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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that separated cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. In 1798, Eli Whitney invented a way to manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable. -
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Manifest Destiny
the United States in the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. -
louisiana purchase
On April 30, 1803 the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark's expedition officially began on May 21, 1804 when they and the 33 other men making up the Corps of Discovery departed from their camp near St. Louis, Missouri. They traveled the land that had just been bought through the Louisiana Purchase. -
Erie Canal-
work started on July 4, 1817 and completed in October 26, 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. An engineering marvel when it was built, some called it the Eighth Wonder of the World. -
Monroe doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. The Doctrine noted that the United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor get in the way or interfere with the internal concerns of European countries. -
John D. Rockefeller
Founded the standard oil company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. Rockefeller was accused of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry. In 1911the US Supreme Court found that Standard oil was in violation of anti-trust -
Sitting bull
• Sitting Bull was the Hunkpapa Lakota tribal leader in the Great Plains
• In the 1860s Sitting Bull fought U.S. troops who wanted to move Lakota tribes west onto reservations
• He was known as a fearless warrior after that and in 1868 ended up being the chief on the united Lakota nation.
• On June 25, 1875, Sitting Bull led thousands of warriors to fight U.S. general George Armstrong Custer in a battle called Little Bighorn.
• On December 15, 1890, Sitting Bull was shot to death over a strugg -
Jefferson Davis
Davis was the president of the conderates and was a very innaffective war leader. -
Fort Summter
The battle marked the beginning of the Civil war. The confederates won the siege, the union evacuated and only 2 union men died. -
Antietam
It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. 22,717 men were wounded, missing, or dead. The battle resulted in a union victory. -
Vicksburg
Battle during the civil war that lasted May 18-July 4, 1863. General Ulysses Grant and the union army made a successful siege of Vicks burg and by doing that they basically split the confederate army in half. -
Gettysburg
It was the battle with the most casualties in the civil war and it is seen as the turning point of the war because the south ended their invasion of the North after the battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It proclaimed that all enslaved people in confederate territories are free and ordered the army to treat all enslaved people in those 10 states free. -
Battle for Atlanta
During the battle, the union was commanded by William T. Sherman overwhelmed and defeated the confederates in Atlanta and laid siege to the city, seizing railroads and supply line. -
Andrew Johnson
Was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. As Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Johnson became president when Lincoln was assassinated. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded. The new president favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union. His plans did not give protection to the former slaves, and he came into conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his -
13th Ammendment
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14th Amendment
This amendment gave citizenship to African Americans and prohibited states and local governments from depriving a person of life, liberty, and property. -
Thomas Edison
• He invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, in 1877
• He invented the long lasting light bulb on December 14, 1879 in Menlo Park in what is now known as Manhattan Island on Wall Street. -
15th Amendment
This amendment prohibits the government to deny a citizen the right to vote because of their race. -
Compromise of 1877
took place in 1877 and settled the 1876 election by rewarding Rutherford Hayes the white house and ended reconstruction of the house. -
American Federation of Labor
• One of the first federations of labor unions in the United States
• Founded in Columbus, Ohio in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
• Was the largest union grouping in the US for the first half of the 20th century.
• Instead of trying to reshape the fundamental institutions of American life the AFL focused on securing for its members higher wages, better working conditions, and a shorter work week.
• Samuel Gompers w -
Wounded Knee
• One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle.
• A shot caused opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow troopers.
• Those few Lakota warriors with weapons began shooting back at the troopers. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed.
• By the time it was over, at least -
1894 Pullman strike:
• The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict in the summer of 1894 between the new American Railway Union (ARU) and railroads that occurred in the United States. -
Ellis Island
• Ellis Island was the point of entry for millions of immigrants who wanted to go to the American lands, also known as the “Land of Opportunity”.
• Ellis Island had a tremendous impact on America, because it efficiently processed tens of millions of people entering the US.
• The immigrants that Ellis Island helped bring into America made the country stronger. -
Samuel Gompers
• Labor union leader and a key figure in the American Federation of Labor.
• During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership. -
Upton Sinclair
• novel written by Upton Sinclair
• exposed of practices in the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century, based on an investigation he did for a socialist newspaper.
• The book depicts poverty, the absence of social programs, unpleasant living and working conditions, and the hopelessness prevalent among the working class, which is contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. -
Sentaor Joseph McCarthy
An American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsinfrom 1947 until his death in 1957. Starting in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible face of a period where Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion. He made claims of large numbers of Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the U.S. Federal Govt. and elsewhere. His claims led him to be censured by the U.S. Senate. -
Outbreak of the Korean War
A war between South Korea and North Korea. It was primarily a result of political division of Korea. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empore of Japan from 1910 until the end of WWII.After the surrender of the Empire of Japan in September 1945, the peninsula was divided with U.S. military forces occuying the Southern half and the Soviet occupying the Northern half. -
Cuban Revolution
Armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July movement and its allies against the regime of Cuban dictator Batista. Began in July 1953, and finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his regime with Castro's revolutionary govt. The revolutionary govt. eventually became the Present Communist Party of Cuba in October 1965. -
The Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the group Brigade 2506 on April 17th, 1961. It was intended to overthrow the revolutionary leftist government. Launched from Guatemala, the invasion was defeated by the Cuban Armed forces, under the control of Prime Minister Fidel Castro, within 3 days. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrentation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the U.S. on the other. One of the major confrentations of the Cold War and is known for being closest to nuclear conflict. The first documented instance of the threat of mutual assured destruction.
