Wars
(1754- 1763) Imperial colonial war for North America, part of Seven Years War. Resulted in British tightening control of the Colonies and eventually the American Revolution.
French and Indian War
1st peaceful transition of power between political parties.
1800_ Jefferson's Election (Democratic Republican)
Monopolist who secured the Standard Oil TRUST (Monopoly) during the Gilded Age through horizontal integration.
John D. Rockefeller
The last battle of the American Revolution, when French aide supported defeat (1781) of British General Cornwallis.
Yorktown, Virginia
First permanent English settlement (1607).
Jamestown, Virginia
(1914- 1919) America entered the conflict in 1917 after German unrestricted submarine warfare (Lusitania) and the Zimmerman Telegram. Wilson said America must "make the world safe for democracy."
WWI
Passage of the Stamp Act that would be the origins of Patriot claims of "not taxation without representation" during the road to the American Revolution.
1765_ Stamp Act was repealed but replaced by the Declaratory Act that reaffirmed the right of Parliament to make all laws for the empire.
Founded a Settlement House called Hull House (1889) in Chicago to help recently arrived immigrants, it was part of a larger movement associated with Social Gospel.
Jane Addams
Turning point of the American Revolution, after the Benjamin Franklin was able to negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France.
Saratoga, New York
One example of a labor union OR a labor strike during the Gilded Age.
Knights of Labor or American Federation of Labor.
Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Haymarket.
(1846- 1848) This was considered the Manifest Destiny conflict of the 19th century and resulted in American acquisition of the so- called Mexican Cession_ California, New Mexico, Arizona, parts of Colorado.
Mexican American War
Considered America's birthday when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress.
July 4, 1776
During the post- Reconstruction period advocated that African Americans gain vocational education/ job skills and economic security before advocating for political equality. *Founded Tuskegee Institute and famous for the Atlanta Compromise speech.
Booker T. Washington (born in Franklin Co. Virginia!)
President of the United States who ran on a NEW DEAL for the American people and forever changed America's expectations about the role of the federal government in looking after its citizens.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
One example of *REFORM when considering the 3 Rs (relief, recovery, and reform) of FDR's New Deal.
Social Security
Most significant of the Indian_ English wars in New England during the colonial period (1670s).
King Philip's War (Metacom)
Beginning of secession crisis that would lead to Civil War.
1860_ Election of Lincoln and secession of S.C. and deep South/ Cotton States
Before the War of 1812 a Native American leader who attempted to organize tribes to resist American encroachment into Indiana Territory. *Defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe Creek, he later allied with the British.
Tecumseh
Term for shantytowns of the unemployed during the Great Depression.
Before the Civil War, the state of South Carolina claimed states rights and threatened Nullification and Secession during the 1830s over this issue. *President Jackson threatened Force Bill and the crisis was averted.
Tariff of Abominations! Tariffs were just as much a sectional issue as slavery during the early 19th century.
(1898) Caused by Yellow Journalism and Monroe Doctrine ideas to support young republics (Cuba) in the Western Hemisphere, but it resulted in an Empire (gaining territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines).
Spanish American War
Abrupt end to Reconstruction when federal troops were removed the the South and the white Democrats "redeemed" home rule.
1877_ Compromise of 1877 (Hayes agreed to remove troops to secure the White House)
Led nearly a 3 year fight against American imperialism in the Philippines following the Spanish American War.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Turning point battle of the Civil War, where the Army of Northern Virginia lost nearly 1/3 of its men (primarily on the last day of fighting in Pickets Charge).
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This battle resulted in President Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), making freedom for slaves a goal of the Civil War and eliminating the possibility that a foreign power like England would aide the Confederacy.
Antietam or Sharpsburg (Maryland)