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Cheif Justice John Marshall
Big cases- Marbury v. Madison(1803), fletcher v. Peck(1810), Mchulloch v. Maryland(1819, cohens v. Virginia(1821), Gibbons v. Ogden(1824)
What was his influence- he was part of the 3 branches and making them all have equal, especially the judicial branch -
Dartmouth college vs woodward
In 1769 the King of England granted a charter to Dartmouth College. This document spelled out the purpose of the school, set up the structure to govern it, and gave land to the college. In 1816, the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that revised the charter. These laws changed the school from private to public. They changed the duties of the trustees. They changed how the trustees were selected -
Delaware
1st state to ratify the constitution, Had the first scheduled steam railroad in 1831, a battleship was commissioned in 1901. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate. 2nd state to ratify -
New Jersey
New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. -
Georgia
4th state to ratify the constitution, Georgia Tech once beat Cumberland University 222 - 0 in a football game, about 9.85 million people in population. -
Connecticut
5th state to ratify the constitution. From 1703 to 1875, Connecticut had two capitals; sessions of the General Assembly met alternately in Hartford and New Haven. Since then, the capital has been Hartford. -
Massachusetts
The first U.S.Postal zip code in Massachusetts is 01001 at Agawam -
Maryland
King Williams School opened in 1696 it was the first school in the United States. -
South caraliona
8th state to ratify the constitution. Chris Rock Comedian and actor is from South Carolina -
New Hampshire
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
Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I. -
New York
11th state to ratify the constitution -
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George Washington
George Washington was established the position of 'The President', and led America from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797. He was regarded as the Father of the Nation and the Founder of American democracy. -
North Carolina
Whitewater falls in Transylvania country is the highest waterfall in estern United states -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United states. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers Resisted tax on distelled sprits abd then rebelled.
Sugnificance to the U.S. History is showed that the government can surpass a rebellion -
Vermont
Vermont was the first state admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution. -
Kentucky
The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum located on the campus of Murray State University. -
Tennessee
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. -
Washington Farewell Address
What was his Message? Stay Away from? He didn't want the U.S. to look like England. He wanted to stay away from alliances -
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John Adams
John Adams servers as the president of United States from March 4 1797 to March 4 1801, he was the first Vice President. One of his greatest accomplishments is establishing many of the basic ideas and principles that made up the U.S. Constitution. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
What Happened? Alien and Sedition acts were passed by the fedrealist congress in 1798 and signed into the law by president Adams. These laws included new powers to deport for foregners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote
Why were these laws passed? The alien and secution acts were passed by congress in 1798 in preparation for an anticipation war with france. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States. Serving from March 4 1801 to March 4 1809. One of his greatest accomplishments well in office is that he helped write the Declaration of Independence. -
Lousinia purchase
Was the purchaseing of lousinia by the United Sates from the French -
Marbury VS Madison
Marbury- argued that he was entitled to his commission and that the judicial act act of 1789 gave the supreme court of the United States original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus.
Madison- was sued by Marbury and asked the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a writ of mandamus, a court order that requires an official to perform or refrain from performing a certain duty Outcome-They impeached Supreme Court justice Samuel Chase, but acquitted him amidst inner-party squabbles. -
Ohio
Ohio senator John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space.On February 20, 1962 he was the first American to orbit the earth. In October of 1998 at age 77 he returned to the space program and traveled back into space -
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Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis and his close friend William Clark went on a expedition to explore the newley acquired map. Their expedition lasted from 1804 to 1806. The expedition was commissioned by president Tomas jefferson -
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James Madison
James Madison was the 4th president of the United States of America. Serving from March 4 1809 to March 4 1817 One of his greatest accomplishments well in office is the he is that is the co author of the federalist papers. -
War of 1812
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland, it's North American colonies and its American Indian allies. The result/ impact of the war was War disappeared with the end of the war between Britain and France. And the destruction of the powers of tribes and American fears of native Americans. -
Louisiana
Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dates- November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902
Women’s Rights- She helped organize the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Over 300 people attended. Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments, which she read at the convention. -
Indiana
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. -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was the 5th president of the United States of America, serving from March 4 1817 to March 4 1825. This was the calm before the storm that would lead to the Civil War. The completion of the Adams-Onis Treaty ended tensions with Spain with their cession of Florida. Two of the most important events though were the Missouri Compromise which attempted to solve potential conflict over free and slave states and the Monroe Doctrine which would affect American foreign policy to this day. -
Mississippi
The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi. -
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Fredrick Douglas
Life dates?1818-1895
“What to a Slave is the 4th of July?” - Speech God speed the year of jubilee
Role in Abolition- Frederick Douglass and the anti slavery movement. His role was to travel and deliver speeches, distribute pamphlets and get subscribers to the Liberator. -
llinios
The Worlds first skyscraper was bulit in Chicago -
McCullouch v. Maryland,
Background-Throughout the early years of the Republic, the power of the Federal Government had continued to grow. By the second decade of the 19th century, cases pitting advocates of States' rights against those arguing for the supremacy of the National Government came frequently before the Court.
Players- Chief Justice John Marshall
Outcome- the congress wins(McCullouch) -
Alabama
Alabama workers bulit the first rocket to put humans on the moon -
Transcontinental treaty
Adams used the Jackson’s military action to present Spain with a demand to either control the inhabitants of East Florida or cede it to the United States. Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida. -
Missouri compermise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. -
Susan B. Amthony
1820 - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Massachsetts, the second of 7 children. Susan B Anthony travels to Syracuse, N.Y., anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She helped women's rights -
Maine
MAine is the only state in the united states whose name has one syllable -
Missouri
Missouri is known as the "Show Me State" -
Monroe doctrine
Who gave speech- James Monroe
What was the main message? The United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved in European conflicts and that Europeans can no longer conlonise -
Gibbons vs Ogden
As the American frontier moved west and settlers pushed beyond the Appalachians into the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, the question of commercial development became very important -
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the 6th president of the united sates of America. Serving from March 4 1825 to March 4 1829. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he was the greatest ever Secretary of State but only a mediocre President. -
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States of America. Serving from March 4 1829 to March 4 1837. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he Faced down South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis when state politicians declared they had the right to nullify tariff legislation and any other Federal law that went against state interests. -
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Abolishment movement
The intention of this movement was to abolish slavery. The message from the movement is I will be heard -
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William Lloyd Garrison
Abolitionist
The Liberator - Dates- The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831
Role in Slavery & Abolition- made quotes to support abolitionist
Goal of Liberator & Garrison?- goal was only to reduce the number of free blacks in the country and thus help preserve the institution of slavery -
Nat turners rebellion
In 1831 a slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. A religious leader and self-styled Baptist minister, Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21. What happened to Nat Turner He was captured and enslaved. He and his men managed to killed 55 white southerners. -
Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education.
1833 book Report on the Condition of Public Instruction in Germany. he/ they wanted education to be free for all students. -
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 -
Arkansas
Famous singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland Arkansas -
Michigan
Detroit is known as the car captial as the world -
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Martin Van Buren
Martian Van Buren wa the 8th president of the United States of America. Serving from March 4 1837 to March 4 1841. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he Advocated lower tariffs and free trade to the pleasure of the South, and set up a system of bonds for the national debt. -
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Trail of Tears
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. -
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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was the 9th president of the United States of America. Serving from March 4 1841 to April 4 1841. He had the shortest term of 32 days. He died because he gave a long speech out side with out a jacket. He got ammonia because of this. -
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John Tyler
John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. Serving from April 4 1841 to March 4 1845 . One of his greatest accomplishments is that he Vetoed Whig bills to recreate a national bank on the grounds that states should have the right to refuse such an institution. -
Sojourner Truth
Life dates, On June 1, 1843 sojourner truth became a Methodist
Role in Abolition- she gave speeches on abolishing slavery
Basics of life
“Ain’t I a Woman?” - speech & date AIN'T I A WOMAN?Delivered 1851
Battle Creek, MI?- she moved to battle creek to give more speeches. -
Florida
Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the united states whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park -
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James K. Polk
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States. Serving from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849. One of his greatest accomplishments is that After Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk increased the size of the United States more than any other president through the acquisition of California and New Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. He also claimed Oregon Territory after a treaty with England. He was a key figure in Manifest Destiny. -
Texas
Texas is popularly known as the lone star state -
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Mexican-Ameeican war
Why were they fighting well they wanted land. The war was primarily a territorial dispute caused by the United States' policy of manifest destiny. President Polk and the American citizens wanted to expand their nation by acquiring all of the land on the North American continent regardless of the native people already residing on the land. The land gain was Texas -
iowa
Strawberry Point is the home of the worlds largest strawberry -
Seneca Falls Resolution
Seneca Falls Resolution
What was the goal?- Its primary goal was to discuss the rights of women.
What were rights asked for?- in 1848 and into the future", according to Judith Wellman, a historian of the convention.
Declaration of Sentiments (what were the sentiments)- The Declaration of Sentiments, offered for the acceptance of the Convention, was then read by E. C. -
Seneca Falls convention
Seneca Falls Convention
Dates- 1848
Key players-The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
What happened there-In July of 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the first women's rights convention in American history.
What is the significance? The first woman's rights -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin vistors and residents enjoy the states 7,446 streams and rivers. End-to-end they'd stetch 26,767 miles -
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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States. Serving from March 4 1849 to July 9 1850. One of his accomplishments is that He was not known for his education and he had no political background. He was elected solely on his reputation as a war hero. As such, his short time in office was not one full of major accomplishments. -
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the untied states serving from July 9 1850 to March 4 1853 one of his greatest accomplishments is that he was in office for less than 3 years however his acceptance of,the compromise of 1850 averted the civil war for another eleven years. His support of the fugitive slave act caused Whig party to split In two and caused the downfall of his national political career. -
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States . Serving from March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he was president at a critical time in american history the country and as becoming more polarized into northern and southern interests. The issue of slavery became once again front and center with passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act. Obviously the nation was headed towards a confrontation and pierces March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 -
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Information of Underground Railroad- 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. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. Results- Tubman: Conductor of the Underground RailroadTubman made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300 people to freedom. During these dangerous journeys she helped rescue members of her own family, including her 70-year-old parents. -
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James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States . Serving from March 4 1857 to March 4 1861. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he vetoed bills concerning the establishment of college thought that there were already enough educated mind in America. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
By the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.
Players- John Marshall, Andrew Jackson
Trial impacts- the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court -
Minnesota
the mall of America in Bloomingtin is the size of 78 football fields -
John Brown and the armed resistance
Date-1859
Why was he upset? Because he wanted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
What happened?- he was found guilty and executed for killing slave owners.
Result?- he got hung -
Oregon
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state -
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. One of his greatest accomplishments is that he Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which began the process of freedom for America's slaves. The document also allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union.
