Presidents and Events

  • Pinckney's Treaty

    Pinckney's Treaty

    Established friendship between Spain and the United States and defined the boundaries for the U.S. towards Spanish colonies and gave the U.S. rights to use the Mississippi River.
  • XYZ Affair

    XYZ Affair

    Confrontation between the U.S. and Republican France that led to the undeclared war named the Quasi-War.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    Two and a half year long war between the U.S. and Great Britain and Ireland.
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Adams-Onis Treaty

    Treaty between the U.S. and Spain for the purchase of Florida.
  • Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty signed in Mexico added 525,000 square miles to the United States.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    29,640 suare mile purchase made by James Gadsden, the Abassador to Mexico.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    One of the most significant restrictions on free immigration. Restricted immigration of all Chinese laborers.
  • Hawaiian Anexation

    Hawaiian Anexation

    Plan devised majorly of United States citizens to overthrow the monarch of Hawaii.
  • Platt Amendment

    Platt Amendment

    Gave seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American war.
  • Zimmermann Telegram

    Zimmermann Telegram

    Germany's attempt to form an Aliance with Mexico that was intercepted by British intelligence.
  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference

    Conducted outside the auspice of the League of Nations, attended by nine nations to discuss interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia.
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Act that raised tariffs on 20,000 imported goods.
  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    Joint declaration raised by Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Meeting between the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the United States to decide how to punish Nazi Germany.
  • New Look Policy

    New Look Policy

    National Security policy put into action during the Cold War. It emphasized the strategic organization of Nuclear weapons to deter potential threats.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    Failed military installation of American trained Cuban militians to try and overthrow the Communist leader of Cuba.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    One of the largest military campaigns during the Vietnam War, made by the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the U.S.
  • Detente

    Detente

    A period roughly in the middle of the Cold War where many treaties were singed.
  • Moscow Olympics Boycott

    Moscow Olympics Boycott

    Due to the Soviet war in Afganistan, the United States led a boycott including 65 countries.
  • NAFTA

    NAFTA

    Agreement signed by Canada, United States, and Mexico creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America.