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George Washington
American commander-in-chief; first president, set precedents for future presidents, put down Whisky Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax), managed presidental cabinet, carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule. -
Boston Massacre
british soliders shot into crowd of snowball fight ; two of the nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter. -
Shay's Rebellion
Mistreated farmers, fear of Mobocracy, forced people to think about central government. -
Cotton Gin
Allowed for faster processing of cotton , invented by eli whitney, less need for slaves. -
Jay's Treaty
provided for evacuation of English troops from posts in the Great Lakes. -
Washington's Farewell Address
Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties, called for unity of the country , established precedent of two-term presidency. -
XYZ Affair
French foreign minister (trlleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with american peace commission , made Adams unpopular among the people -
Election of 1800
Adams, Jefferson, and Burr: Adams lost, jefferson and Burr tied, Hamilton convinced other federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie. -
Marbury v. Madison
John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery ' -
12th Amendment
required separate and distinct ballots for presidental candidates citizen Genet-Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his american Foreign Legion in the south , which was directed to attack spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine. -
Spoils System
' rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship, those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy. -
Liberty Party
supported abolition, broke off of Anti -Slavery Society -
Emancipation Proclamation
issued by Lincoln following Antietem (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) ,declared slaves in the confederacy free(did not include border states), symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war. -
Ku Klux Klan
spreads quickly; opposed everything that was not white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative), Stephenson's faults and jail sentenced led to demise. -
Muckrackers
Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies), David Graham Phillips (senate, Aschen School (child labor -photography), mass magazines McClure's and Collier's -
Flappers
Expressed new freedom of women, sexual revolution.In the 1920s, a new woman was born.She smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was giddy and took risks. She was a flapper. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb
September 1949, US no longer held monopoly; TWO Atomic Powers, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Parks arrested for refusing to give up seat ont the bus to a white man, African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses uncostitutional. -
Election of 1824
' Corrupt bargain ' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over jackson -
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U.S History Timeline
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