Civil War
What was the Kansas Nebraska act?
A law that created Kansas and Nebraska territories paving the way for western expansion.
Who won the civil war and what happened after?
The union won (the North)
-Confederates joined the US again and radical reconstruction begins
-southern states must ratify 14th amendment
-increased abolitionists support in the north
What was the Bill of Rights?
1st 10 amendments to the US constitution
Was created because many feared the constitution had too much power and critics demanded a list of protected liberties. James Madison suggested the bill, which was approved by congress.
What was the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
13th -Abolished slavery. Followed Lincolns emancipation proclamation
14th - Guarantees birthright citizenship. due process and equal protection under law to all individuals.
15th- Prohibits the federal government and states from denying citizens rights to vote based on race and color. *But southern States were able to bypass the law thru poll taxes and literacy tests.
What was Wilsons Adress to Congress in 1917?
Wilson requested a declaration of war against Germany, citing that Germany had unrestricted submarine warfare that wrongfully sunk civilian US ships.
Congress agreed, and declared war on Germany. US officially joins WW1.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
A law that set a 36 degree 30 line to determine future free & slave states.
-Missouri =slave, Maine =Free
Who are the first 5 Presidents?
1. George Washignton
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
What was the Boston Massacre?
A massacre occurring in Boston on March 5th, 1770. British solider fired into a crowd of angry American colonists in Boston, killing five people. Becoming a major cause for the American Revolution.
Case that established the "separate but equal' doctrine, ruling that racial segregation was consistutional and equal. The case followed an incident of Homer Plessy boarding a whites only car in Louisiana and was arrested because of being 1/8 Black.
What caused the US to join WW2?
After the Pearl Harbor attacks on US. Japanese military plans bombed Pearl Harbor to protect imperial expansion of Japan.
Admitted California as a free state
stronger fugitive slave act
popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico
What was the Embargo ACT of 1807?
-signed by Thomas Jefferson
-banned all American ships (vessels) from sailing to foreign ports. it aimed to punish Britain and France from harassing US ships.
-Devastated the US economy.
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
A British boundary implemented by King George lll, forbidding American colonists from settling in the West. The line was drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists argued it was abuse of British authority.
Passed by Lincoln. Accelerated western expansion by granting 160 acres of public land to any adult citizen if they could build a home and cultivate the new land.
When did the Cold War star and end?
After WW2, Soviet Union spreads communism throughout Europe. US is afraid of communism spreading and reaching the US or other allies. US and Soviet Union become allies. US aiming to avoid the spread of communism, USSR aiming to spread communism.
Ended December 26, 1991. After Gorbachev decided not to use military force to prevent the fall of the Berlin Wall, which lead to the the collapse of Communism.
What was Dred Scott Decision 1857?
Congress cannot ban slavery in new territories
increased tensions
what was the Louisiana Purchase?
-Land deal in which the US acquired territory from France in the west to expand the country
-Bought by Thomas Jefferson
What was Brown v Board of Education?
What was Little Rock Arkansas?
A case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Following a incident where African American parents filed a law suit against the local Board of Education arguing that their children were forced to attend segregated black schools further from their homes, even though there were white schools closer.
Nine African American students, called the Little Rock nine, attempted to integrate central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas following Brown v Board Education rule. Police, and eventually National Guard soldiers had to protect the nine students from riots of White Americans. White Americans were protesting and rioting against the nine students for attending central high school as African Americans.
Why was NATO formed?
Why was Warsaw Pact formed?
NATO was formed in 1949 to prevent Soviet expansion and protect other countries from the Soviet Union. Countries could join NATO to protect themselves from being attack or communism.
Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955 to counterpart NATO, binding Eastern countries together and spread communism.
What are the causes of the civil war?
Tensions between northern and southern states
tensions between new territories if slavery should be allowed
Lincolns election and view on slavery
Emancipation proclamation
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To warn other countries of the policy of the US stating that the US will avoid any conflict with other countries unless they interfere or break the US polices
1. Madbury v. Madison
2. Miranda v Arizona
3. Dred Scott Decision
4. Bush v Gore
1. established the principle of judicial review
2. Gives you the right to remain silent and an attorney when arrested. Anything you say will be used against you in court.
3. Dred Scott sued for his freedom in 1846 arguing that he was free because he escaped to the free state Wisconsin. Congress ruled enslaved African Americans have no rights and slaves are property. Even if you escape and are caught, you will be sent back to your owner as a slave.
4. Gore and Bush did not have enough electoral votes. Votes were extremely close, but Bush had a little more than Gore so he won. Gore requested a second recount. 29,000 ballots were incorrect. The case was dissmissed though, and Bush still won presidency.
What was Space and Nuclear arms race?
what was cuban missile crisis?
Space race was a competition between the US and Soviet Union to enter space first and gain superiority over space technology.
Nuclear arms race was competition between the Soviet Union and US to have more advanced nuclear weapons. Both countries sought to protect one another from a nuclear war, preparing nuclear weapons to win said war if it broke out. We nearly came to a nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day confrontation in October 1962 between the US and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles deployed in Cuba. Ending with a diplomatic agreement to removes the missiles one exchange for U.S. security guarantees.