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1st permanet English settlment
Became Virginia -
!st elected assembly in the New World
Still operates as the General Assembly -
Slaves were not used much at first.
By 1700 most labor needs were filled by forcible -
A document where they agreed to obey laws created for general good.
Pledged loyaly to God and King -
Early 20th century reform movement
It used the government to institute reforms to fox problems caused by industtialization -
Slave revolt from Richmond Va
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Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller and smaller reservation.
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Plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt american culture
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Time when democracy in the US expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process.
Americans no longer let aristocrats all make the decisions. -
North of the line was free
South of the line was slave -
Jackson lost to Adams in 1824
But defeated Adams in 1828 -
This law passed at Jacksons request
Forced all indians east of the Mississippi River to move to the Indian Territory. -
He was from Southhampton VA
Led band of 80 slaves against 4 plantations. -
Defenders held out for 13 days against santa annas army.
Alamo was an old mission house. -
Texans won independence
Led by Sam Houston. -
Southern people were excited to have Texas.
Texas entered the US -
Mexician War took place from 1846-1848
President James K Polk ured war. -
Founded by James Marshall
Named the 49ers. -
!st women rights convention
Took place in Seneca falls NY -
Part pf Compromise of 1850
Made it eaiser to catch run a way slaves. -
CA entered as a free state
Southwestern territory would decide their own . -
Book by Harriet Beecher
Portayed the evils of slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas was an effecy
Repealed the Missouri camp line by giving KN and NB -
Dred Scott sued for freedom after being taken into territory by his owner.
Supreme court said that african americans arent citizens so he cant sue. -
Slavery was the main issue.
Abraham Lincoln a republican won. -
Was in South Carolina but it remained under Union
This was the first battle of the civil wae. -
Lee went North
Lincoln started using black troops. -
Law that gave free public land in the west n 160 acre plot
only condition settlers had to use it for atleast 5 years -
Freed slaves in the rebelling states
Not just restoring the union -
Lee pushed North into Pennsylvanis
3 day battle -
Short speech by Lincoln
Dedicating cemetery -
Lee surrendered
Lee urged Southerners to accept surrender and unite as americans -
Restorming southern states to the union
Determining the position of african americans -
By John Wilkes Booth
Shortley after war -
Abolished slavery
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Put south under millitary occupation
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Republican was Rutherford B Hayes
Demorcrat was Samuel J Tilden
Disputed election results. -
Prohibited states from denying equal rights to any American.
Gave citizenship to blacks. -
Largest American Labor
This was for the unions -
Voting rights for african americans.
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Bwetween the end of the reconstruction era.
Seperated the blacks from whites. -
Banned entry of almost all Chinease
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Founder was Samuel Gompers
This applied to the craft union -
K of L protest in Chicago
Bomb went off near police -
Goal was to Americanize the Indians
Legally abolished tribes -
Prevented any business structure that restrained trade
The goal was to outlaw trusts -
Carnegie steel plant
Plant manager was Henry Frick -
This was founded in Chicago
This became the nations largest organization for the union -
By pullman railroad workers
started nationwide RR boycott -
Provided seperate railroad carriages for whites and blacks
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Cubans rebelled against rule
The US had business and strategic interests in Cuba -
US annexed Puerto Rico , Guam , Phillippines
Cuba became free -
By Secretary of state John Hay
Gave all nations equal trading rights in China -
By the Chinese
The goal was to remove foreign infuence but it failed -
US asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
US put down Filipino rebellion against the US -
TR added to the Monroe Doctrine
Reminded Europe not to interfere -
Strong leader
Stood for womens voting rights -
Voters elect senators now
This does not include state legislatures -
Put tax on individuals
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Amendment to clarify the Sherman Anti Trist Act
It was drafted by Henrey D Lamar -
Creates FTC
Investigates business practices. -
The war erupted in Europe
The Allies were Britian France and Russia -
TR encouraged Panama to break from Colombia
Panama gave the US rights to build the canal -
When the African Americans moved from the rural south to the cities
This happened to over 6 million African Americans -
US remained neutral
This went on for 3 years -
This was Wilsons peace plan
The goal was to eliminate the causes of war -
Woment gained the right to vote
Susan B Anthony had a great impact on this -
Punishment of Germany
War guilt cause -
This banned alcohol.
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Gave women the right to vote.
Susan B Anythony played a huge role in standing up for womens rights to vote. -
Put a quota of how many immigrants could come from each country
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Also known as the Scopes Monkey trial
Scopes was found guilty -
He was a republican
He crushed Al Smith -
Time of economic hardship in the US.
This considered the Stock Market Crash -
This was when the stock market crashed
Also known as the great crash -
Time period when culture and art exploded into the world.
Most painters , and writers rose to fame -
Horrible Drought on the Great Plains
Caused severe dust storms -
FDR programs to deal with depression
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He railled a frightened nation
He said we should nothing nut fear but fear itself -
Bank signing indication the original insurance.
Independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933 -
Biggest New Deal program
Provides safeguards for workers -
Protected workers rights to form unions and enagage in collectice baragaining
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New Union
Propsed by John L Lewis -
set maximum work hours and minimum wages
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Stalin and Hitler agree not to attack eachother.
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Began when Germany assulted Europe.
Hitler led Germany to invade Europe. -
Signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt
He wanted to strenghten the unprepared US forces. -
The target was the US navel base.
Thousands die during this. -
Declare war after the attack on pearl harbor
Declared more than once on Germany -
Largest German military
The code name was "Barbarossa" -
6 months after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor.
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This is known as day of Nomandy
This day was June 6 -
This happened early in WW2
The supreme court was concerning the Excutive order 9066 -
Postwar trials of Nazis for war crimes in the Holocaust.
There were many convictions. -
This was a major German offense campaign
This caught allied forces off guard -
Victory Day in Europe.
Nazi Germanys unconditional surrender of his armed forces. -
Deployed over the Japanese city
Nicknamed "little boy" -
5 ton bomb
Harry Truman warned the people abou this. -
Between the US and the soviet Union
foreign policy was a major issue in every pres. -
East Germany became communist and rea=mained under soviet domnination
West Germeny was temporally under US and British and French occupation. -
Massive US financial aid package to rebuild Europe
Prevent the spread of communism -
Defensive allenice among the US and Western countires
The goal is prevent the soviet invasion of western europe. -
The soviets blockade west berlin
The US flew in supplies -
Chinas leader is Mao Zedong\
Gen McArther wanted to nuke China. -
Divided Korea
North:Communist
South: Democratic -
North Vietnam tried to install a communist government in south vietnam by force.
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Created a nuclear policy called Massive Retaliation
He used a hydrogen bomb -
Gave atomic secrets to the Soviets
Electrocuted -
Alliance among the soviet union and eastern europe
Both sides maintained large militarty forces in europe -
Launched by the Soviet Union
Worlds first artifical satellite. -
Francis Gary Powers was shot down while spying over the Soviet Union.
The space race begun. -
Between East and West Berlin.
JFK and Krustchev made agreements -
Soviets stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba
JFK demanded their removal and blockade Cuba -
Dallas Texas
Assassinated by Lee Harvery Oswald. -
Energy crisis
Raised oil prices -
Temporary thaw in cold war tensions
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He neets with Mao Zedong
Visits the Republic of China. -
5 men from Nixons reelection commitee got caught breaking into the Democratic campaign headquarters.
The white house tried to cover up its involvement. -
Nixon announced the ending of war.
Nixon decreased American troops. -
Carter gave control to Panama
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Worsened the economy
Gave control to panama -
Peace talks between Egypt and Isreal
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52 Americans were taken hostage in Iran
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Reganomics were large tax cuts , fewer social programs , less business regulations
Conservative appoinments -
"Mr Gorbachev , tear down this wall."
He increased military and economic pressure on the soviets. -
Nixon met with the soviet leader Brezhnev
Sighned the SALT Treaty -
Germany reunited
Cold War ends -
Increased sovuet military expenses
Rising nationalism in Soviet republics
