2nd Midterm history

13th amendment

Abolished Slavery

15th amendment

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race or color

16th amendment

Gave congress the power to tax income

19th amendment

Women’s suffrage

Battle of Antietam

First major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern Soil. “Bloodiest single day battle”

Battle of Atlanta

Union Victory. Destroyed Confederate supply lines and most importantly boosted Northern morale. Sherman’s “March to the Sea”.

Battle of Berlin

Final major offensive battle of the European Theatre of WWII. Before the battle ended Hitler and many of his followers committed suicide.

Battle of Gettysburg

Bloodiest 3 day battle in the Civil War, followed by Gettysburg Address

Battle of Midway

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, where they lost four of their best aircraft carriers. Turning point of WWII

Battle of Saratoga

Patriot victory, brought France into the revolutionary war

Battle of Trenton

Washington crosses the Delaware

Battle of Vicksburg

Split the confederacy into two and gave the north control of the Mississippi River

Battle of Yorktown

Last victory of the Revolutionary war

Bacon’s Rebellion

Rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with back country farmers to attack native Americans in an attempt to gain more land and then against Jamestown elite in Virginia. This rebellion burnt down Jamestown.

Bleeding Kansas

Violent events involving abolitionists and pro-slavery supporters

Buying on Margin

paying a small percent of stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest. “get rich attitude”.

Civil war

American Civil War (1861-1865). Conflict between Union (north) and Confederacy (South) fought primarily over slavery and states’ rights. After Lincoln was elected, Southern states seceded. Ends with a union victory at Appomattox.

Compromise of 1850

Added California as a free state, required citizens to return runaways, abolished salve trade in the District of Columbia.

Compromise of 1877

ENDED RECONSTRUCTION. republicans promised to remove military from south, appoint democrat to cabinet, federal money for internal improvements.

Conservation movement

Progressive reform movement focused on the preservation and sustainable management of the nation’s natural resources.

Containment

Stop the spread of communism

D-day

Allied invasion of Normandy liberating France from German control

Disparity of Wealth

Large gap between rich and poor, rich get richer and poor get poorer

Executive Order 9066

Order that placed Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II

Fall of Berlin

Collapse of Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. Hitler and his followers committed suicide.

Fireside Chats

Radio talks by Franklin D. Roosevelt to communicate with Americans

Food Rationing

Limiting food supplies during wartime

Fort Sumter

First battle of the American Civil War

Fourteen points

Peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson after World War I

FDR

32nd president of the United States who led the country during the Great Depression and most of WWII, and created the New Deal to help the economy recover.

Fredrick Douglass

Former slave who escaped and became a major abolitionist leader.

French and Indian war

War between Britain (Indian Allies) and France (Indian Allies) in North America

G.I. Bill of rights

Law helping WWII veterans pay for college and housing

Gettysburg Address

Speech by Abraham Lincoln honoring soldiers at Gettysburg

Great Depression

Severe economic crisis in the 1930s

Great Sioux War

Conflict between the U.S. Army and Lakota Sioux tribes over land. Ended with the battle of little big horn.

Harry Truman

U.S. president at the end of World War II who authorized the atomic bomb and Marshall Plan.

Henry Clay

U.S. senator known as the “Great Compromiser.” American System

Herbert Hoover

President at the beginning of the Great Depression. Last favor of the people and got blamed for it.

Hiroshima

Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped.”Little Boy”

Horace Mann

Education reformer who promoted public schooling.

Huey P.Long

Louisiana politician who promoted wealth redistribution. “Share Our Wealth Program”

Ida Tarbell

Journalist who exposed the Standard Oil monopoly.

Indian Removal Act

Law forcing Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi.

Initiative

Process allowing citizens to propose laws by petition

Island Hopping

U.S. strategy of capturing key islands from Japan in World War II.

Jacob Riis

Journalist who exposed poor living conditions in cities.

James K.Polk

U.S. president during the Mexican-American War. “Manifest Destiny”

Jane Addams

Social reformer, founder of Hull House. Which provided English classes for immigrants, daycare, and child care classes

Jefferson Davis

president of the confederate state of America

John Adams

John Brown

John D. Rockefeller

John Locke

John Rolfe

John Smith

John Winthrop

Joseph Stalin