CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

General things to know:

War Info

Cold War - Ideological and geopolitical conflict between U.S. (Democrats and allies) and Soviet Union (Communist, satellite states)

  • Cold because no direct conflict

  • Arms race - Competition to get better arsenal

  • Foreign policy - Containment, Truman, Korea (North Korea invaded South Korea, war ended in stalemate, “containment success”), Vietnam

  • McCarthyism - House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) Investigate alleged communists,

  • Marshall Plan - European Recovery Program


WWII
WWI
Civil War
French Indian War
Mexican American War
War of 1812


Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

  • Federalist -

Whig

Democratic vs. Republican vs. Conservative

Before Civil War/Great Depression, democrats wanted slaves

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Important Acts/Decisions/Court Cases

Wilmot Proviso - Proposed amendment to ban slavery in all territories acquired during the Mexican cession

Dred Scott

Missouri Compromise

Kansas Nebraska

Brown v. Board

Plessy v. Ferguson - Separated but equal

Gibbons v. Odgen - Gave the Supreme Court Judicial Review (Ability to get rid of unconstitutional laws)

Marbury v. Madison - Strike down laws viewed as unconstitutional proposed by Congress

Important Amendments

13th - Abolish slavery

14th - Citizenship for formerly enslaved people

15th - Voting rights cannot be denied by race

18th - Prohibition

19th - Women’s right to vote

UNIT 1 - Advanced Native American societies disrupted by European exploration and colonization

Examples of complex societies

  • Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan

  • Mayan Pyramids

  • Advanced agricultural practices such as maize cultivation

  • Extensive trade networks that facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultural practices

  • Calendar systems (Mayan)

  • Language/writing systems

  • City-states with centralized political authority/hierarchical social structures

European exploration - GOD GOLD GLORY

Navigational technologies improved overseas travel (Magnetic compass, caravel ships, nicer sails, etc.)

Reasons for European Exploration

  • New trade route to Asia and join lucrative spice trade

  • European Renaissance and rise of curiosity/adventure

  • European monarchs sought to expand their influence and territories, so they would get explorers to go travel for them (Columbus)

Columbian Exchange - Widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between West and East hemisphere

  • Old World - New crops (maize, potatoes, tomatoes, cacao) that transformed agriculture and diets

  • New world - New livestock (Horses, cattle, pigs) to Americas

  • SPREAD OF DISEASE from Old World to New World killed majority of indigenous population because they didn’t have immunity

  • Enabled transatlantic slave trade, relocated Africans to Americas for labor

Diffusion of knowledge, ideas, and culture (Language, art, Christianity)

Early Colonial Settlements - Outposts for exploration, resources, and territorial expansion

Spanish - Focused on precious metals and spread of Catholicism

French - Fur trade and alliances with Canadian groups

English - Agricultural production

  • Chesapeake region - Tobacco cultivation w/ slaves and indentured servitude

  • New England Colonies - Farming, fishing, commerce

Chattel Slavery - Racial caste system

Growth of merchant class and rise of plantation agriculture = economic power structures

Triangle trade - Networks that facilitated exchange of manufactured goods, raw materials, and slaves

UNIT 2 SUMMARIZED 1607-1754 - Colonies established in New World by Spanish, French, Dutch, British

Transatlantic Trade