Major Events
Colonists disguised as Native Americans bordered British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
50% of the current U.S. population can trace their family history to this immigration station
Ellis Island
Most significant battle which was the last failed attempt by Gen. Robert E. Lee to invade the North
Gettysburg
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Thomas Jefferson
Women's rights activist who was arrested in New York for voting illegally in 1872
Susan B. Anthony
President Abraham Lincoln's assassin who killed the American Civil War leader on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater
John Wilkes Booth
Key reason why the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed by Congress (growing fear)
Cheap Labor
Deadliest one day battle in American military history which led to the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
John Adams
Conductor of the "Underground Railroad" whom helped hundreds of slaves escape the horrors of slavery in the Deep South
Harriet Tubman
Workers strike for an eight hour work day in Chicago in 1886 that led to riots by anarchists who killed dozens of people
Haymarket Square
Two major factors why immigrants fled Europe to the United States during the late 19th century
Religious persecution or job opportunities
Bull Run
Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
Former slave, autobiographer, and special consultant to President Abraham Lincoln who became leader of the abolitionist movement in New York and Massachusetts
Frederick Douglass
U.S. Gen. George Custer was killed by a coalition of Native American tribes during this battle (His Last Stand)
Battle of Little Bighorn
Slum housing complex (dirty/poor conditions with no windows) that multiple immigrant families lived in during times of urbanization
Tenements
The bombardment of Fort Sumter was located here (city, state) - signified the first shots of the Civil War
Charleston, SC
Manifest Destiny (1845)
James K. Polk
The first great American advocate of public education who believed that in a democratic society schooling should be free and universal for all
Horace Mann
The presidential election of 1824 is known as the "corrupt bargain" due to this famous politician's actions to persuade the House of Representatives to vote for John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Written on the walls of the detention barracks at Angel Island by Chinese immigrants seeking legal status to enter the United States (signified hope)
Poetry
The unconditional surrender of the Confederacy was signed at this famous historic site in Virginia
Appomattox Court House
"Trustbusting" and the Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt
African American activist who created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
W.E.B. DuBois