important events

Question 1

John browns raid
on harper’s ferry (1859)

Answer 1

John brown, a radical abolitionist, organized a raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
*capture was a success (killed 1 soldier in the process) until they let a train leave & they told the next station. Brown was found guilty of treason and hanged a month later

Question 2

bleeding kansas (1854- 1859)

Answer 2

*a violent spies of fights over the debate of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas
*spawned over the Kansas-nebraska act
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Question 3

Kansas Nebraska act (of 1854)

Answer 3

*slavery decided by popular sovereignty
*northerners move to Kansas to secure it as a free territory
*pro slavery groups from Missouri were sent over to Kansas to vote for their pro-slavery representative (threatened, hanged, shot oppositions)
*2 rival governments, both heavily armed

Question 4

Missouri compromise (1820)

Answer 4

admitted Missouri as a free state & Maine as a slave state
outlawed slavery above the 36 30 latitude line in the rest of the Louisiana territory

Question 5

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Answer 5

*the U.S purchased 828,000 sq. miles pf land West of the Mississippi River
*bought for 15 million $
*From France

Question 6

annexation of texas (1845)

Answer 6

Texas was admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845 after American settlers entered the Mexican territory and named it the “Republic of Texas” and claimed it as its own country for 9 years

Question 7

Dred Scott case (1857)

Answer 7

*court ruled that slaves were not citizen of the United States- so, they could not expect any protection from the court legally
* Dred Scott and his wife sued pr their freedom, claiming that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited
*Black people cannot sue

Question 8

battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Answer 8

*union vs. confederate battle
*union won
*described as the turning point of the war
*marked as the battle with the highest casualties

Question 9

triangular trade (16th- 19th century)

Answer 9

*a trade between West Africa, the Americas, and England
*slaves from Africa were shipped to the Americas, sugar/ tobacco/ cotton were shipped to Europe, and then textiles/ rum/ manufactured goods back to Africa

Question 10

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Answer 10

*political protest against “taxation without representation”
*dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

Question 11

the Boston Massacre (1770)

Answer 11

*a deadly riot between Americans and began with a single british soldier
*the mob threw snowballs, sticks, and stones
*a groups of 9 soldiers and 5 citizens
*1 soldier fired, prompting others to
*3 civilians died instantly, 8 were wounded- 2 of which later died of injury

Question 12

battles of Lexington and concord (1775)

Answer 12

• first battle of the American revolution
• Massachusetts colonists defied british authority
  *British soldiers marched into Lexington and Concord in order to seize colonist weapons
  *British were worried of the possibility of a rebellion

Question 13

lewis and clark expedition (1804)

Answer 13

*mapped uncharted land, rivers, trade routes, and mountains
*Purpose was to explore the newly acquired territory from the Louisiana purchase
*Mississippi River - west coast and back
*also resulted in numerous Native American councils promising to trade with them

Question 14

French and indian war (1754)

Answer 14

• “Seven Years’ War”
  *Britain victory
  *French were allied with Native American troops against the British
  *the expenses of this war was the start of the taxes imposed on colonists in America

Question 15

the indian removal act (1830)

Answer 15

*signed by president Andrew Jackson
*stated fro native Americans to leave their land
*some went peacefully, others were forcefully removed (the trail of tears)
*wanted native american lands for settlers

Question 16

the battle of Little Bighorn (1876)

Answer 16

*widely considered a victory for native Americans
*tensions firat rose when gold was discovered on Native American lands
*Custer’s forces were overwhelmingly outnumbered by the surprise attack
*this became known as “Custer’s Last Stand”
*the tribes of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho joined forces for this battle

Question 17

wounded knee massacre (1890)

Answer 17

*the slaughter of approx. 150-300 Lakota Indians by U.S troops in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
*Marked the definitive end of Native American resistance to the approachment of white settlers

Question 18

trail of tears (1831)

Answer 18

*the ethnic cleansing & forced displacement of Native American tribes
*approx. 60,000 people were forcefully removed and put into arranged reservations throughout the Southwest
*tribes / families were broken up
*they were exposed to disease, starvation, mistreatment by soldiers, etc
*mass burials of Native Americans // no burials (thrown on the side of the trails)
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Question 19

Treaty of New Echota (1835)

Answer 19

*gave Cherokee 2 years before forcefully removed from their land
*treaty was opposed to by most of the tribe, only a small portion actually signed it on the behalf of the rest of them