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Key Figures & Events in U.S. History

Explore pivotal figures like Anthony, Susan B. and John Brown, significant policies such as Dawes Act and English Bill of Rights, and defining moments from XYZ Affair to Trails of Tears.

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Key Figures & Events in U.S. History

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  1. ABC Book of the U.S. History

  2. A • Anne Hutchinson – Banish from Massachusetts Colony ; one of the founders of Rhode Island

  3. A • Anthony, Susan B. – Leader in women’s suffrage (rights to vote) movement so years to the effort to attain equal women rights

  4. B • Bazaar- Navy Seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle for Fort Fisher of the American Civil war

  5. B • Brown, John – Militant Abolitionist who led raid at Harper’s Ferry

  6. C • Communication System- process of keeping the colonies connected to know what was going on in the others

  7. C • Confederation- United in a league, alliance, or conspiracy

  8. D • Deere, John – Inventor of the street plow

  9. D • Dawes Act – Indian policy that broke up reservations into individual land plots

  10. E • Emerson, Ralph – Writer and poet; popularized the idea of transcendentalism

  11. E • English Bill of Rights – Called for frequent elections, guaranteed rights to bear arms, forbade cruel and usual punishment; rested trial by jury

  12. F • Florida Cession – Given to the U.S. by Spain

  13. F • Franklin, Benjamin – Author, publisher, inventor and diplomat

  14. G • Gadsden Purchase – land purchase from Mexico in used to complete the transcantisental railroads

  15. G • Galvez, Bernardo de – Spaniard who held off British in New Orleans , but allowed American use of the part

  16. H Horace Mann – Father of Public Education; believed all children had the rights to free education

  17. H • Harriet Tubman – Former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad

  18. I • Industrialism – the large- scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical entetrprises

  19. I • Individual Rights – the first 10 amendments of the Consition protect individuals rights against the power of the sun

  20. J • Jackson Democracy – The idea that as many people as possible should be allowed

  21. J • John Paul Jones – Founder of the U.S. navy led raids on British ships and famous for yelling (I have not yet began to fight)

  22. K • King George lll – King of England during the American Revolution

  23. K • Kansas Nebraska Act – All were example of the government compromise that actually spread slavery further in the country

  24. L • Limited Government – placed strict limits on government to protect the people

  25. L • Labor Reform Movement – Social movement where workers began protesting and strickes to get better wages

  26. M • Morrill Act – land grant that established agricultural – universities ( TEXAS A&M)

  27. M Morse, Samuel – Inventor of the telegraph

  28. N • New Jersey Plan - the number of

  29. N • Northwest Ordinance – established government for the Northwest Territory and descried how a territory become a states

  30. O • Override – to overturn or defeat as a fail purposed in congress

  31. O • Offensive – position of attacking or the acking itself

  32. P • Property Rights – the rights to own property

  33. P • Protection Tariffs – taxes on imported goods that are designed to help United States companies complete un the sales if goods

  34. Q • Quaker s – Quartering of troops

  35. Q • Quincy Adams – 6th President, member of Congress and favored strong nationalism against states

  36. R • Republicanism – Government in which the desire of people are represented in government by elected representive

  37. R • Revels, Hiram – American clergyman and educator who become the first black citizen to be elected to the U.S. senate

  38. S • Suffrage – the rights to vote

  39. S • Secession – to withdraw formally union from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political

  40. T • Transcendentalism – a philosophy emphasizing spiritual importance in life over the material important

  41. T • Trails of Tears – forces on this trail after Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 into laws

  42. U • Ulysses S. Grant – commanding union general won major victories for the union

  43. U • Urbanization – social process where cities grow and societies become more urban

  44. V • Virtue – the quality of doing what is rights and avoid what is wrong

  45. V • Virginia Plan – each states would have a different number of representatives based on states population

  46. W • Whitney, Eli – Invented the coin gin and in terchangeable parts

  47. W • William, Blackstone – gave the 1st University lectures on English Common Law

  48. X • XYZ affair – John Adams

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