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40,000 BCE
Bering Land Bridge
It consist of three waves, the first one was 27,000 years ago and some think 40K. it had Clovis points, culture and glaciers. The second wave has ancestors of modern SW natives, it was 8,000 years ago. The third wave was the major wave 5,000 years ago with ancestors of arctic natives -
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Beginning of exploration
This is the age of discovery/exploration of the world,people. It started with the Europeans.Their motives were to find the Northwest Passage and bring new things such as spices, silk and wealth. In their way they discovered new cultures and diseases. -
1300
The Renaissance
The "rebirth" or the "reawakening" that occurred in Europe after the Middle Ages, based on a revival of classical art and literature of Greece and Rome. This time period also was where new innovations such as compass and printing press where invented. -
1347
The Black Death
"The plague" was introduced to Europe when ships had arrived after a journey through the Black Sea. When the ships arrived most of the sailors where dead and the ones alive were very ill and cover with black boils. The disease spread through the air,fleas or bites of an infected rat had killed 1/3 of the population. -
1440
1440
The printing press was made during the middle ages when ideas were problematic and inventions were not common. Towards the end of the middle ages an invention chanced the world. Johannes Gutenberg created what is now known as the printing press, who perfected the technique. When the printing press was created, it changed the world. Science, beliefs,culture and politics all changed when the creation was exposed.By the year 1500 the printing press was in every city because it was spread so quickly -
1492
Columbian Exchange
It begin after Columbus discovery in 1492. It lasted throughout the years of expansion and discovery. It was an exchanges of plants, diseases and technology between Europeans and Native American, a social and cultural impact. -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
It was treaty between Portugal and Spain to resolve the disagreement about the land discovered by Columbus. The treaty divided the land. Portugal got the land East of the line and Spain got the land west of the line. -
1500
The Middle Passage
It was used to trade slaves across the Atlantic to the West Indies. The ships were usually packed. The slaves were usually traded for goods or sold, but most died before they arrived to the other country. -
1506
Christoper Columbus
As a young boy, he became involved in map making along with his brother. This lead to him becoming a rich, well known man. He then became the first governor of the indies. He though that the world was not flat but round. Columbus though that he could find a faster route to Asia by going West but he ended up discovering what is now called America. He made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. -
John Winthrop
He was an English puritan and governor commonly known for being a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. Winthrop wanted to create a pure church and a society that showed the importance of family. He then led puritans from England to America and became a powerful figure in New England. -
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English Colonial Societies
British settlers colonized on the coast of north america. Colonial society in the North America colonies in the 18th century (1700's) was represented by a small wealthy social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. The members of Colonial society had similar social status, roles, language, dress and norms of behavior. -
Virginia
Roanoke was one of the first colonies discovered in the New World. The colonies who had first arrived were suffering and send some colonies back to England to get more supplies and when they came back, there was no sign of the colonist. John Smith was soldier and adventure who negotiated a treaty with local natives. Tobacco was the number one cash crop for Virginia and started spreading across the Chesapeake colonies. This means slavery increased in that region. -
Plymouth Clonies
About 100 purist had set sail across the ocean o ships. Soon the ship called The Mayflower, hit Plymouth Rock the place where they would begin a settlement.During their first winter, most of the colonist died. They had then created a documents called the Mayflower Compact, which became the basis for their central government. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia. But after treacherous shoals and storms drove their ship off course, the settlers landed in Massachusetts instead, near Cape Cod, outside of Virginia’s jurisdiction. -
Tobacco
Tobacco became the main cash crop. Over 1 million pounds were exported to England by 1630. Labor was a conflict, but indentured servants were contracted to work although they were freed after 4-7 years. These servants did experience a hard life because of the labor, but employers did feed and supply servants with clothing. They also supplied servants with tools and clothes after they were freed. Others from around did this to pay to come to the new world. -
Pennsylvania
Discovered in 1681 by an English Quaker named William Penn. Penn was the son of an entrepreneur and philosopher. when he discovered Pennsylvania, he wanted it tot be a place for religious freedom in the New World for Quakers, he then later became the future figure of the Commonwealth. The land was given to Penn, because the King owed him a debt. He then used his wealth to protect the Quakers. -
The Enlightenment
It was an intellectual and philosophical movement that had dominated the world. During this period, religious was not really important and there was separation of the church and state. The Enlightenment produced many books,inventions, politics and scientific discoveries. -
Salem Witch Trails
The Salem With Trails were prosecutions of women who were accused of being involved with witchcraft in the Massachusetts colony. The first accusation was when a group of girls believed to be cursed and blamed other women of being a witch marry women were accused, but only about twenty were executed. -
Triangular Trade
Trade that involved shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum,etc,which were in turn shipped back to Britain. -
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Colonial America
The history of European settlements from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America. -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival that swept Protestant Europe and British America in the 1730s and 1740s. An evangelical and revitalization movement, it left a permanent impact on American Protestantism. -
Seven years war
This war was a large global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. This war was caused because of the fighting over territories between the French and the British along with their alliances. This all started because the French over expanded into the Ohio River Valley and brought conflict with the British colonies. The treaty of Paris ended this war. -
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The Revolutionary War
Tensions between the colonies and Britain grow. The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris 1763 was a document that helped end the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. The empire of France was destroyed, and as a result, it has left Great Britain with power over North America. France then gave up most of their mainlands, such as Canada and Louisiana, in the hands of Great Britain. In the end, it also made Great Britain win the war. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by British Parliament on March 22, 1765. This was a tax that affected colonists to pay a tax on paper goods like letters, legal documents, or newspaper. The colonists did not like this act so they protested against it. A famous saying was created, "No taxation without representation". Petitions were made and sent to congress. -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers opened fire on american colonists and killed five men. This tragic event was caused because of all of the taxes like tea, paper, and lead being made by parliament on the American colonies. The colonists were the ones that started it by throwing snowballs with rocks inside of them at the soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a major event in this era, due to the fact that British parliament wanted to be goofy and start taxing American colonists for drinking tea. The "tea party" isn't really a tea party. This event consisted of colonists who were angry at British soldiers, they poured over 300 boxes of tea into the Boston harbor serving as "revenge". -
Battle of Lexington
This was the first battle of the revolutionary war fought in Massachusetts. British troops traveled from Boston to seize the colonists' military supplies. The american's won the battle of course so the British retreated back to Boston. -
The Declaration Independence
The declaration of independence was a written document by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas wanted to declare freedom for American Colonies from British Parliament. -
Common Sense
This document was written published in 1776. This written statement challenged the authorization of British government and royal monarchy. The main impact from this pamphlet was to help cause American colonists to decide to fight for independence. So in other words this document was like an "instigator". -
Articles of Confederation
This document was the first written constitution of the United States. The purpose of these articles referred to the states remaining sovereign and independent, with the congress. Congress was also given the authority to make treaties and alliances, maintain armed forces and coin money. However, the central government lacked the ability to establish taxes and regulate commerce. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The treaty of Paris of 1783 was signed U.S and British Representatives on September 3, 178 and ended the revolutionary war between the American colonies and Great Britain, and recognized the United states as an independent nation -
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The Constitution
The basic written set of principles and precedents of federal government in the US, which came into operation in 1789 and has since been modified by twenty-seven amendments. -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan was proposed by the delegates of Virginia for a "bicameral" legislative branch. This plan was passed/ drafted by James Madison. It also proposed a strong central government composed of of the three branches. -
Connecticut Plan
Connecticut Compromise proposed a solution to the debate between larger and smaller dates over their representation in the newly propose senate. The larger states believed that representation should be based proportionally on the contribution each state made to the nations finances and defense, and the smaller states believed that the only fair plan was on of equal representation. -
Northwest Ordinance
The second continental congress chartered a government for the North West territory. They also provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory. Soon after they listed a bill of rights. -
Three branches of government
There are three branches of government. The following are legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislative branch was the branch that created all of the laws. The executive branch executes and enforces the law. -
Election of 1788
George Washington was very admired and everyone agreed to make him the 1st president of the United States. Seen as a god-like figure by everyone;s choice. In this election, there were no running candidates or mates, in 2nd place- was chosen as vice-president During Washington's presidency, he created, what we know as the Cabinet. The Cabinet;s role is to advice the president on any subject he may require. -
Federalist Party
Alexander Hamilton created this party along with his other associates to promote their political ideas. This party believed in a centralized, strong central government. They also felt that the constitution should be more open/ loose to the people -
The Bill of rights
This document was created in response to calls from several states and greater constitutional protection for individual rights, there are ten amendments in the bill of rights. It lists specific restrictions on government power. -
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New Republic
The Declaration of Independence established the foundation for several key aspects of what would eventually become the Republican Form of Government guaranteed to every State by the Constitution for the United States of America -
1st national bank
The First Bank of the United States was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of money. The First Bank's charter was drafted in 1791 by the Congress and signed by George Washington. -
whiskey rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a uprising of farmers and distillers in Western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax because of the federal government. Following years of aggression with tax collectors, the region finally exploded in a confrontation that had President Washington respond by sending troops to quell what some feared could become a full-blown revolution -
Democrat-Republicans
The democrat-republicans was a political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. It was made to oppose the centralized government that the federalists wanted to enforce. Everything the federalist party wanted, the democrat-republican party basically wanted the opposite. -
Jay's treaty
This treaty was initially signed to avoid anymore conflict like war with Britain. They were basically "Pro-British" and did not want anything to do with them. It was used to stop Britain from impressing American sailors. -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This invention made a great impact in the South. Its positive outcome was the fact that it sped up the process, but the percentage of slavery increased because of large amount of labor. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ affair was a group of people that were political and diplomatic. The one who started this group was John Adams, involving a confrontation between the US and the French as an attempt to start war with Britain. -
Kentucky Resolution
This resolution also involved the state of Virginia. These were political statements used for the states' legislatures took the position that the federal alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional. Madison hoped that would oppose against the legislative receiving power. -
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The Age Of Jefferson
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was made by Thomas Jefferson in 1803. He bought this great piece of land for $15 million dollars from the French. It was roughly about 827,000 miles across of land. This large purchase doubled the size of the United States. It gave the U.S control over the Mississippi River and port city of New Orleans for beneficial reasons (money). -
Lewis & Clark expedition
This expedition lasted about 2 years. It was known for being the first American expedition to cross over to the western region of the United States. If it wasn't for a young woman named "Sacagawea" (native American) they would not have survived this expedition because she knew how to get around. Through all tough obstacles they were successful and did discover the new lands (western region). -
Embargo Act
This act was a law passed by the United States Congress and was signed by Thomas Jefferson. It prohibited American ships from trading in foreign ports. It was mainly to avoid any more conflict with British parliament. -
Madison Presidency
James Madison was a founding father of the united states and the fourth American president. Madison was an advocate for a strong federal government. Madison composed the firsts drafts of the U.S Constitution and the bill of rights and got the name “Father of the Constitution” During his presidency, Madison led the U.S into the controversial War of 1812 against Great Britain. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. Several events led up to the war against France and the armies of Napoleon. They ad placed trade restrictions on the United States, not wanting them to trade with France. The United Kingdom supported Native American tribes in an effort to prevent the United States from expanding west. The President of the U.S. during the war was James Madison. It has affected us today since the U.S. suffered costly defeats. -
Star-Spangled Banner
The star-spangled banner is our countries' national anthem to this day. although it wasn't officially adopted till 1931. These lyrics started off as a poem written by Francis Scott Key. It was originally just an ordinary poem describing what he saw the morning after the battle of Fort McHenry. It was written on the back of a letter. Years later it was transformed into a song and now is used to represent the united States of America. -
Changes in communication
The telegraph revolutionized long- distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laird between stations. Printing was also invented in the 1800s. Because of the innovation of printing, it let news spread out easier, printing helped out with advertising. -
Changes in Transportation
Between 1815-1840 state governments and private investors built more than 3,000 miles of canals, including the monumental Erie, which reduced average freight costs from buffalo to New York. At the same time steamboats began to open to the nations river system to inexpensive upriver travel. The steamboat began to open to the nation’s river system to inexpensive upriver travel. The steam boat quickly accelerated trade on the Mississippi River.Other various transportation were invented. -
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Early American Industrial Revolution
An early landmark moment in the Industrial Revolution came near the end of the eighteenth century, when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the United States. -
The Battle of New Orleans
The final major battle of the War of 1812 was the Battle of New Orleans. It took place in New Orleans on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The British attacked New Orleans hoping to take control of the port city. They were held off and defeated by U.S. forces led by Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped force to a decisive American victory against British troops in the Battle of New Orleans. The U.S.won and forced the British out of Louisiana. -
Era of Good Feelings
This phrase exemplifies both of Monroe’s presidencies, from 1816-1824. The War of 1812 eliminated some divisive issues, and Republicans embraced the Federalist’s issues. Monroe made an effort to avoid political controversies, but soon sectionalism divided the nation. -
McColluch vs. Maryland
Maryland had established a prohibitive tax on the notes of the second bank of the United States. When the Maryland courts confirmed this law, the bank in the name of the of its Baltimore branch, cashier McCulloch appealed the Supreme Court and refused to pay the tax. The court held that Congress held the power to incorporate the bank and that Maryland could not tax instruments of the national government employed in the execution of constitutional powers. This was a major Supreme court case. -
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was a crisis in financial and economic conditions following the War of 1812. It is said to be the first economic depression. It was caused by the number of banks in the United States to double between 1812-1819. The banks were unregulated and began to issue massive amounts of bank notes and failed. Mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes and farms. Falling prices also impaired agriculture and manufacturing. All regions of the country were impacted. -
Mormons
The birth of Mormonism centered on one man, Joseph Smith, Jr. a farmer from the region of western New York known as the "burned-over district" because of its unrelenting religious enthusiasm. It was launched with the publication of the Book of Mormon, the sacred text which became the foundation for new religion. As Smith told the story, seven years earlier the angel Moroni had appeared before him and told him of a book written on gold plates and buried in a hill outside Manchester, New York. -
Second great awakening
The Second Great Awakening had a profound effect on American religious history. The numerical strength of the Baptists and Methodists rose relative to that of the denominations dominant in the colonial period, such as the Anglicans. -
Temperance Movement
This movement had a significant impact on the United States. This act was dedicated to try and prohibit alcohol and promote complete abstinence of it. Many believed intoxicating liquor was bad so therefore they attempted to get rid of it. -
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Cultural Changes
The industrial and economic developments of the Industrial Revolution brought significant social changes. Industrialization resulted in an increase in population and the phenomenon of urbanization, as a growing number of people moved to urban centres in search of employment. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress admitted Maine as a free state in 1820 so that Missouri would become a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36 30, the southern boundary of Missouri. Henry Clay proposed the second Missouri Compromise in 1821, which forbade discrimination against citizens from other states in Missouri but did not resolve whether free blacks were citizens. Congress had a right to prohibit slavery in some territories. -
Election of 1824
The 1824 presidential election was one of the most hotly contested and most important in American history. Of the four major candidates, none received the requisite majority in the Electoral College. Ultimately, John Quincy Adams was elected the sixth president of the United States. The election was decided by the House of Representatives. -
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Age of Jackson
Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 -
John Calhoun
John Calhoun, the South’s recognized intellectual and political leader from the 1820s until his death in 1850, devoted much of his remarkable intellectual energy to defending slavery. He developed a two point defense, one was a political theory that the rights of minority section in particular the south needed special protecting the federal union. The second argument was an argument that presented slavery as an institution that benefited all involved -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. He is most known for being considered the first "common man" to become president and known as a hero from the War of 1812. He also made changes to the way the presidency was run. Furthermore, even though he lost against John Quincy Adams, he ran again and became president. After becoming president, many attacked him in many personal ways including attacks on his wife, Rachel. He was also the only president to have been a prisoner at war. -
Spoil System
This was invented when Andrew Jackson was elected president, and it was based on rotation in office and rewarding loyal supporters. It was basically the policy of removing political opponents from federal offices and replacing them with party loyalists. This had a negative effect because it was like favoritism. -
Indian removal act
This act was a law passed by president Andrew Jackson in 1830. It led to the eviction native Americans from their homelands in the southeast. Not only did it remove them from their homes, but it led to the "Trail of tears" -
Trail of tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
Nathaniel Turner's Rebellion
In 1831, Nathaniel; also known as Nat, began to notice conflicts between whites and blacks.He believed he was chosen by God to rise and revolt against white slave owners. He then gathered more supporters and continued their wrath across the U.S. This even was known for being very tragic and bloodiest slave rebellion. -
Railroads
Railroads were a major factor during the first civil war. The advances in developing the railroad helped to increase safety and efficiency in coal mines since before they were created, coal mining was extremely dangerous. Railroads was essential since it made transportation easier, helped deliver manufactured goods and foods. Cost of products also decreased because of railroads. Population also increased because foods was available in a large variety at a low cost. -
American Anti-Slavery
This event is also known as A.A.S. William Lloyd Garrison and a group of other abolitionist founded the American Anti- Slavery Society. These men provided local and state antislavery societies, with an organization that could take their cause to the national level. They hoped to convince both Southerners and Northerners of slavery’s inhumanity. They also went to the U.S Congress with petitions calling for the end of slavery -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a struggle between some states and Andrew Jackson. The states didn't want to pay the protective tariff that Jackson wanted, and states claimed the right to "nullify." This meant that the states didn't have to pay the tariff. It would have meant that the states would have had the authority over the federal government in a basic economic matter like the tariff. The states withdrew their objection to the tariff because of the compromise bill introduced. -
Changes in Agriculture
The economic developments of this revolution brought many significant changes to the economy. It resulted in increased population and outstanding urbanization in the cities. People moved in from other areas in search of employment. Agricultural improvements were creating the iron plow. The iron plow helped accelerate the process in agriculture. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon trail stretched more than two hundred thousand miles that carried American settlers from the Midwest to new settlements in Oregon, California, and Utah. It was laid down by fur trappers and traders and could only be traveled by horseback. -
Lowell Mills
Lowell mills was a production system created for labor to help those who wanted to be employed. It consisted of female-textile workers that wee usually young and single. They were allowed to live there as well. This event lasted roughly about 10 years. -
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Westward Expansion
Thomas Jefferson believed that the nation's future depended on its westward expansion. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. -
Underground railroad
This underground railroad was not really underground... NOR a railroad. Passages, secret routes, and places were created to help slaves escape plantations they were enslaved on. This railroad helped hundred thousands of slaves escape from bondage in the South. -
Election of 1844
Henry Clay was in the Whigs political party and they were upset over Van Buren and James Polk . Polk favored expansion, demanded that Texas and Oregon be added to the US and Clay had already spoken out against annexation. Polk won the election by the difference of one state. Democratic candidate James K. Polk defeated Whig candidate Henry Clay with 170 electoral votes to Clay's 105. -
Manifest Destiny
It expressed the belief that it was Anglo Americans providential mission to expand their civilization and institutions across the breadth of North America. This expansion would involve not merely territorial but the progress of liberty and individual economic opportunity as well.It was. The term and the concept were taken up by those desiring to secure Oregon Territory, California, Mexican land in the Southwest -
Battle of Palo Alto
This battle was the first major battle of the Mexican-American war that was fought. The general for this battle was Zachary Taylor. They defeated the Mexican Force. -
Mexican American War
In 1845, the United States completed its annexation of Texas, which became the 28th state on December 29. This move led to a breakdown in diplomatic relations with Mexico. After the United States sent troops to a disputed border region around the Rio Grande River, the Mexican-American War broke out. The United States won the two-year battle, and as a result, Mexico relinquished its claims to Texas. It also recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern border. -
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Sectionalism
As the United States moved closer to civil war, the country divided more and more. Sectionalism became a problem. This is the loyalty to a part of a nation, but not the nation as a whole. Americans saw themselves as Southerners or Northerners. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in American history since it brought about 300,000 people to California. It all started on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall found gold on his piece of land at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold quickly spread around. This created large expansion to the western region. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. -
Compromise 1850
The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not. The compromise prevented further territorial expansion of slavery while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act. -
Election of 1852
In 1852, Franklin Pierce was elected to become the new president. It was the 17th quadrennial presidential election. It is important and very similar to the election of 1844. Pierce was a "whig" who had succeeded to presidency. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Kansas- Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebrask Act was an 1854 bill that mandated popular sovereignty, allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders.The conflicts that arose between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the aftermath of the act’s passage led to the period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas, and helped paved the way for the American Civil War -
Fort Sumter
The Fort Sumter was the first site where the first site where the first shot began the Civil War. During this time Lincoln told South Carolina of ships resupplying the fort South Carolina was in need to make a snow of force and to attack before ship arrived. -
South's Military Leadership
The Military Leadership in the South was full with Civil War Generals and Commanders during the war.Hundreds of Generals commissioned during this time the union and even Confederate armies. After all, the military leadership was great history if competent leaders. -
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The Civil War
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The result of a long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederates attacked Fort Sumter. -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton, also known as "The American Nightingale" was a nurse who founded the American Red Cross and was hospital nurse in the American Red Cross. Clara Barton barely had medical experience before the war, and she offered her medical help to both Union and Confederate Soldiers. She treated wounds and brought her medical supplies to the front line. After the war ended she even helped located thousands of missing soldiers. She continued to work even after the war.. -
Twenty Negro Law
It exempted one male for every twenty slaves on a plantation from the Confederate draft. The point of this law was to have enough white males prevent the slaves riot revolts after Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation of Proclamation. The law angered many whites who owned less than twenty slaves or none at all. In the north, any man who pays three hundred dollars or finds a substitute to take his place in the war will be exempted.The law only lasted for a couple of years. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. It was one of the major battles of the American Civil War. The battle started off when the Confederate soldiers launched a surprise attack on the Union soldiers in Tennessee. Even though the confederate has a minor success,they were late pushed back and resulted in a victory for the Union. The battle had major casualties, with more than twenty-three thousand total deaths -
Conscription Act
In the middle of the Civil War, the Congress passed the Conscription Act which proposed the first wartime draft for the United States citizens. The act wanted all males between the ages of twenty to forty-five, including the aliens that wanted to become citizens to have a mandatory enlistment into the war and a military conscription. This Conscription Act led to violent riots in New York City, where the protestors were mad about how the act was only towards the wealthy U.S citizens. -
Nurses
During the Civil War, thousand of women served and volunteered as nurses during this time. Their job was to supple soldiers and deliver care to wounded soldiers on both sides. Nurse were merely volunteer who showed up at the military hospitals. -
KKK
The White Resistance, also know as the Ku Klux Klan was a secret domestic militant organization in the United States. They were best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as terrorist in southern states. They were very violent and lynching to intimidate and oppress African Americans. -
Lincoln's 10% Plan
Lincoln's Plan of reconstruction was the 10 percent plan. The pan proposed that the southern states will be able to go back into the Union if they ten percent of voters will swear under the oath of allegiance to the Union. Lincoln believed the south didn't legally separate from the north, so he only asks for forgiveness from the south. He hoped to end the war quickly, fearing that the war would never let the North and the South reunite. His plan successfully made the South surrender. -
13th amendment
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery in America, and was ratified in 1865, after the conclusion of the American Civil War. The president and other Republicans knew that the Emancipation Proclamation might be viewed as a short term war measure and not outlaw slavery once the Civil War ended, so they focused on having a constitutional amendment that would do so. It gave freedom to the people of the United States -
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Reconstruction
President Lincoln was the leader of the moderate Republicans and wanted to speed up Reconstruction and reunite the nation painlessly and quickly. Lincoln formally began Reconstruction in late 1863 with his Ten percent plan, which went into operation in several states but which Radical Republicans opposed. -
Shakers
They are a group of people who were celibate. They were communistic and believed in equality among both sexes. Shakers rejected domesticity and had no private property. However, they did not believe in marriage or procreation, -
Election of 1868
This election was the first one that took place during the reconstruction. The Election of 1868 was between Ulysses S. Grant and Horatio Seymour. In the end, Ulysses Grant won with the popular votes while Horatio Seymour lost the popular votes and electoral votes. The main reason why Ulysses S. Grant won, he was one of the popular men in the North from his efforts in the Civil War. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment had been made to make any person who's born in the United States, a citizen no matter what background they carry. The Constitution states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." It also states that any citizen born in the U.S may have their rights taken "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" -
Black Friday Scandal
The Black Friday Scandals, also known as the Gold Panic, was the result of the Fisk and Gould scandal when they created a plot to raise the price of the gold market and then sell their large amount of gold to sell for profit. It was one the first series of scandals under Grand administration. The only way they could lower the price of gold, was by forcing the treasury to sell four million dollars in gold from its reserve, which soon collapsed the markets and many people were financially ruined. -
Fur Traders
During the 1820, Fur Traders made a huge profit with the Western Frontiers. However, The trade in fur coats such a beavers started ti decrease and almost went into extinction since fashion changes over time. -
15th Amendment
The fifteenth amendment is to protect the right of the free black citizens to vote. It didn't allow the federal and state government to deny the citizens right to vote based on their race, color or their past conditions of servitude and was adopted by the Congress. After years of discrimination, the Voting Rights Act finally overcame the legal barriers that denied their right to vote. -
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that was brought by industrial capitalism. After the Civil War, the US banking system was hit by a banking crisis. The panic first started when Europe's stock market crashed. Investors were selling off their investments from American railroads, and railroads went bankrupt when the railroads started to have problems. -
Economic Boom
The New south was the integrate more fully with United states modernized society. However, the economy was rejected and the Traditions of the old south based plantation systems of the antebellum period. -
Compromise of 1877
Allies of the Republican Party candidate Rutherford Hayes met in secret with moderate southern Democrats in order to negotiate acceptance of Hayes’ election. The Democrats agreed not to block Hayes’ victory on the condition that Republicans withdraw all federal troops from the South, thus consolidating Democratic control over the region. As a result of the so-called Compromise of 1877; Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina became Democratic once again, marking the end of the Reconstruction era.
