People
Led a farmer's uprising that resulted in the Constitutional Convention being called
Daniel Shays
Country target with immigration restrictions in 1883, shortly after the concluded construction of many routes of the transcontinental RR.
China
1939 legislation which provided direct military aide to the British, thus marking a clear American shift away from the "neutrality" of the earlier parts of the decade
Cash & Carry
Event which most directly led to the involvement of the United States in World War I
The Zimmerman Note
Hit France and Britain with an Embargo in 1807 b/c of impressment
Thomas Jefferson
A socialist arrested in 1918 under the Sedition Act.
Eugene Debs
During the colonial period, this region was the "breadbasket" of British America, producing a huge amount of food
Middle Colonies
This 1887 piece of legislation was designed to reduce the scope of Native American control of land within the United States
The Dawes Severalty Act
Diplomatic event in France that led to the beginning of the end of the John Adams administration
XYZ Affair
Andrew Johnson
Famously told America in 1896 not to crucify itself on a "Cross of Gold", suggesting that sticking with the gold standard would be a mistake for the economic future of the country
William Jennings Bryan
Location of an attempted armed revolt against slavery in 1859, on the eve of the Civil War
Harper's Ferry
The first example of a social contract in American history
The Mayflower Compact
Massive territorial acquisition included as part of the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo in 1848
Mexican Cession
Desegregated the U.S. military in 1948 with an executive order
Harry S. Truman
Famous for his "Atlanta Compromise" in which he advocated for black Americans to focus on vocational training, rather than equality, at facilities like his Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Location of the event which sparked the U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War
Havana, Cuba
Discriminatory laws passed by local governments in the South immediately after the Civil War which led to "Radical Republicans" taking more control over Reconstruction
black codes
On top of a bad economy, this event destroyed any popularity that Jimmy Carter had left prior to the 1980 election
Iran Hostage Crisis
In 1968, famously won the presidency b/c of support from what he called the "silent majority" of Americans
Richard Nixon
Progressive Supreme Court justice of the 1950s and 60s famous for the Miranda v. Arizona and Gideon v. Wainright rulings
Earl Warren
Location of North Vietnamese hostility that led to Lyndon Johnson asking for Congress to give him power to appropriate U.S. troops to Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
A term for the calming of tensions between the United States and the communist world in the 1970s. Largely associated with the foreign policy of Richard Nixon
detente
Teddy Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party was defeated b/c of a split Republican vote, allowing Woodrow Wilson to become POTUS
Election of 1912
Invoked the Insurrection Act to suppress the Pullman Strike in 1894, a sign that the federal government did not agree with workers' right to strike
Grover Cleveland