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Jamestown
First permanent English colony. -
Start of Slavery
Beginning of slavery in North America. -
House of Burgesses
First legislative assembly of Virginina. -
Mayflower Compact
Date the Mayflower Compact was signed, signed by the Pilgrims on board. -
French and Indian War
War between France and Indians versus the British troops. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed formally ending the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Tried to stabilize relations between North American colonies and Indian tribes. -
Stamp Act
Document that taxed all legal documents. -
Boston Massacre
Boston soldiers, fired into protestors killing five of them. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in reaction to the taxation of tea. -
1st Continental Congress
Urged colonies to form militias. -
Lexington and Concord
First official battle of the Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Established the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence
Declared our independence from Britian -
Articles of Confederation
First government of the United States. -
Critical Period
Time America was under the Articles of Confederation. -
Yorktown
Battle wear British surrendered to former colonists. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended Revolutionary War. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Established plan for surveying western lands. -
Shay's Rebellion
Farmers uprising due to high and unfair taxes. -
Annapolis Convention
Called to settle disputes among states over commerce. -
Constitutional Convention
Met to create the Constitution, new basis of government. Also discussed problems with Articles of Confederation. -
The Great Compromise
Made two houses of government, Senate-two votes each state and House of Representatives-representation based off population for each state. -
3/5ths Compromise
Stated that each slave counted as 3/5ths of a person when deciding a states population. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Process for creation and admission of new states. -
Judiciary Act of 1787
Established the Supreme Court. -
Washington's Presidency
First president of the U.S. -
Bill of Rights signed
BIll of Rights were first 10 ammendments of the Constitution. -
Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, and it caused cotton farming to be easier, causing the production of cotton to go up, which then made slavery rates go up. -
Adams Presidency
Date John Adams became president. -
Jefferson's Presidency
Date Thomas Jefferson became president. -
Marbury vs. Madison
Case where judges were not given their asignments after being appointed as judges. -
Louisiana Purchase
Land bought from Napoleon by Jefferson that doubled nearly size of the U.S. -
War of 1812
War between England and U.S. We sort of win due to the fact that England has been battling with France. -
McCulloch vs Maryland
Court case that stated states could not tax the federal government. Declared implied powers. -
Susan B. Anthony
Prominent role in womens rights -
Missouri Compromise
Split the anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions. -
Gibbons vs Ogden
Overturned the steamboat monopoly. -
Monroe Doctrine
Warned against further colonization of western hemisphere by England. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this to show the evils of slavery, gained support for anti-slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
U.S. Supreme Court decided all African Americans were not considered citizens, whether they were free or slaves. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln elected as president which led to some southern states seceding. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
First battle of the Civil War. -
Homestead Act
Granted people 160 acres of land for free but they had to live there for a period of time. -
Battle of Antietam
"Union victory". Forced Confederate troops out of Union soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
"Freed" all slaves, issued after Union "victory" in /battke of Antietam -
Battle of Vicksburg
Allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Considered turning point of the war -
Gettysburg Address
Stated that the South never seceded and all would be equal after the war -
Appomattox Court House
Location of the Confederate's surrender. -
Reconstruction
Era after the Civil War where Southern states were returning to their homes, finding everything in ruins, and trying to fix it, Also when former slaves began trying to get jobs and get educated. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Pres. Lincoln was assassinated by John WIlkes Booth while he was at the theater in an attempt to revivr the Confederate's cause. -
13th Ammendment
Abolished slavery unless used as punishment for a crime -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Set up military control in South to make sure African Americans were treated with equality. -
Reservation System
Indians forced off their lands onto reservations. -
14th Amendment
Said all citizens had equal rights and that all citizens should be treated fairly -
Election of 1868
Grant was elected after Andrew Johnson was impeached. -
Knights of Labor
Promoted the workingman -
15th Amendment
Said that someone could not be denied the right to vote based on color or race. -
JIm Crow Laws
Laws that allowed Racial Segregation -
Old Immigrants
Came from Northern or Western Europe -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Prohibited all immigration by the Chinese -
American Federation of Labor
First federation of labor unions in the US -
Haymarket Square
Aftermath of bombing that occured during a labor demonstration. -
Dawes Act 1887
Divided land and gave individual plots to individual indians. -
Progressive Movement
Tried to eliminate corruption in government and tried -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Prohibits certain business practices that seem anticompetition -
Homestead Strike
Strikers battled against Pinkerton security agents, resulted in major loss for unions. -
American Railway Union
One of the first industrial unions, largest of its time. -
Pullman Strike
Railway strike where nearly 4,000 workers striked against reduction on wages -
Plessy V Ferguson 1896
Said "Seperate but equal" was ok -
Spanish American War
USS Maine explodes in the harbor of Havana, which led to increasing favor for war. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
Cease fire between US and Spain, Spain freed Cuba and US gained Guam Puerto Rico and bought the Philippines for $20 million. -
Open Door Policy
Stated that nations share trading rights with the US in China so that there would not be a monopoly on trade. -
Boxer Rebellion
Rebelling Chinese who did not like foreign countries dominating their trade killed many missionaries and other foreigners before being shut down by international forces. -
Platt Ammendment
US reserves the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, US could buy or lease land for naval bases and refueling stations, Cuba would not go into debt, and Cuba could not make treaties that would limit its independence -
Panama Canal
US signed a treaty with Panama stating they could use an area of land across Panama, a canal was built and it was used to decrease travel time. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Was added to Monroe Doctrine stating that disorder in Latin America might force the US to the exercise of international police power -
New Immigrants
Came from Southern or Eastern Europe (Peaked in 1907) -
16th Amendment
Congress has the ability to impose an income tax -
17th Amendment
Senators are now elected by the people. -
Great Migration
Large scale movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities during the 20th century -
Federal Trade Comission Act
Help protect consumers and promote competition. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Added to Sherman Anti-Trust Act further saying that any anti-competition type business acts are illegal. -
World War 1
US enters WW1 on the Allies side after staying neutral in beginning, US joined after the Lusitania was blew up and after intercepting the Zimmerman Note. -
14 Points
What Wilson believed would help prevent another war. -
Treaty of Versailles
Established new nations and barred Germany from maintaining an army and to pay reparations. -
18th Ammendment
Prohbited the sale of alcohol -
Harlem Renaissance
Literary and artistic movement celebrating the African American culture during the 1920s -
Assimilation Policy
Trying to transform the Indians culture into a more American policy. (1790-1920) -
19th Amendment
Women have the right to vote -
Immigration Restriction Act
Limited number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. from each country. -
Scopes Trial
Trial over teaching evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American society. -
War in Europe Begins
Germany invades Czechoslovakia and then later on Poland causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany -
Non-Aggression Pact
Soviet Union and Germany signed an agreement to not attack each other -
Selective Service Act WW2
Draft imposed during World War 2 that recruited 10million soldiers -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise Japanese attack on an American naval base. -
US Declares War
US delcares war against Japan after Pearl Harbor and then Germany and Italy declares war against the US -
Miracle of Midway
US stops Japans advance towards Hawaii and begins pushing them back -
Korematsu vs US
Court case that declared the internment of Japanese people by the US government was legal. -
D-Day
Allied forces stormed Axis held beaches and eventually take control of them. -
Battle of the Bulge
A final german offensive push against the Allies -
Nuremburg Trials
German leaders that were tried and convicted for committing crimes against humanity, -
Cold War
US and Soviet Union have war with no direct military conflict , US tried to contain Soviet communist expansion. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe, Hitler kills himself -
Hiroshima A-Bomb
One of two cities nuked by the US to force Japan out of WW2 -
Nagasaki A-Bomb
Other city that was nuked by the US to force Japan out of WW2 -
Communist Takeover of China
Communist Mao Zedong took over by gaining a lot of peasant support by improving their lives and teaching them to read. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, US and Western European countries non-communist treaty -
Berlin Airlift
Soveit Union blockaded West Berln from getting supplies so US and Britsh pilots flew supplies in to West Berlin. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Charged and later executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union -
Korean War
Communist North Korea attacked democratic South Korea with the aid of China and the US helped aid South Korea, war ends in standoff -
Marshall Plan
US payed large amounts of money to help aid and persuade western European countries stay away from communism -
Eisenhower
President at time of H-Bomb porduction, was willing to go to an all out war against Soveit Union if attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Unions treaty with other communist/eastern European countries -
Divison of Germany
Germany is split into 4 pieces controlled by non-communist US Britain and France and communist Soviet Union, combined into two sides, Western non-communist and Eastern communist -
Sputnik
Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite -
U2 Incident
US spy plane that was flying over Soviet Union takking pictures is shot down. -
Berlin Wall
Wall built through middle of Berlin, splitting it into Communist East and Democratic West -
JFK
Elected 35th president of the US, stated that the American people need to confront the "iron tyranny" of communism -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and aimed them directly at the US -
JFK Assassination
JFK is shot and killed while traveling through Dallas
