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Jamestown
a settlement in the colony of virginia, the first permanent english settlement in the Americas -
House of Burgesses
the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Start of Slavery
had a gradual growth and wasn't used much at first in jamestown but by 1700, most labor needs were filled by forcible importation of africans -
Mayflower Compact
document where pilgrims agreed to obey laws created for the general good -
French and Indian War
Conflict in the American colonies lasting from 1754 - 1763, that was apart of a worldwide struggle between france, and england that ended with the defeat of france and transfered french canada to british canada. -
Treaty of Paris
england gained land west of the appalachians and in canada from france -
Proclamation of 1763
england prohibits american colocnists from settling west of the appalachians -
Stamp act
england puts taxes on all legal documents in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
shooting in boston where the english army killed 5 colonists -
Boston Tea Party
event where colonists dressed up as native americans and dumped hundreds of pounds of tea into the bay -
1st Continental congress
meeting of reps in philidelphia to issue a statement of colonial rights and urge militia men to form -
Lexington & Concord
British troops attacked colonial weapon stockpile. 1st skirmish of the war -
2nd Continental Congress
creation of the continental army with george washington leading. issued the olive branch petition -
Declaration of independence
written by thomas jefferson. read and stated that the colonies were free from english rule. -
Articles of Confederation
the original constitution of the US that had a weak national gov't -
Yorktown
victory of the colonists in the revolutionary war -
Critical Period
period where the U.S. had no president and had major war debt and further problems -
Treaty of Paris
british acknowledge american independence -
land ordinance of 1785
surveying land west of the appalachians -
Annapolis Convention
an unsuccessful callin of the U.S. states -
Constitutional Convention
where many compromises were made and the articles of confederation were discarded and the U.S. Constitution was proposed and later ratified -
northwest ordinance of 1787
helped ratify new U.S. states -
The Great Compromise
created a 2 house legeslative branch consisting of senate which has 2 votes for each state and the house of representatives based on the states population -
3/5 Compromise
allowed slaves the count as 3/5 of a vote in the house of representatives -
Shay's Rebellion
a group of debt-ridden farmers from massachusetts that went against the state gov't -
Washington's Presidency
george washington becomes the 1st president of the U.S. -
judiciary act of 1789
set up court system -
Bill of rights signed
bill of rights signed by delegates to crate the constitution -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. -
Cotton GIn
increased and expanded slavery westward -
Adams Presidency
federalist party and enacted the alien and sedition acts -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. -
Jeffersons Presidency
louisiana purchase ; lewis and clark expedition -
louisiana purchase
jefferson buys a piece of land from the french that doubles the size of the U.S. -
Marbury vs. Madison
court case that established judicial review -
war of 1812
war that madison called for and america won -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
court case that established the doctrine of implied powers -
Missouri Compromise
made missouri a slave state and maine a free state. divided at 36* 30' -
Monroe Doctrine
told europe to stay out of the western hemisphere and visa-versa -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
court case that said that national gov't controlled commerce -
Age of the Common Man
Jacksonian Democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man symbolized by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. -
Jacksons Presidency
seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. -
Indian removal act of 1830
jacksons decision to remove indians and force them west -
Nat Turner Rebellion
a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.[1] Led by Nat Turner -
Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. all of texas-americans died -
Battle of San Jacinto
sam houston led an army to gain independence from mexico for texas -
U.S. Anexxes Texas
In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. -
Mexican War
after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000 -
CA Gold Rush
"49'rs" looked for gold in california. an extreme amout of people from the east began settling west. -
Seneca Falls Convention
an early and influential women's rights convention, the first to be organized by women in the Western world, in Seneca Falls, New York. led by elizabeth stanton -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. -
Missouri Compromise
missouri is a slave state and maine is a free state -
compromise of 1850
california is a free state and kansas and nebraska get to choose (popular sovreignty) -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book written by harriet stowe to depict how slaves were actually treated in the south -
Kansas - Nebraska act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement -
Dred scott case
case where the supreme court ruled that african americans did not have rights to sue at all so the case was irrelevant. overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery -
Election of 1860
abraham lincoln won presidency -
Battle of Fort Sumpter
First battle of the civil war. south carolina -
Homestead Act
federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost. -
BAttle of Antietam
battle that put the emancipation proclomation in place -
Emancipation Proclomation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the Civil War, to all segments of the Executive branch of the United States. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the civil war -
Battle of Vickburg
final major battle of the civil war -
Gettysburg Address
speech by abraham lincoln to morne the deaths of all that died in the civil war -
Lincoln's assassination
john wilkes boothe kills abraham lincoln at a theater -
Reconstruction
the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War -
13th ammendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Election of 1867
the first presidential election to take place after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. Ulysses S. Grant won -
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
the acts of Congress during the period from 1865 to 1877 providing for the reorganization of the former Confederate states and setting forth the process by which they were to be restored to representation in Congress, especially the acts passed in 1867 and 1868. -
14th Amendment
gave blacks the right of citizenship in America. This affected the blacks because they are finally citizens and whites must understand this new change and deal with it. -
15th Amendment
guaranteed blacks the right to vote. -
Jim Crow Laws
They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Knights of Labor
the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s -
American Federation of Labor
a federation of North American labor unions -
Haymarket Square
bombing during a protest, several policemen died -
Dawes Act
authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Reservation system
indians were forced off their lands to smaller parts of land -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. get rid of trusts and solidify unions -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
a landmark federal statute on United States competition law passed by Congress in 1890. It prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive, and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts. -
Appomattox Court House
current courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia built in 1892. It is located in the middle of the state about three miles northwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, once known as Clover Hill - home of the original Old Appomattox Court House. ... -
Homestead Strike
lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892 -
American Railway Union
the largest labor union of its time, and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. -
Pullman Strike
a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. -
Plessy vs. Feruguson
Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
Spanish-American war
a war between the United States and Spain -
Treaty of Paris
an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in Spain surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the West Indies, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
Assimilation policy
where immigrants become accostum to new ideas and beliefs -
Old Immigrants
immigrants from norther & western europe -
Susan B. Anthony
a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. -
open door policy
the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries -
Boxer Rebellion
chinamen tried removing all spheres of influence -
platt amendment
us could intrude in cuban affairs whenever they pleased -
New immigrants
immigrants from south and east europe -
Roosevelt Corollary
a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt -
16th Amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census -
17th Amendment
voters elect senators -
Federal Trade Commision Act
a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the president of the United States for seven-year terms. The FTC Act was one of President Woodrow Wilson's major acts against trusts. -
panama canal
a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States -
WW1
a global war centered in europe -
Progressive Movement
a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century and is generally considered to be middle class and reformist in nature. -
US enters WW1
US eneters WW1 -
14 Points
statement by United States President Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. -
Treaty of Versailles
imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans -
18th Amendment
prohibited the invent and sale of alcohol in America. Many Americans supported the law in the beginning, but there were not enough police to stop the drinking habits of so many Americans. -
Immigration Restriction Act
restrictions on immigrants coming into the u.s. -
19th Amendment
womens right to vote -
Great Migration
many african americans moved fro the rural south to the northern cities to sought out jobs. -
scopes trial
a famous American legal case in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach evolution. -
Harlem Renaissance
explosion of black intellectual and cultural life -
Hoover
unpopular due to the fact that he was blamed for the great depression -
Great Depression
the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929 -
Black Tuesday
stock market crash of 1929 -
Dust Bowl
big drought in the great plains -
FDR
president that brought us out of the depression -
New Deal
the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt -
FDIC
The U.S. corporation insuring deposits in the U.S. against bank failure -
CLO
The Congress of Industrial Organizations, proposed by John L. Lewis in 1938, was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 required union leaders to swear that they were not Communists. -
Social Security Act
a social welfare legislative act which created the Social Security system in the United States. -
Wagner Act
a foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The FLSA introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek,[3] established a national minimum wage,[4] guaranteed "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor", a term that is defined in the statute. -
non-agression pact
Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, which lasted until the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. -
War in europe begins
japan attacks pearl harbor. US declares war on japan, then germany declares war on US. Germany invades poland -
WWII selective service act.
drafted 10 million men -
Germany invades Russia
germany breaks non-agression pact -
Pearl Harbor
japan bombs pearl harbor, Hawaii -
U.S. declares war
U.S. declares war on Japan -
Miracle of Midway
A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor. -
korematsu vs. supreme court
a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
nuremburg trials
a series of military tribunals held by the victorious Allied forces following World War II in which many Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes. -
V-E day
marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. -
Nagasaki A-Bomb
US drops atomic bomb on nagasaki -
Hiroshima A-Bomb
US drops atomic bomb on hiroshima -
Berlin Airlift
the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control so the US ailifted supplies. -
Communist Takeover of China
China's communist party, led by Mao Zedong, finally prevailed against the Nationalists and assumed power. -
Division of Germany
Germany was stripped of its war gains and lost territories in the east to Poland and the Soviet Union. -
Marshall Plan
he American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Eisenhower
the 34th President of the United States -
The Rosenburgs
American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). -
Vietnam War
the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. between n. and s. vietnam -
Cold War
political hostility between U.S.S.R and U.S.A -
NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Warsaw Pact
. A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. in answer to NATO -
sputnik
each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. -
U-2 incident
francis gary powers was shot down while spying in the soviet union -
JFK
the 35th President of the United States -
Berlin Wall
a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic , that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war. -
JFK Assassination
apparently by Lee Harvey Oswald, who allegedly shot Kennedy as the president rode in an open car through Dallas. Kennedy's death was mourned throughout the world. -
Nixon's Presidency
some good with china but resigned after watergate scandal -
Election of 1968
Nixon vs. Humphrey . nixon won -
Nixon in China
nixon wanted to exploit the rift between china and soviet union. -
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries -
Watergate scandal
men of nixons break-in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
End of Vietnam War
nixon tried "vietnamization" but the south couldn't resist the North so all of vietnam continued to be communist. -
Détente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, esp. between countries -
Panama canal treaty
Pres. jimmy carter gives control of the canal back to panama -
Carter's Presidency
had many compromises including the panama canal treaty -
Camp David Accords
peace talks between israel and egypt -
Iran Hostage Crisis
a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 americans wer held hostage. -
Reagans Presidency
new political and economic initiatives with very conservative views. -
Reagans Berlin Wall Speech
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" -
Moscow Summit
meeting between U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
built by the government of what was then East Germany to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West. -
Soviet Union Collapse
due to reagans presidency and strategies
