U.S. History Timeline Marquel Morrison

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  • Northwest Ordinnce

    • Declared slavery illegal in the northwest territory
    • First effort by the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories
    • Set the precedent for how many new states can enter the union This is important because new states would enter the union on terms to the original thirteen colonies.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    • Purchased By Thomas Jefferson
    • From the Treaty Of France
    • Lewis and Clark explored the land This is the first land acquisition following the territory acquired from the treaty of Paris.

  • The Texas Annexation

    • Texas could not be admitted as a new state because of border disputes
    • Balance of power between slave states and free states
    • Texas remained independent for almost a decade Texas was Annexed by congress after Polk was elected.

  • Missouri Compromise

    • 1820
    • Admitted Missouri As a slave state and Maine As Free State
    • Drew the line for the expansion of slavey at 36'30" line

  • Monroe Doctrine

    • Issued By James Monroe
    • Warned European countries to not Recolonize Latin America
    • Enforcement of the document was dependent on The British navy United States Military power was very limited.

  • Nullification Crisis

    • 1830
    • John C. Calhoun From South Carolina
    • States have the right to declare federal law The federal government passed a very high protective tariff, which angered the south.

  • The Mexican Cession

    • Contained territories that made up most of southwestern U.S
    • Land acquired from the treaty that ended Mexican American War
    • Completed Manifest Destiny This gave Americans control of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    • Proposed By Stephen Douglas
    • Overturned Missouri Compromise
    • Competition Of Pro-Slavery And Anti-Slavery Forces Turned Conflict Overturned Missouri Compromise By Allowing Popular Sovereignty North Of 36'30".

  • Battle Of Fort Sumter

    • Charleston, South Carolina
    • Confederate Victory
    • Fought The Union

  • Battle Of Bull Run

    • July 1861 -Bull Run Creek Manassas Virginia
    • General Irwin Mcdowell Confederacy victory.

  • Battle Of Antietam

    • September 1862
    • Antietam Creek, Sharpsburg, Maryland
    • General George McClellan Union The single bloodiest day of the war with 23,000 casualties.

  • Gettysburg Adress

    • November 1803
    • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln " Four score and seven years ago "

  • Battle Of Vicksburg

    • May 1863
    • Vicksburg, Mississippi
    • General Ulysses S. Grant Union Vicory Led By Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Battle Of Gettysburg

    • July 1863 -Gettysburg Pennsylvania
    • General George G. Meade Union Win This War.

  • Sherman's March To Sea

    • Began November 15, 1864
    • William Tecumseh Followed the total war strategy
    • Led his forces on a march to the sea from the Tenessee Georgia Border His plan was to capture the port At Savannah, Georgia

  • 13th Amendment Passed

    • During Reconstruction Ended Slavery

  • Presidential Reconstruction

    • Re-establishment of full participation of the southern states
    • After the war ended
    • Southern governments passed black codes to replace the slave codes Southern vigilante groups were violent towards freedmen

  • Congressional Reconstruction

    • Increased violence toward freedmen
    • Resolve of public and congress toward freedmen
    • KKK tormented black men Black men were not allowed to vote.

  • 14th Amendment Passed

    • African Americans
    • Birthright citizenship

  • 15th Amendment Passed

    • Granted African American Men The Right To Vote

  • Plessy V Ferguson

    • 1896 Supreme Court Decision That Upheld Constitutionality Of Racial And Segregation Laws
    • Separate but equal