AP US History
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Updated: 10 May 2018
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Mexico gains independence from SpainOpening of Santa Fe trailGeneral Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna sends army into Texas to enforce Mexican authoritySanta Anna's army storms the AlamoEconomic depression subsidesMexico is mad at US and cuts off contractsMexican govt removes missionaries from CaliforniaConfederacy passes first draft in American HistoryCumulative involvement statsSea battle between Union vessel Monitor and Confederate Merrimac“I believe the doctors kill more than they cure,” wrote an Alabama privateNapoleon III destruction of Paris communeBattle at Fort SumterUnion = strong, Confederacy = weakUnion army = 15,000Battle of Bull RunAbraham Lincoln Assasinated7 days campaignSecond battle of bull runBattle of AntietamBattles of Grant + FarragutCrittenden CompromiseContraband planSlaves rebel in LACongress prohibits army from returning fugitive slavesAbolition of slavery in D.C.Lincoln proposes gradual emancipation + colonizationLincoln meets w blacks to encourage colonizationLincoln makes deal to send slaves to HaitiPreliminary Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation signedBlack soldiers massacred in TennesseeGranting of retroactive equal pay to black soldiersArgentina est new constitutionItaly is unifiedEverett Hale publishes "The Man Without Country"People start being arrested for anti-war rhetoricEx parte MilliganHomestead Act passedUnion passes draftNYC draft riotsDavid Walker starts publishing "Walker's appeal" pamphletsDavid Walker assasinatedFrederick Douglass escapes to the NorthFugitive slave act is passedA crowd in Syracuse, NY breaks into courthouse and sets slave freeFrederick Douglass: What, to a slave, is the 4th of July?Nat Turner's RebellionSlaves overtake 'Creole' shipSlavery is abolished in British West IndiesGarrison begins publication of The LiberatorFreedom journal begins publicationFirst National Negro ConventionTexas is annexed into the USOregon Treaty w Great BritainTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signedDouglas stops writing for the Liberator and starts his own paper, The North StarSojourner Truth speaks @ 4th National Women's Rights conventionPottawatomie MassacreJohn Brown barricades himself at Harper's FerryDred Scott decision"Sir, slavery will not be overthrown without...a most tremendous excitement." -GarrisonLincoln proposes abolition in D.C.Lincoln-Douglas DebatesSecession crisisProposal to remove property req for black menJohn C. Fremont tries to free slaves in Missouri"Instead of depending upon [others], [blacks] must lead [the Anti-Slavery movement]."Confiscation actHorace Greeley asks Lincoln to enlist blacks in Union army13th amendment passedConfeds massacre surrendered Union soldiersRELIGION EFECTLincoln's son diesLincoln hangs 300 IndiansColorado soldiers attack indiansWomen's Sanitary Fair raises $1 milFirst Geneva Convention"King Cotton diplomacy" = failureBread Riots in Mobile, AlabamaPEACE MOVEMENTS, like Heroes of America, appearConfederacy authorizes arming of slavesBattle of Gettysburg (PA)Battle of Vicksburg (MS)War of AttritionNorthern morale at all time lowLincoln is Re-electedUnion occupies SC sea islandsSea Island ExperimentReconstruction in MS & LAReconstruction @ Davis Bend, MSLincoln announces Ten-Percent PlanNOLA blacks inspire Wade-Davis BillGeneral Sherman marches through GeorgiaSherman moves into SCConfederacy signs Negro Soldier LawLincoln passes Confiscation ActGeneral Sherman issues Special Field OrderCivil Rights Act passedAndrew Johnson ImpeachedIncrease in education for both races1st schools for blacks in SCBlacks are allowed to hold public officeAndrew Johnson orders all land in federal hands returned to its former ownersEmergence of sharecropping/croplienReconstruciton's effect on the southLee surrenders at AppomattoxIntroduction of black codesRadicalism: Stevens and SumnerLyman Trumbull proposes civil rights bill14th amendment passedElection of 1868Tenure of Office Act“...the work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but only begins." - Frederick DouglassBronsted-Lowry theory of acid/bases emergesDifferent definitions of freedom postwar15th amendment passedWomen advocate for new rightsSplit in feminist partyAll confederate states have been resorbed into the UnionEmergence of carpetbaggers /scalawagsEmergence of Klu Klux Klan3 Enforcement Acts PassedPeace in most of confederacyThaddeus Stevens diesThe Prostrate State publishedSlaughterhouse casesUS v CruikshankCompromise of 1877US producing 1/3 of global industrial output1st time majority of ppl in non-farming jobs2/3 Americans worked for wagesRailroads adopt standard national guage4 time zones are createdEdison opens 1st electric generating station"City Slave Girls" published in Chicago Times"The Theory of the Leisure Class" publishedSunshine and Shadow published"Corporations ... are fast bcoming the people's masters." - Pres ClevelandVanderbilt builds NY Central RRUP and CP RR unite3 more RR completedFINANCIAL PANIC!7 giant companies control 2/3 nations RRInterstate Commerce ActDiscovery of how to make efficient steelCarnegie starts producing steelCarnegie Steel > all mills in BritainCarnegie Steel absorbed into United States SteelFirst oil drilled in USJohn D. Rockefeller founds oil coRockefeller's Standard Oil Co controls 90% of US oilSherman Anti-trust Act passedUS vs. E.C. Knight CompanyAdam Smith introduces "invisible hand" capitalist theoryHerbert Spencer introduces Social Darwinism"God gave me my money" -Rockefeller"Acres of Diamonds" by Reverend Russel ConwellAndrew Carnegie publishes "Gospel of Wealth"First Telegraph (Samuel L Morse)Transatlantic cable invented (Cyrus W. Field)Transatlantic cables link all continentsTypewriter inventedTelephone inventedCash register inventedCalculator inventedKodak camera inventedFountain pen inventedKing Gillette's safety razor inventedEdison invents voting machineEdison opens first modern laboratoryEdison invents phonographEdison invents usable lightbulbWestinghouse invents air break for RRWestinghouse invents transformer for alternating currentMacy's founded in NYSears founded in ChicagoKmart foundedKellog's foundedTop 10% control 90% of wealth2/3 working americans work for wagesDavid Ricardo introduces "Iron law of wages"88% of americans' annual income < $3801/5 women working for wagesGreat Railroad Strike of 1877Economic depression beginsHaymarket bombingAFL = largest union in USHomestead Steel StrikePullman StrikeIn re DebsAmerican Socialist Party founded3% workers belong to unionsBooker T. Washington Atlanta Compromise speechPrinting press inventedIslamic Moors take over SpainQueen Isabelle and King Ferdinand marryFerdinand and Isabella conquer last Moorish stronghold in SpainFerdinand and Isabella fund Columbus to explore AmericasNordic vikings find CanadaOttoman turks seize ConstantinoplePortugal's Vasco da Gama reaches IndiaPortuguese slave trade with West Africa is boomingColumbus diesPapal Line of Demarcation estTreaty of TordesillasVasco Nunez de Balboa --> pacificFerdinand Magellan across worldHernan cortes conquers aztecsFrancisco pizzaro conquers IncasJohn Cabot explores NewfoundlandKing Kenry VIII creates Church of EnglandSir Walter Raleigh attempts to settle Roanoke IslandGiovanni de Verrazano explores New YorkJacques Cartier explores St. Lawrence RiverSamuel de Champlain est QuebecLouis Jolliet & Jacques Marquette explore upper Mississippi RiverRobert de La Salle explore Mississippi basin (Louisiana)Henry Hudson explores Hudson RiverSpanish est St. Augustine in FloridaSanta Fe est as capital of New MexicoSpanish finally kicked out of New MexicoSpanish solidify settlements in TexasSpanish est San DiegoSpanish est San FransiscoMissionary settlements est across CA borderNew Laws estA Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies publishedValladolid DebateJamestown VA estGeorgia estVA becomes first royal colonyEngland defeats Spanish ArmadaThe first thanksgivingPuritans est Massachusetts Bay ColonyLochner v New YorkNY law banning night work for womenBirth of ILGWU (International Ladies' Garment Workers Union)Trial of Max Planck & Isaac HarrisTriangle Shirtwaist FireCharles Darwin publishes Origin of SpeciesHenry Demarest Lloyd publishes Wealth Against CommonwealthClure's Magazine foundedHow the Other Half Lives by Jacob RiisThe Shame of the Cities by Lincoln SteffensEND of muckrakingFirst secret ballot used in MassachusettsAll states have adopted secret ballotsGov La Follette introduces direct primariesDirect primaries used in every stateNevada starts direct election of senators30 states have adopted direct election of senators17th amendment requires all US senators to be directly elected2/3 of nation owned their water systemsGalveston, Texas attempts direct election of fire, police, and sanitation dept leadersDayton, Ohio attempts manager-council municipal govt300+ cities had adopted manager-council municipal govtAnthracite coal miner's strikeTeddy bear invented18th amendment [prohibition] passedNational Child Labor Committee's child labor laws have been passed by 2/3 statesMuller v. OregonElkins ActHepburn ActUpton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' publishedPure Food and Drug Act passedMeat Inspection Act passedRoosevelt makes national parksNewlands Reclamation ActWhite House Conference of Governors promotes conservationMann Elkins Act16th amendment [income tax] ratifiedPayne-Aldrich TariffPinchot-Ballinger controversyHouse Speaker Joseph Cannon issueMidterm elections: taft controversySocialist Labor Party foundedSocialist Labor Party renamed Socialist Party of AmericaWilson: Underwood TariffFederal Reserve ActClayton antitrust actFederal Trade CommissionChild labor actHammer v DagenhartFederal farm loan actPlessy v FergusonBooker T. Washington Atlanta Exposition speechWEB DuBois: The Souls of Black FolkBirth of the Niagara MovementBirth of NAACPNAACP = nation's biggest civil rights organizationBirh of National Urban LeagueCarrie Chapman Catt elected president of NAWSAAlice Paul breaks off from NAWSA to create National Woman's Party19th amendment [women's suffrage] passedCatt forms League of Women VotersMargaret Sanger founds planned parenthoodAssassination of Franz FerdinandAustrian govt declares war against SerbiaRussia declares war against AustriaGermany declares war against RussiaGermany declares war against France & invades BelgiumGB declares war against GermanyGerman torpedoes sink British passenger ship, Lusitania2 more Americans dead in sinking of 'The Arabic'Sussex pledgeWilson changes policy to mobilizationNational Defense Act passedWilson sends Colonel Edward House to Europe to negotiate peaceWilson delivers idealistic speech about hope for 'peace without victory'Wilson declares war on GermanyUS & Germany cut diplomatic tiesZimmerman telegramRussia overthrows czarRussia goes communistEspionage ActSedition ActSchenck v United StatesSelective Service Actjust in april, 900,000 tons of US shipping to GB sunk by German torpedoesGermans surrenderWilson presents his 14 points to congressLeague of nations formedTreaty of versailles signedTeddy Roosevelt diesRiot in St. Louis, IllinoisRiot in Chicago, 40 deadSeattle labor strikeBoston labor strikeUS Steel corps strikePalmer raidsUnemployment reaches 25%Wall street crashHawley-Smoot TariffDebt MoratoriumFederal Farm BoardReconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)Farm Holiday AssociationBonus march20th amendment ratifiedFDR is paralyzedFDR elected governor of NYWPA, AAA, CCC, NRA createdBank HolidayBeer-Wine Revenue ActWagner Act (NLRA)Social Security ActSchechter vs. USCWA added to PWASecurities and Exchange CommissionFederal Housing Administration (FHA)AFL and CIO SplitFlint Michigan strikeFair Labor Standards ActSoil Conservation ServiceIndian reorganization (wheeler-howard) actCourt reorganization planDanish astronomer Ole Romer makes first measures of the speed of lightIsaac Newton makes new measure of the speed of lightA.A. Michaelson makes most accurate measure of speed of lightGerman physicist Max Planck creates Planck's constantMax Planck receives Nobel Prize for quantum theoryEinstein expands on Planck's theory by introducing photonsEinstein wins Nobel Prize for Physics for expanation of photoelectric effectNeils Bohr publishes quantum theory of the atomNeils Bohr wins Nobel Prize for Physics for quantum theory of the atomNeils Bohr creates theory of line spectraJapan invades ManchuriaHoover removes troops from NicaraguaHoover removes troops from HaitiNullification of Platt AmendmentMexico tests good neighbor policyFDR recognizes Soviet UnionTydings-McDuffie ActTariff reductionsJapan, Italy & Germany form Axis PowersBenito Mussolini comes into powerNazi Party arises in GermanyHitler gains control of legislatureInvestigation on motivation for WWI emergesAmerica First CommitteeAppeasement: EthiopiaAppeasement: RhinelandAppeasement: ChinaAppeasement: SudetenlandQuarantine speechUS defense preparationsHitler invades CzechoslovakiaHitler and Stalin sign nonagression pactHitler invades PolandFrance surrenders to GermanySelective service actDestroyers-for-Bases Deal"We must be the great arsenal of democracy" -FDRFour freedoms speechLend-Lease ActAtlantic CharterShoot-on-SightIncome tax is automatically deducted from paychecksRacial riots: Detroit/NYBirth of CORESmith v AllwrightBraceros agreementZoot suit riotsNative Americans in militaryKorematsu v USKorematsu v US decision revised by fed govtSmith-Connally Anti-Strike ActArmy runs nation's railroadsD-DayParis is liberatedAllies cross German borderBattle of the BulgeHitler commits suicideGermany surrendersTURNING POINT: Germany offense --> defenseTURNING POINT: end of Japanese expansionBattle of the Leyte GulfManhattan project beginsAtomic bomb successfully testedFDR diesAtomic bomb dropped on HiroshimaAtomic bomb dropped on NagasakiJapan surrendersCasablanca conferenceTeheran conferenceYalta conferencePotsdam conferenceUnited Nations formedGI Bill passed1/3 married women in workforceCities = poor & racially dividedEmployment actInflation strikesCommittee on Civil RightsReform in justice deptTotal desegregation of federal govtTruman tries to expand Fair Employment Practices Commission22nd amendment ratifiedTaft-Hartley ActMcCarran Internal Security ActHUAC: House of representatives’ Un-american Activities CommitteeSoviets test their 1st atomic bombRosenberg caseKlaus Fuchs caseHiss caseMcCarthy claims 205 communists in fed govtMcCarthy exposed as bullyMcCarthy diesUS finally recognized Mao Zedong as leader of chinaChina = fully communistUS sends aid to nationalists in ChinaGeorge Marshall tries to end Chinese civil warPhilippines become independentJapan surrenders korean/pacific islandsUS ends formal occupation of JapanKorea split between Soviets/USUS/Soviets withdraw from KoreaNK invades SKUS sends troops to SKChinese anihalte US forcesTruman recalls MacArthurNK peace talks beginArmistice signedDenis et al v. USElection of 1952Highway ActIke has heart attackIke has major surgeryIndia/Pakistan independenceDutch East Indies indpendenceGhana independenceCIA helps overthrow govt in IranCIA helps overthrow govt in GuatemalaSEATOIsrael formedSuez crisisEisenhower DoctrineOPEC formedStalin diesSpirit of GenevaUSSR supports 'peaceful coexistence' w USHungarian revoltUSSR launches sputnik I/IIUS creates NDEA/NASASecond Berlin crisisU2 incidentCastro overthrows BatistaCuba signs trade agreement w USSRUS begins sanctions --> embargo on CubaEisenhower initiates 1st arms limitationsBrown v Board of EdLittle rock 9Southern manifestoDespite Brown v Board of ed, still v segregatedEisenhower: civil rights law #1Eisenhower: civil rights law #2Montgomery bus boycott[SCLC] Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceGreensboro sit-ins[SNCC] Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee↑ violent protestsOperation WetbackQuota for Asian immigration finally dropped55 million TV sets in USIntro plastic credit cardsPaperback books introducedWilliam Whyte depicts corporate conformity in book The Organization ManAFL / CIO mergeDisneyland opensWill Herberg’s book Protestant, Catholic, Jew depicts ↑ religious toleranceTrade expansion actPeace corps formedAlliance for ProgressBay of Pigs InvasionBerlin Wall BuiltCuban missile crisisNuclear test ban treatyWar on PovertyCivil Rights act of 196424th amendment ratifiedVoting rights act of 1965Letter from a Birmingham JailMarch on WashingtonMarch to MontgomeryMalcolm X assassinatedBlack panther mvmt beginsMLK receives nobel peace prizeMLK assassinatedWarren court: reapportionmentSDS beginsUC Berkeley protestsCounterculture: WoodstockBirth control pill invented(ERA) Equal rights amendmentEqual pay act(NOW) National Organization for Women16,000 US non-combat troops in vietnamTonkin gulf resolutionTet offensiveLBJ de-escalates troops in VietnamBobby Kennedy assasinatedGreat League of Peace (Iroquois coalition) is formedSpain sponsors Columbus’ trip to New WorldFirst African slaves sent to CaribbeanJuan Ponce de Leon explores FloridaHernan Cortes conquers TenochtitlanEncomienda system is abolishedSpanish regain control of PueblosCreation of reservationsFirst civilization founded- RoanokeEnglish defeated Spanish armadaCreation of the House of BurgessesFirst ship containing African slaves arrivesMayflower compact is signedConflict between Powhatan's brother and Virginian settlersMassachusetts Bay Colony is foundedMaryland EstRhode Island Colony is founded by Roger WilliamsAnne Hutchinson is put on trial and banished to Rhode IslandFundamental orders of Connecticut are writtenMassachusetts Body of Liberties is writtenMaryland Act of TolerationKing Charles II takes over English throneProtestant revolution/Maryland UprisingEnglish Toleration ActLeisler’s RebellionPlymouth gets absorbed into MA90% of colonial population is of English descentVirginia writes white supremacy into the lawWalking Purchase of 1737VA slave law- depends on momFounding CarolinaNew Netherland conqueredFundamental Constitutions of Carolina are writtenBacon’s RebellionCovenant chain is adoptedPennsylvania foundedCharter of Liberties and Privileges is written in New YorkMassachusetts Bay Colony charter revokedParliament is established as supremeEnglish Bill of Rights passedSir Edmund Andros is jailed as word of Glorious Revolution reaches AmericaPrinted material no longer needs a government licenseNYC slave rebellionTrial of John Peter ZengerStono rebellionAlbany plan of unions (Franklin, join or die)Currency act passed --> repealedStamp Act passedStamp act repealedTownshend Acts passedJohn Dickinson writes Letters for a Pennsylvania FarmerBoston MassacreTea act passedBoston Tea PartyQuebec act passedCoercive acts passedThomas Paine writes Common SenseSecond Continental Congress elects George Washington as commander of colonial militaryDeclaration of Independence is signedGeneral Burgoyne defeats British in Battle of SaratogaBattle of YorktownTreaty of Paris is signedPennsylvania's first constitution writtenVT banned slavery60,000 loyalists left the USVirginia Statute for Religious Freedom is publishedVirtually no indentured servantsWomen could vote if they owned property (New Jersey)Britain compensated some slave owners- paid them money for their slavesJefferson Bible publishedConstitution is fully ratifiedBenjamin Banneke (free black scientist) helps design Washington D.C.Marbury v. MadisonVirginia planHamilton's financial planCreation post offices --> spread infoLouisiana purchaseEmbargo actNon-Intercourse actMacon's bill #2End of Federalist party12th amendmentEli Whitney puts in request to patent cotton ginEli Whitney’s cotton gin is patentedEnd of the International Slave TradeBaltimore and Ohio railroad begins constructionLowell women go on strikeNathaniel Hawthorne writes the Scarlet Letter30,000 miles of railroads in USShay’s RebellionAnnapolis conventionDawes act - tried to americanize NAFederalist papers publishedGeorge Washington becomes the first president under the new ConstitutionFrance and GB continued to seize US ships trading with other countriesJefferson-Hamilton bargainMary Wollstonecraft writes “A vindication of the Rights of Women”French Rev takes radical turn -- execution of King Louis XVIWashington issues a proclamation of American neutralityDemocratic-Republican societies disappearPinckney’s treatyGabriel’s [slave] rebellionJefferson: NA policyHector St. John de Crevecoeur writes “Letters from an American Farmer”The Battle of Fallen TimbersPeriods
Taiping Rebellion, ChinaWar of Triple AllianceCIVIL WARGeorge Washington PresidencyJohn Adams PresidencyThomas Jefferson PresidencyJames Madison PresidencyJames Monroe PresidencyJohn Quincy Adams PresidencyAndrew Jackson PresidencyMartin Van Buren PresidencyWilliam Henry Harrison PresidencyJohn Tyler PresidencyJames K. Polk PresidencyZachary Taylor PresidencyMillard Filmore PresidencyFranklin Pierce PresidencyJames Buchanan PresidencyAbraham Lincoln PresidencyAndrew Johnson PresidencyEmancipation of Slaves in Western HemisphereFrederick Douglass LifeMeiji RestorationOtto Von Bismarck unifies GermanyMexican-American WarLincoln = congressmanEconomic shifts: Unification of Currency, Emergence of Big BusinessmenFederal budget increases by 20xWomen start working as nursesJefferson Davis lifeSC debt: $7 mil --> $29 milBlack Methodists worship in biracial churches: 42,000 --> 600Freedman's BureauPresidential reconstrucitonUlysses S. Grant PresidencyNorthern enthusiasm for helping the south with reconstruction dwindlesIncrease in violence + rise of democratic partyRutherford B. Hayes PresidencyJames A. Garfield PresidencyChester A. Arthur PresidencyGrover Cleveland PresidencyWilliam McKinley PresidencyTheodore Roosevelt PresidencyMigration towards urbanization and industyMileage of railroads grows 6foldThomas Edison LifeGlobal Great DepressionSecond Industrial Revolution in the US100,000s of immigrants arriveFederal govt grants 440,000+ patentsProtests against federal land grants peakGranger LawsHoratio Alger lifeWilliam Howard Taft PresidencyWoodrow Wilson PresidencyWarren G. Harding PresidencyCalvin Coolidge PresidencyHerbert Hoover PresidencyFranklin Delano Roosevelt PresidencyHarry S. Truman PresidencyDwight D. Eisenhower PresidencyGrowth of Middle ClassFarm work decreases from 41--> 8%National Labor UnionKnights of LaborAmerican Federation of LaborSamuel Gompers runs AFLRennaisanceMayan civilizationAdena Hopewell civilizationAztec empireIncan empireReligious conflict in europeProtestant reformationEngland starts attacking Spanish explorersDevelopment of coloniesKing James I rules EnglandKing Charles ITalwart PartyTrail of TearsProgressive eraJim Crow LawsIncrease in southern european immigrationInitiative, referendum and recall spreadEugene V. Debs remains Socialist party presidentGreat Migration of African Americans south--> northGreat migration of african americans south --> northWorld War IUS economy recession --> boomwomen actively campaign against mobilizationConference at Versaillesratification of treaty of versaillesPostwar recessionRepublican dominated politicsDemocrat dominated politicsGNP cut in halfStock prices fluctuatingThe Great DepressionElla Fitzgerald lifeLouis Armstrong lifeJohn F. Kennedy PresidencyLyndon B. Johnson PresidencyRichard Nixon PresidencyGerald Ford PresidencyJimmy Carter PresidencyRonald Reagan PresidencyGeorge H.W. Bush PresidencyBill Clinton PresidencyGeorge W. Bush PresidencyBarack Obama PresidencyDonald Trump PresidencyWorld War IIBrief recessionDanish scientist Neils Bohr works with J.J. Thompson and Ernest RutherfordNeutrality acts (3)Spanish civil warEconomic disuputes with JapanBattle of OkinawaUS = Highest standard of living in historyBaby boom, urban --> suburban/sunbelt↑ InflationRepublican congressChinese civil warKorean warSecond red scareFirst red scareLoyalty Review Board investigationDecolonizationCIA: 638 attempts to assassinate Fidel CastroFall of indochinaBerlin is separatedLBJ Great Society ReformsJFK sends troops to protect black studentsJFK: troops to protect black studentsMalcolm X leadershipRacial riots escalateMLK leadershipWarren court: Criminal justice casesWarren court; freedom of expression/ privacyCivil rights movementCold warVietnam warUS fully involved in VietnamVietnam changes govt 7x↑ combative troops vietnamFrench and Indian War aka 7 yrs warHumans migrate from Asia to Americas via Bering Strait100,000+ slaves exported from Africa to Spain/Portugalpueblo revolts“Starving time” in JamestownGreat migration of 21,000 puritansPequot WarEnglish Civil WarNavigation Acts are passedSalem Witch TrialsRevolutionary warSalutary neglectGreat AwakeningIndigo is introduced (another cash crop)Indigo is introduced (another cash crop)Emergence of the RegulatorsIntolerable acts passedEscalation of conflict- most Americans still did NOT want independenceBAD YEARSome slave owners in Chesapeake emancipated their slavesStill some slaves living in northLand ordinancesMostly open, unrestricted immigrationFrench revolution100s of newspapers emergeDemocratic-republican partyFederalist partyArticles of ConfederationHaitian slave rebellionXYZ affairAlien/Sedition actsWhiskey rebellionBarbary warsWar of 1812Second Great AwakeningMormonism emerges4 million immigrants came to US- mostly German and IrishBrigham Young leads Mormons to Utah
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