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Henry Clay
Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser and is significant because he worked to bring compromises betweent the north and the south. He also set up the American system which would make internal improvements and help establish America even more. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States and set up two very important precedants. The precedents are setting up the cabinent, which set up the structure of the White House for the next 200 years or so, and also introducing neutrality which would warn the US to stay out of foreign affairs. -
Midnight Judges
The midnight judges were judges appointed by President Adams last minute before Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated. This is signficant because it led to the Marbury v. Madison case which established judicial review. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Lousiana Purchase was significant because it gave America a large amount of land required for the US to espand. It also gave America the Mississippi River which was important to move crops which would help boost the economy, -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 is significant because it caused massive nationalism in the United States and America gained respect. It should be remembered because it was a major war which resulted in more expansion for America. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was significant because it showed that America no longer wanted to deal with foreign affairs and it showed how the US wanted power. It's remembered because it said that no one else could colonize in America. -
California Gold Rush
The California gold rush is significant because when it was found there was massive westward expansion and people moved to find gold. This also helped America grow as a country when more people began to spend money. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 is significant because it made California a free state and established the fugitive slave law. It also put popular soveriengty in Western Territory and stopped the slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Civil War
The Civil was was significant because it dealt with 4 major issues such as states rights v. federal government rights, slavery, economic differences between industrial north and agriculture south and extremist. This war lead to many debates and fights that would, in the end, help make America what it is today. -
Homestead act of 1862
The Homestead act was significant because it helped America grow by expanding the land and letting more people own land. It gave people enough land to sustain life and develop the land. -
Transcontinental railroad
The Transcontinental railroad was significant because it gave more opportunity to those in need of work and also transported goods faster. Chinese and Irish immigrants were the ones who mostly worked on it and when it was finished it impacted America by making the transfer of just about anything much faster and more efficient. -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was a significant era because it showed how the north was trying to change the south in order for more slaves to be freed, This is important because it eventually helped slaves become free. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was an inventer who invented many things. One of those being the lightbulb and making it sustain light for hours at a time. By doing this, America was able to work longer days and nights because there was light available. -
Spoils system
The spoils system was just a way for the government to contro who gets the government jobs and so it was corrupt. When President Garfield came into office he didn't follow the system and there was shot. When we was assassinated , the Pendelton Service Act was created, thus impacting America's future. -
Urbanization
Urbanization is a major part of the history of America because it modernized it. It modernized by making more housing areas like neighborhhods and making more surburban living available. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis was an important figure in history because he made people realize that life was not all that great for everybody. He wrote "How the Other Half Lives," which made people see how poor immigrants or poor in general live. This impacted America because it made people want to help. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American war was a war over mainly Cuba and the Phillippines which would result in many significant things. The US won over Spain, which impacts America because if they never took action Spain might still have control over them. -
Imperialism
Imperialism was a way to show the greatness and powerfulness of a country to another. America eventually embraced this idea and became somewhat imperialistic. This was significant because if the US didn't do this, they might not be as strong as they are now. -
Diplomacy
There were many different diplomacy's in the History of the US and they all impacted America's future. One would be Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy which would cause America to basically show off our guns and scare other countries. -
Progressive Era
The progressive era was significant to American history because of how they helped America get together. Things such as establishing a better checks and balances system, which is still used to this day to help keep the government from going too corrupt. As well as exposing corruption and showing how the meat industry packed food. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was significant because of his method of creating vehicles. His method was to use the assembly line which made production much more efficient, cheap, and fast and he also treated his workers fairly. He helped modernize America as well. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
This was a very important event in hisotry because it sparked the beginning of World War I. This sparked it because of all the entangling alliances involved, which impacts America because they would end up winning the war. -
Wilson's 14 Points
Wilson's 14 points were important to history because his points were about WWI and why it was being fought, It's significant because if he didn't make those points the people of the US wouldn't hav known what was going on and therefore not supported the war and there could have been a different outcome. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was important to US history because it officialy ended WWI. This is importnt because if there never was a treaty then relations between Germany and the Allied powers may not be as good as it is today. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was established in the 18th amendment and it banned all alcohol sales, transfers, inports, exports, etc. This caused a rise in crime and thief. This is important because America learned its lesson by enacting this amendment. -
Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference is important to history because it was the first conference about how to stop Japanese naval expansion. It brought together 9 nations and if this conference never happened then Japan's war ships may have increased faster then it could be controlled. -
New Deal
The New Deal was Roosevelts response to the Great Depression in which was supposed offer relief, recovery, and recession. This New Deal helped America get out of depression and to recover, which in turn helped Americans become more confident in the economy. -
Pacific and European Theater
The European theater was the fight between the US and Germany over the Nazi era and the genocide. The Pacific theater was between the US and Japan. These were important times in history because they both were battles for the US. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a war between the US and USSR over communism and its expansion. The US and USSR had an arms race and a space race, and if these never happened who knows where technology would be now because it might have took us even longer to disover new ways to travel through space or create nuclear weapons. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is when Japan used Kamikaze planes to attack a US naval base in Hawaii, which killed many Americans. This sparked the United State's entry into War World II. If this never happened then we may have never entered the war which would have impacted Germany and the countries around Japan greatly. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education is a surpreme court case that pretty much turned over the Plessy v. Ferguson which was that races could be sepreated as long as they were equal. However, this court case said that it wasn't fair for schools to seperated and that the education was not equal, which helped spark a movement. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were protesters who were against the seperation of colored and white people on buses which was sparked by Rosa Parks refusal to get move out of her seat on a bus for a white person. If these riders never rode, then public transportation may have taken many more years then it already did to get rid of the seperation system. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is important because it banned all discrimination based on race, sex, religion, etc. This was a major milestone because it gave hope to all those who were once discriminated against over everything and if never have gotten passed then it may have taken longer then it already did. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal involved the Nixon administration and also President Nixon about a conspiracy of cover up. This was major in history because it involved President Nixon to become the only President in hisotry to resign from office. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords was a meeting at Camp David between Israel and Egypt that was to settle peace between the two. The meeting was set up by President Carter and it was important because it caused the two countries to have peace with each other. At least on paper. -
Reagonomics
Reagonomics was President Reagan's economic policy to reduce government spending, federal income tax, capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and control money supply to reduce inflation. This is important to history because Reagonomics was one of the majory policies in history that was suppose to help America stay out of a depression, which would lead to further exploration of policies.
