apush time period 5-7 dates and president

1844

James K. Polk elected president

1877

End of Reconstruction

time period 5

1844-1877

james polk

1845-1849

mexican american war

President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.

california gold rush

1848

compromise of 1850

(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas

uncle tom's cabin

written by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.

bleeding kansas

A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.

dred scott case

Said all slaves are property; not citizens. US couldn't prohibit slavery

john brown's raid

tried to overtake a federal arsenal in hopes of starting a slave revolt

abraham lincoln's presidency/ civil war

1861-1865

emancipation proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

13th amendment

abolished slavery

14th amendment

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

15th amendment

gave African American men the right to vote

impeachment of johnson

violated the Tenure of Office Act, but really was because of his stubborn defiance of Congress on Reconstruction. Fell one vote short

election of rutherford hayes

time period 6

1865-1900

1865

End of Civil War

1900's

Progressive Era begins

transcontinental railroad completed

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west

railroad strike of 1877

Railroad workers throughout the U.S. went on strike to protest the lowering of their salaries; when more than a hundred people died during violence related to the strike, Hayes used federal troops to suppress the uprisings.

homestead strike

steelworker strike near Pittsburgh against the Carnegie Steel Company.

dawes act

An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families.

plessy v. ferguson

Separate but equal is constitutional

wounded knee massacre

Army troops captured some of Sitting Bull's followers and took them to a camp. 300 Sioux men, women, and children were killed

1890 census-turner hypothesis

Declared the frontier was "closed"

panic of 1893/coxey's army

Philly and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy. Corporate failures triggered stock market collapse. Reflected America's interconnected economy… showed how dependent economy was on railroads. Improved slightly in 1895 but didn't fully until 1901.

the populist movement

1890s political movement by farmers who were losing money to the big business trusts (monopolies); 3rd party candidates called for anti-trust laws.

time period 7

1890-1945

1945

End of WWII

spanish american war

a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence

lochner v. new york

Supreme Court case that decided against setting up an 8 hour work day for bakers

teddy roosevelt

1901-1909

roosevelt corollary

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs

16th amendment

income tax

17th amendment

Direct election of senators

18th amendment

Prohibition of alcohol

19th amendment

Gave women the right to vote

triangle shirtwaist fire

fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; led to the establishment of many factory reforms, including increasing safety precautions for workers

america's involvement in WW1

1917-1918

woodrow wilson

1913-1921

14 points

President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.

schenck v. united states

Case involving limits on free speech. Established the "clear and present danger" principle.

federal reserve act

law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

palmer raids, labor unrest, red summer

1919

1920 census data

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas. the western frontier had ended.

scopes trial

1920s events; trial of a Tennessee schoolteacher for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution

highest KKK membership-1920

direct its hatred against African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants

quota acts-1920

setting limits on immigrants from any country

Sacco and Vanzetti-1920

they were two Italian immigrants and anarchists. They were accused of robbing and killing a security guard, but there was no evidence tying them to the crime scene. They thought they were being prosecuted for their race and were executed. This demonstrated the effects of the red scare.

franklin d. roosevelt

1933-1945

TVA

(Tennessee Valley Authority Act) Relief, Recover, and Reform.

WPA

Work Progress Administration: Massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting

NIRA

1933 National Industrial Recovery Act. Recovery. Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers.

social security

guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health

neutrality acts

Originally designed to avoid American involvement in World War II by preventing loans to those countries taking part in the conflict; they were later modified in 1939 to allow aid to Great Britain and other Allied nations.

atlantic charter

A pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII, to work for peace after the war, and to create an international organization to arbitrate disputes.