near St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. this happend in 1803 -
louisiana purches
was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States from France in 1803. -
Transactional treaty
The American Revolutionary War in states such as New York, and North and South Carolina was brutal. This is because of the nature of the wars fought in these states. The wars fought in these states were civil wars. The colonial/state citizens as well as members of the American Indian nations chose sides fought against each other. Years of pent up animosities were unleashed on each other. -
missouri comprimise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. -
nat Turners rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies. Seen by the United States and Canada as a war in its own right, it is frequently seen in Europe as a theatre of the Napoleonic Wars, as it was caused by issues related to that war (especially the Continental System). The war resolved many issues which remained from the Ameri
