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Columbus Lands In America
Christopher Columbus was a European explorer who found the New World in search of a route to the Indies. Columbus set sail on the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina. He made 4 separate trips to America, but he never set foot in North America. He visited the Caribbean Islands and explored majority of South America and Central America coasts -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first english settlement in America, named after King James I of England men and young boys voyaged from Europe to make Virgina their new home. Majority of people who settled in Jamestown were trying to escape the religious persecution in England. The people who settled in Jamestown were called pilgrim -
Pilgrims Land
The people of England who were trying to escape religious persecution in England were known as Pilgrims. They traveled 66 days in harsh conditions only leaving 102 people to survive. Once arriving on shores of Cape Cod, they spend majority of the winter on the Mayflower. Many did not serve due to the lack of food and higher risks of illnesses. -
French And Indian War
The French and Indian War started with the British wanting to have the Ohio River Valley and to have the ability to freely to trade with the Native Americans. France did not want to give Britain the opportunity to trade with the Native Americans, so they set up forts blocking out Britain. After a decade of war the British won but still were not happy because the Treaty of Paris did not work in their favor and it even angered the Native Americans because it gave them zero chances -
Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson was elected as the United States 7th president on March 15, 1767. Jackson’s presidency was known for turning the United States from a republic to a democracy. He also known for the Indian Removal act. -
Lexington And Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the start of the American Revolutionary when 8 American soldiers were killed and 1 British soldier wounded. British soldiers moved into Concord to seize military supplies and arrest revolutionists. The British soldiers admitted to their loss and returned back to Boston. This was a major win for Americans because they were often seen as unorganized rebels. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was written in order to separate colonists rights from the king. The importance of the document was to ensure American peoples rights. The founding fathers of the documents were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston. Thomas Jefferson announced how every human has undeniable rights and life liberty and pursuit of happiness for all. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place in Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The reason for this gathering was to purpose a new constitution and rewrite the current constitution. The main purpose for all the delegates to gather was because smaller states wanted to have the same amount of congress members as the bigger states. -
(Invention) Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin in order to help lighten the work of the slaves, but it actually lead the opposite effect and led to greater slave exploitation. -
Jefferson Presidency
On March 4 1801 President Thomas Jefferson was elected as president of the United States of America. Jefferson's main goals as president was to increase Americas land through the Louisiana Purchase and negotiating peace with France. Also to increase trade between European countries -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase was a trade deal between the France and the United States, it was sold for approximately 15 million dollars. This gave the United States the opportunity to control the Mississippi River and New Orleans ports. It also allowed territory for the Western expansion. The Louisiana territory was about 828,000 square miles. -
(Invention) The Steamboat
Robert Fulton created the Steamboat in 1807. This lead to a breakthrough in cheap transportation, which greatly affected modern society. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise was admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Congress wanted to deactivate the political and social tension so they came up with the Missouri Compromise. Even though Missouri was admitted into the Union, they were still considered a slave state. The Missouri Compromise ended up failing because the tension of slavery was too big of an issue -
(Invention) Braille
Louis Braille was the first to make a language system for the blind to read from. His contributions the visually impaired/blind has allowed them to advance in society. The language he created in 1824 has remained virtually unchanged. -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson authorized for Native American Indians to be removed from west of the Mississippi. Native Americans were put into concentration camps leading to the trail of tears. This allowed United States to gain control of 7 different states. -
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave who lived in Missouri but moved to a free state believing he would be free. This case is infamously known world wide because Dred Scott was not seen as free man due to his skin color. He was not granted freedom and lost the trial. This was a major event in US history because black people were not seen as citizens but as slaves -
Lincoln Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville Kentucky on Feb 12 1809. Before Lincoln president he was a self taught lawyer. During Lincolns presidency he led the United States through a bloody civil war. He wanted unite the north and south but if it meant slavery would have to happen he was okay with that. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter took place on the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. It was battle between the Union and Confederacy. It first started when South Carolina seceded from the Union This was the first start of the American Civil war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The main purpose of the Emancipation was to grant slaves in Confederate slaves freedom only if the south didn't return back to the Union. This was President Lincolns attempt to free slaves in the south -
Surrender of Appomattox
The battle of Appomattox marked the end of the Civil war. General Robert E Lee surrendered to the Union army which was under control of General Ulysses Grant. This brought the 4 year civil war to an end -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14 1865 at the Ford Theater by John Wilkes Booth -
Thirteen Amendment Ratified
The 13th amendment was ratified because it only abolished slavery and forced servitude if it was not related to a crime. Senate passed an amendment to abolish slavery on April 8, 1864 -
W.E.B Du Bois
W.E.B Du Bois was a black historian who was the founder of the NAACP magazine also was very vocal on how segregation has no place in society -
(Invention) The Lightbulb
Thomas Edison didn't create the first lightbulb, but he was the first to make a practical, mass-producible lightbulb. His lightbulbs allowed people to enjoy/work past sundown, and greatly affected society. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act was restricting immigration to Chinese immigrants. It prohibited the Chinese to work and even being able to live in certain areas -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act prohibited business to monopolize. The law tries to ban from price increases and trade restrictions to develop. Roosevelt created this act to also give Federal government more control -
(Invention) The Electrical Toaster
Alan MacMasters was the first to make the electric toaster. However, since it's creation it has been improved upon into the modern toaster we know of today. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
The state of Louisiana passed a law requiring railway cars to be separated between white and black. In 1892 Homer Plessy who was a mix of white and black took a white railway car, and when confronted to move he was arrested. Supreme court ruled the ''separate but equal'' law -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American war was when the United States declared war on Spain, after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana. The outcome of the Spanish American War was the Treaty of Paris, this allowed the US to have control of Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico -
(Invention) The Airplane
Although there was many attempts at creating the airplane, the Wright brothers were the first to succeed. This lead to a new era of warfare and transportation. -
(Invention) The Traffic Light
Lester Wire was the policeman who first invented the traffic light using his red-green lights. It was first implemented in Cleveland, Ohio, and greatly improved safety on the roads. -
(Invention) The Assembly Line
Henry Ford didn't created the Car, but he made the car a lot cheaper by improving the factory processes with assembly line. This lead to car becoming more popular/cheaper and helped a lot of Americans become car owners. -
Wilson's Presidency
President Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. He is known for leading American into World War I adopting a policy of neutrality and claimed entering the war was in the United States best interest -
WWI
World War I began after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian. Central Powers ( Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire) and Allied Powers ( Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and the United States) fought and it was considered an arms race -
Panama Canal
Shortcut used between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Approximately 40 miles long -
Child Labor Act
Child labor law was enacted due to the mistreatment of children in factories, they would get little pay for long hours. The Child Labor Act was set out to restrict the amount of hours a child could work and by prohibiting child under the age of fourteen to work. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was when a large amount of blacks moved from the south to the north, the period was around 1910-1960. The reason for this move was to escape Jim Crow laws, discrimination, and in search for better jobs -
Eighteenth Amendment
Banned the sale of alcohol and drinking but later repealed from the constitution -
Wilson 14 Points
Woodrow Wilson proposed Wilson's 14 points program designed for world peace. He was main believer in not harshly punishing the Central Powers because he thought it would come back and hurt Allie powers later on. Wilson also proposed the League of Nations but that was denied -
WWI Ends
World War I ended with Germany signing an agreement to stop fighting and continue peace, this was called the Treaty of Versailles -
Treaty of Versailles
The main purpose of the Treaty of Versailles was to find a way to punish Germany for the war. Germany was isolated and left in despair this allowed Adolf Hitler to come to power -
Teddy Roosevelt Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York city, he was raised into a wealthy family. At age 42 Roosevelt was elected president and known to be the youngest president in history. He was known for being the leader of the Rough Riders in Cuba. Teddy was also known for destroying monopolies -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance was a period of time were black culture started to become popular and well known through jazz music, artistic abilities, political and social movements. This redefined the black community and it was a positive period of time but ended around the Great Depression. -
Rise Of The KKK
The Ku Klux Klan is an American hate group mainly targeting African Americans in America. The KKK would lynch, raped, burned and torture whoever they saw as less -
Roaring Woman
Women during the 1920 period became more open to new ways of clothing(shorter hair and dresses), listened to jazz music, drank alcohol, went to speakeasy's -
NAACP
Racial discrimination caused by Jim crow laws and the KKK became more publicized to the community, and in doing so showing the injustice and to ensure political, educational, social, and economic equality among all races -
Nineteenth Amendment
Prohibits federal government from denying citizens to vote based on gender -
(Invention) The Radio
Guglielmo Marconi Marconi invented the first practical radio in the 1920s. This lead to a revolution in communications around the world and greatly affected society. -
Gitlow vs New York
Benjamin Gitlow was convicted for publishing a communist article to overthrow the government, the case used extension of speech but the court deemed his speech "dangerous tendency" and Gitlow was convicted -
Scopes Trail
The Scopes trial is about John Scopes, former biology teacher who taught his students about evolution in a public school. He was fined but later the court overturned Scopes trial -
Stock Market Crash
Stock Market crash was inevitable, people were borrowing money they did not have causing an inflation. Banks also were giving unlimited credit and took peoples money they had saved in the bank -
Great Depression Effects
During the economic crisis known as the Great Depression, citizens were in financial debt and had no money or jobs. Suicide rates increased because people were so depressed over the financial losses -
Prohibition
Constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation and sale of alcohol -
FDIC
FDIC was created to ensure that banks will restore any loss up to $5,000. This was created by the Glass Steagall Banking Reform Act in 1933 -
Roosevelt's 1st election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a Americans statesmen and politician before his presidency. Roosevelt election was happening during the Great Depression, he won in a land slide to Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt set up many reforms and reliefs -
CCC
CCC also known as Civilian Conservation Corps was set up by FDR to help give jobs to thousands of Americans during the Great Depression -
Social Security Act
Established benefits for older aged workers, unemployment insurance, handicap, blind, and dependents -
FDR Court Packing Scandal
A law proposed by United States President Franklin Roosevelt to appoint extra Supreme Court Justice for every judge over 70 1/2 years. This bill was made in 1937 and its known as the Court Packing Bill. -
FSA
FSA was put together to ensure aid to sharecroppers. Temperoary housing was set up and they were called "Okies" and "Arkies". These were for Dust bowl survivors -
(Invention) The Internet
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web
