Leaders of the Early Nation
Reform Movements
Issues with Immigration
Native Americans
Foreign Policy
100

The founding father of the United States. The General who led us to victory, and the first president.

George Washington

100

This movement had the goal of ending slavery in the United States. It was started and grew in the north and was one of the dividing factors that fueled the American Civil War.

Abolitionist Movement.

100

These European people were the most oppressed by nativists once they arrived in America. They were said to drink too much, and cause nothing but trouble.

Irish and Germans

100

a series of forced relocations of Native American peoples from their original homelands to areas in the West that had been designated as Indian Territory by President Andrew Jackson.

Trail of Tears

100

This Act was an attempt to have Britain and France to recognize American neutrality and stop the impressment of U.S. Sailors during the Napoleonic Wars. This would later lead to Jay's Treaty and the XYZ Affair.

Macon's Bill No. 2.

200

This Founding father was known for creating the first public library, as well as helped draft both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. In 1783, he helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris.

Benjamin Franklin

200

Drafter by Elizabeth Cady Staton for the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. The article called for equality with men before the law, education, and employment.

Declaration of Sentiments

200

This Politician and Democratic Political Machine who would pay for an Irish Immigrant's citizenship in exchange for votes.

Boss Tweed

200

This Department was created under the President's Cabinet to deal with Native American Interactions and affairs.

Department of Indian Affairs

200

Law passed by Congress in 1807 against Great Britain and France which closed the borders to trade and prohibited American Ships from trading in all foreign ports.

The Embargo Act.

300

This Leader of the Nation was highly responsible for the initial boost of the American Economy. The secretary of State under Washington, he was a strong supporter of the establishment of the National Bank as well as a strong Central Government.

Alexander Hamilton

300

A Protestant religious revival that began around 1790 and gained momentum by 1800.

Second Great Awakening

300

Nativist political party, also known as the American Party, which emerged in response to a large group of immigrants, particularly Irish Catholics.

The Know-Nothing Party

300

This battle sealed the fate of the Native Americans.

Little Big Horn.

300

This treaty ended impressment of American sailors by French soldiers, who sought revenge after the signing of Jay's Treaty.

XYZ Affair.

400

This historical figure was responsible for the Nullification crisis, as well as the victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

Andrew Jackson

400

Armed march in Philadelphia by Scott-Irish frontiersmen in protection against the Quakers.

The Paxton Boys

400

Federal legislation that prohibited most further Chinese immigration to the united states. The first major restriction on immigration in US history.

Chinese Exclusion Act

400

This battle saw the last conflict between the American Government and the Sioux tribe after a native attack on a South Dakota city led troops to a massacre of the tribe.

Battle of Wounded Knee

400

Treaty between the Brittish and American government which averted war, and ended conflicts between the two nations that had been in the air since the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

Jay's Treaty.

500

This man contributed to the drafting of the constitution as well as co-wrote the Federalist Papers. Lastly, he also sponsored the bill of rights.

James Madison.

500

Organization formed in 1890 led by Susan B. Anthony to promote woman's suffrage that demanded votes for women as well as all the same rights as men. They also wanted to be part of public decision making.

National American Woman Suffrage Association.

500

Middle-class buildings that provide housing, food, education and childcare for immigrants 

Settlement Houses 

500

This was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans by Colorado Volunteers, even though peace negotiations were being developed.

Sand Creek Massacre of 1864

500

Fought between Britain and the United State largely over the issues of trades and impressments

The War of 1812

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