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May you give some tips on how to write about mid-nineteenth century and early twentieth century ?? Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks if there is an answer or not xd 😅 greetings and take good care :) :D

Okay, so I only really know about AMERICAN mid-nineteenth and early 20th century history, so I hope that’s what you mean!!

How to Write About The Mid-Nineteenth/ Early Twentieth Century America

This post will encompass 1850-1920 in America only. A lot of things happened during this period, so I’m going to try to outline it as best I can! This post is gonna be a long one, so I put all of the specifics under the cut:

Overview:

The Industrial Revolution hits. We begin this era with horse-drawn carriages and end with planes, tanks, and cars.

Expansion west, “Manifest Destiny”

The Civil War ends slavery in the United States

The Gilded Age marks an era of unbridled capitalism and robber barons, while the Progressive Era following it marks an age of activism and human rights.

13th Amendment in 1865 abolishes slavery, 14th and 15th Amendments in 1868 and 1870 gives Black people the right to vote, 19th Amendment in 1920 gives women the right to vote.

World War I marks a major advancement in technology and global affairs, sets the stage for the second world war that will come later.

The Roaring 20s provides a façade of success to precede the gigantic stock market crash of 1929.

I’ve copied and pasted a lot of this information directly from America’s Best History and added tidbits of my own as well!

1. The 1850s

Presidents:

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

Important Events:

- Peak point of tension between North and the South, primarily over which states will be admitted as free states or slave states.

- The Compromise of 1850 admits California as the 31st state, without slavery, and adds Utah and New Mexico as territories with no decision on the topic. The Fugitive Slave Law is strengthened under the Compromise, which also ended the slave trade in the District of Columbia.

-1854 - The Republican Party is founded, in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. (Note: This form of “Republican” is essentially modern-day Democrats. The parties switched platforms later.)

-The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allows the issue of slavery to be decided by a vote of settlers. This established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and would breed much of the rancor that culminated in the actions of the next years of "Bleeding Kansas."

2. The 1860s

Presidents:

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Important Events:

-1860- The Pony Express begins. Overland mail between Sacramento, California and St. Joseph's, Missouri is carried over the Oregon Trail for eighteen months by this series of riders on horseback, then rendered obsolete when the transcontinental telegraph is completed.

- 1860 - South Carolina is the first southern state to secede from the Union in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

-The Homestead Act of 1862 is approved, granting family farms of 160 acres to settlers, many of which were carved from Indian territories. This promotes expansion West, and eventually led to the establishment of the state university systems.

- The Civil War 1861 – 1865

Overview: Union won due to their advanced railroad system and industrialization that provided them with clothing and other supplies. South is ransacked by General Sherman, brings about era of Reconstruction. Slavery is abolished, but former slaves are not immediately emancipated.

People to know:

Abe Lincoln (President of the Union)

Ulysses S. Grant (Union General, future President)

William Sherman (Union General)

Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederacy)

Robert E. Lee (Confederate General)

Stonewall Jackson (Confederate General)

Important Events/Battles:

Fort Sumter 1861- A fort in Charleston, South Carolina harbor is bombarded by Confederate forces after the U.S. Army commander failed to evacuate, thus triggering a declaration of war.

Battle of Bull Run 1861- First official battle in Manassas, Virginia. Confederates emerge victorious as picnicking (yes, you read that right. People were picnicking and using the battle as entertainment) onlookers watch on in horror; realization that this war won’t be resolved quickly or easily.

Emancipation Proclamation is issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 stated that all slaves in places of rebellion against the Federal Government would be free.

Battle of Shiloh 1862- Victory of Union over Confederacy. Led by Ulysses S. Grant.

Battle of Antietam 1862- Bloodiest day of the war in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Gettysburg 1863- Considered the turning point of the war. The furthest Southern incursion into the North, where the Union beats back the attacking Confederate troops. A few weeks after the war, Lincoln issues the Gettysburg Address (“Four score and seven years ago…”).

The South Surrenders on April 2nd, 1865

- April 9th, 1865 - Abe Lincoln is assassinated at Ford Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson takes his place, and he does not keep up Reconstruction and withdrew all troops from the South so they could be left to their own devices. This is said to be the reason for segregation.

- 1866 -The KKK is formed to prevent Black people from voting. Things such as poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests are implemented by states to also discourage Black people from voting as well.

- 1867 -Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million dollars, approximately two cents per acre, by signing the Treaty of Cession of Russian America to the United States.

- 1869- The final golden spike of the transcontinental railroad is driven into the ground, marking the junction of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. This act, as much as any other, would signal the marked increase in the settlement of the west.

3. The 1870s

Presidents:

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

Important Events:

-The Gilded Age begins. Characterized by gross materialism and blatant political corruption that gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism.

-1870 - Standard Oil Company is incorporated by John D. Rockefeller.

-1870 - The first African-American to be sworn into office in the United States Congress, Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi takes his place in the United States Senate.

- 1870 - The 15th Amendment is ratified. It gave the right to vote to Black Americans. Race would officially no longer be a ban to voting rights, though it continues to be an issue in Southern states.

- 1871 - The great fire of Chicago starts. The fire burned 1.2 million acres of land, destroyed 17,450 buildings, killed 250 people, and left 90,000 homeless.

- 1876 - The Battle of Little Big Horn occurs when Lt. Colonel George Custer and his 7th U.S. Cavalry engage the Oceti Sakowin and Cheyenne Indians on the bluffs above the Little Big Horn River. All 264 members of the 7th Cavalry and Custer perish in the battle, the most complete rout in American military history.

- 1877 - Crazy Horse surrenders to the United States Army in Nebraska. His people had been weakened by cold and hunger.

- 1878 - The first commercial telephone exchange is opened.

- 1878 - Thomas Edison patents the cylinder phonograph and the Edison Electric Company begins operation

4. The 1880s

Presidents:

James A. Garfield (1881-1881)

Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)

Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)

Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

Important Events:

- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

-1882 - The Standard Oil Company trust of John D. Rockefeller is formed when Rockefeller places all of his oil holdings inside it.

- 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is passed by Congress, overhauling federal civil service and establishing the U.S. Civil Service agency.

- 1884 - The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the U.S.A. call for an eight-hour workday.

- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives for the first time in New York harbor.

- 1886 - The Haymarket riot and bombing occurs in Chicago three days after the start of a general strike in the United States that pushed for an eight-hour workday.

- 1887 - Congress passes the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate and control the monopolies of the railroad industry.

- 1888 - The prototype for the commercial phonograph is completed by Thomas A. Edison

- 1888 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.

5. The 1890s

Presidents:

Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

William McKinley (1897-1901)

Important Events:

- The rise of Imperialism.

- 1890 - The Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, occurs in the last major battle between United States troops and Native Americans. Hundreds of native men, women, and children are slain.

- 1892 - Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center, and would remain the initial debarkation point for European immigrants into the United States until its closure in 1954. More than 12 million immigrants would be processed on the island during those years.

- 1892- Nativist sentiments rise with the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans flooding into the country. Italian, Polish, Russian, and other immigrants face significant discrimination.

- 1895 - The first professional football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

- 1896 - Plessy vs Ferguson decision by the Supreme Court states that racial segregation is approved under the "separate but equal" doctrine. This paves the way for Jim Crow laws in the South.

- 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games is held in Athens, Greece.

- 1896 - Gold is discovered near Dawson, Canada, setting up the Klondike Gold Rush

- 1897 - The era of the subway begins when the first underground public transportation in North America opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

-1897- The Progressive Era begins

- 1898 – The Spanish- American War begins. It lasts one year and ends in U.S. victory. It was triggered by United States battleship Maine exploding and sinking under unknown causes in Havana Harbor, Cuba, killing two hundred and sixteen seamen.

- 1898 - The United States annexes the independent republic of Hawaii.

- 1899 - The Open Door Policy with China is declared by Secretary of State John Hay

9. The 1900s

Presidents:

William McKinley (1897-1901)

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

Important Events:

- 1901 - The American League of Major League Baseball is formed.

- 1902 - The first movie theatre in the United States opens in Los Angeles, California.

- 1902 - Cuba gains independence from the United States.

- 1903 - Inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright succeed in the first sustained and manned plane flight.

- 1906 - The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act is passed due to the efforts of “muckrakers” that worked to expose corruption. “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, which described the horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry, helped sponsor outrage that would get these laws passed.

- 1908 - The first passenger flight on a plane occurs when Wilbur Wright escorts Charles W. Furnas in the Wright Flyer III at Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio.

- 1908- The first production Model T is built at the Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.

10. The 1910s

Presidents:

William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Important Events:

- 1911 - Standard Oil is declared a monopoly by the United States Supreme Court and ordered dissolved under the powers of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

- 1913 - The first moving assembly line is introduced and adopted for mass production by the Ford Motor Company, allowing automobile construction time to decrease by almost 10 hours per vehicle.

- 1915 – The first telephone conversation is conducted by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson between New York and San Francisco.

- 1915 - The British ship Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat submarine, causing 128 American passengers to be lost. Germany, although it warned of the pending crises to passengers, issued an apology to the United States and promised payments.

- 1918 - The influenza epidemic Spanish flu spans the globe, killing over twenty million worldwide and five hundred and forty-eight thousand people in the United States.

- World War I 1917-1918

Overview: After three years spent remaining neutral, the United States joins World War I. The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material, and money, and its joining into the war helped to turn the tides against the Germans and Ottomans.

People to know:

Woodrow Wilson (President)

John J. Pershing (General)

Important Events/Battles

The United States declares war on Germany in 1917 after the Zimmermann Telegram is given to the United States by Britain on February 24, showing the offer by Germany to give Mexico back the southwest United States if they would declare war on the United States.

June 26th, 1917 - The first troops from the United States arrive in Europe to assist European allies in World War I. Troops engaged in World War I would include conscript soldiers authorized by the passage of the Conscription Act, the Selective Services Act, on May 18, 1917. General John Pershing would be placed in command of the American Expeditionary Forces during the campaign.

1918 - The United States military forces has over one million troops in Europe fighting in World War I.

May 28, 1918- United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation.

September 26, 1918- Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war.

November 11, 1918 - Hostilities in World War I begin to end with the Austria-Hungary alliance for armistice with the allies on November 3. Armistice Day with Germany occurs when the Allies and the German nation sign an agreement in Compiegne, France. Woodrow Wilson would become the first U.S. President to travel to Europe while in office when he sails to attend the Paris Peace Conference on December 4.

1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.

- 1919- The 18th Amendment is passed, bringing about the era of Prohibition

11. The 1920s

Presidents:

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

Important events:

-1920 - The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War. In a final vote, the United States Senate again votes against joining the League.

- 1920 - Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage.

- 1920 - The National Football League is formed

- 1921 - A national quota system on the number of incoming immigrants is established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration.

- 1923 - The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is shown in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest.

- 1924 - The Indian Citizenship Act granted all Native Americans citizenship that had been born within the territory of the United States.

- 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of the United States in Wyoming.

- 1925 - Radiovision is born. The precursor to television is demonstrated by Charles Francis Jenkins when he transmits a 10 minute film of synchronized pictures and sound for five miles from Anacostia to Washington, D.C. to representatives of the United States government.

- 1928 - The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy.

- 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.

- 1929 - Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. The plummeting stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 27,1860 Mathew Brady photographs presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln On February 27, 1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. Days later, the photograph is published on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar with the caption, "Hon. Abram [sic] Lincoln, of Illinois, Republican Candidate for President."

A relatively new art form, the photograph (or daguerreotype) showed an unusually beardless Lincoln just moments before he delivered an address at Cooper Union that day. The address, in which he articulated his reasons for opposing slavery in the new territories, received wild applause and garnered strong support for his candidacy among New Yorkers.

Lincoln was re-introduced to Brady a year after his election. The president shook Brady’s hand and said Mr. Brady and the Cooper Institute made me president. Brady went on to photograph Lincoln several more times before Lincoln’s death in 1865. Brady also snapped photos of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and two of Lincoln’s sons.

Brady’s works also include shots of President Zachary Taylor at his inauguration in 1849, President Millard Fillmore in 1850 and Confederate President Jefferson Davis in 1861. After Brady’s wife approached Mrs. Grant on behalf of her husband, General Ulysses S. Grant agreed to let Brady tag along with the Union Army during the Civil War. Many of his resulting works now reside in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery.

Lincoln was not the first presidential candidate, or president, to be photographed—that honor went to John Quincy Adams in 1843.

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Abraham Lincoln

Basic Info

b. February 9, 1809 - d. April 15, 1865

Term: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865

From: Illinois primarily but was born in Kentucky

VP: Hannibal Hamlin (1861 - 1865) & Andrew Johnson (1865)

Known for signing the Emancipation Proclamation and his legendary Gettysburg Address, the representative of Illinois was able to set many precedents in his presidency and put a final end to the issue of slavery in the United States. Although he was never able to see the final outcome of the war, due to his assassination early on in his second term, his presidency was the birth of a new era that many people never thought would come.

Political Offices Held

Illinois House of Representatives (1834-1842)

US House of Representatives - Illinois (1847-1849)

Main Points of Inaugural Speeches

March 4, 1861 (Link)

Lincoln makes it clear that the issue of what he might do as president is not something to worry too much about. This is because the south think that their property and peace and personal security are at risk, but they are not.

Lincoln states to gave no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the sates where it exits. He believes he has no lawful right to do so, and is not inclined to do so

Resolved that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own institutions according to its own judgement.

Perpetuity of Union is mentioned, and it is implied in the fundamental law of all national government. The fact that the Confederacy is happening shows that they are rising an insurrection. He warns that there might be bloodshed or violence, but there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority

He tells the people to think long and hard about their position about leaving the Union, keeping slavery around, and what it might do the foundation of many important aspects of the nation. This includes travel, trade, commerce, and other issues

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

March 4, 1865 (Link)

This speech was shorter than the previous one, which followed traditions of other presidents reelected.

Lincoln had transitioned into a God-fearing man. He mentions how if American slavery is one of the offenses which God wants to come to an end, he hopes that the Civil War will quickly pass and its troubles with it.

Lincoln makes it clear that his signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was due to his devotion to saving the Union without War. It was the insurgent agents that were seeking to destroy. The only option after this long of a debate on one topic was doomed to end in war.

He himself says that “The slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war” which ended the notion that the Civil War was not about slaves.

Main Conflicts

The Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation

Start of Reconstruction

Implementation of the 13th Amendment

Native Americans & Dakota Uprising

Media

youtube

CrashCourse video about the events leading up to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and the election of 1860. (Youtube. 2013).

Presidential Commentary

Revered as one of the greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln set many precedents never seen before. president Lincoln was a experienced lawyer and politician that helped paved the new Republican Party as well as the president of what to do during a war where the issue may seem impossible to settle.

One of the strengths of Abraham Lincoln was his ability to be flexible. this ability was imperative to the outcome of the civil war. Beginning his presidency, he was a moderate that had no intentions to end slavery in the states that already held it in their constitution. He even warns the people to think long and hard as “nothing valuable can be lost by taking time” (Avalon). This mindset showed important when he eventually signed the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves and ended slavery in the United States. By being willing to change his stance and seeing what it meant to keep slavery in the nation that had wished it to be over, he was able to preserve the Union or at least tie it back together. Although many lives were lost and changed, the end to the issue of slavery served good in many ways. This included the Industrial Revolution, the growth of transportation, and rights for the freed slaves (Miller Center). Learning from this flexibility, future presidents can use the history of this time to make future decisions. Learning from the message in his inaugural, anyone can use it to reflect on the decisions that they make.

One of the weaknesses of Lincoln’s presidency was his finding of the right generals to fight the war (Miller Center). His impatience cost him many battles and the impossible nature of knowing the future outcome could make any president anxious with decisions. Eventually, the General Ulysses S. Grant was chosen and with his background, the Civil War was won by the Union Army. Although Lincoln turned out lucky with his finding of this general, that is not always the case. It should be noted that the tactic shown by Lincoln during this war was not one that many people choose and should not be chosen as a precaution. It is not ideal to switch up the reigning general of your army often, but it turned out to work for the Civil War.

After the Civil War concluded, Lincoln gave his final speeches and helped to start the process of the 13thamendment as well as Reconstruction. Many were tired from the war and still angry. The defeat left anger in the heart of John Wilkes Booth; the assassin charged with the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Even his death left a rippling impact on the nation. In fact, his funeral and death arrangements left a precedent of a proper funeral which has stuck around and was the reason why the price of funerals increased. It is clear that in both life and death, President Lincoln serves to be an icon to the people. It should be remembered that although he did end the war with the Emancipation Proclamation, it was not his intention to end slavery but as he swore to do, he did what he had to do to preserve, protect, and defend the people and the nation.

Citations/Links:

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln2.asp

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln1.asp

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln

https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln

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A brief history of the United States by President

Revolutionary

1. George Washington (1789-1797) -Founding Father; served as Commander in Continental Army during the American Revolution. -Established system of taxation & National Bank. -First term largely preoccupied with capturing Ohio Country through irregular (ranger) warfare.

2. John Adams (1797-1801) -Another Founding Father; Leader in the movement for American Independence. -Fierce criticism from Jeffersonian Republicans; rivals with Alexander Hamilton. -Passed Alien & Sedition Acts making it harder for immigrants to become citizens.

3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) -Founding Father; Principle author of the Declaration of Independence. -Louisiana Purchase doubling country’s territory - involved Indian Removal policy. -Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves in 1807 (but owned hundreds); domestic slave trade still allowed, and slaves also continued to be imported in limited numbers. -Lewis & Clark expedition to explore Louisiana Territory and gain intelligence on Indigenous nations; Pike Expedition to present-day Colorado to gain intelligence on Mexico. -Invasion of Barber nation in North Africa against pirate attacks on US merchant ships.

4. James Madison (1809-1817) -Founding Father hailed as “Father of the Constitution” and Bill of Rights (drafted first 10 amendments). -Led US into War of 1812 over British trade restrictions - peace in 1815 with no boundary changes. -Ohio Country war still waging, along with war against Muskogee Nation in South 1813-14, culminating in elimination of Indigenous powers east of the Mississippi.

5. James Monroe (Era of Good Feelings) (1817-1825) -Last President who was a Founding Father. -Sent Jackson to Florida to fight in first Seminole War and retrieve runaway slaves (1818). -Ratified Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, buying Florida from Spain and extending US to the Pacific (with Southern border running through Sabine River/Rocky Mountains). -Monroe Doctrine policy of opposing European colonialism & intervention in the Americas. -Office of Indigenous Affairs established in 1824 (within the Department of War for the first 25 years).

6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) -With high tariffs got rid of most national debt, pushed for road & canal construction. -Easy foreign policy because of his eight proceeding years as Secretary of State. -Semi-tried to defend Native Americans on the frontier.

Jacksonian

7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) -Beginning of spoils system in US politics. -Fought against Muskogees and in Seminole Wars (an Everglade-area nation born of resistance to colonizers) before administration - as president, waged Second Seminole war in attempt to get Seminoles to leave FL altogether. -Indian Removal Act 1830 (Trail of Tears) forcibly relocated many tribes from the South to Oklahoma. -86 treaties with 26 Indigenous nations between New York and Mississippi forcing land sessions and removals during Jacksonian era. -Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cherokees keeping their land in Georgia; Jackson ignored them. -Collaborated with South to keep abolitionist literature out of the mail.

8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) -Blamed at the time for the Panic (depression) of 1837. -1838 US Army’s forced march of Cherokee Nation from Georgia/Alabama to northern Oklahoma during the dead of winter; half of the entire Cherokee population died - originating term Trail of Tears. -Denied the application of Texas for admission to the Union - didn’t want to upset balance of slave versus free states; didn’t want to upset Mexico (who still need not recognize TX independence). -Increasingly abolitionist later in life post-presidency.

9. William Henry Harrison (31 days in 1841) -Elected president largely based on success in battle of Tippecanoe, stealing Indigenous land in Indiana in 1811. -Died of pneumonia, running mate John Tyler took his place (first president to die in office).

10. John Tyler (1841-1845) -Firm believer in Manifest Destiny, territorial expansion included negotiating the annexation of the independent Republic of Texas (final process carried out by his successor Polk). -Originally chosen as Whig VP to increase voter base; did not have support of either Democratic or Whig parties; presidency viewed in low consequence/esteem by historians.

11. James K. Polk (1845-1849) -Acquired land in Oregon territory (from British occupiers) and finalized process of annexation of Texas (increasing tensions with Mexico). -As direct consequence, began the Mexican-American War 1846-1848, ending in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and establishing current US-Mexico border. Gold rush to California began directly following.

12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) -Working to establish statehood and borders of California, Utah, New Mexico and Texas - which also involved disputes over slavery. -Died after falling ill from eating excessive raw fruit & ice milk at a presidential event for Fourth of July.

13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) -As Taylor’s VP assumed position when he died. -Compromise of 1850 admitted California as new state, decided borders between Utah, NM, TX, and which of those would be allowed slaves, included Fugitive Slave Act which required escaped slaves even in free states to be turned in to their masters if found out; temporarily eased tensions between North & South.

Civil War & Reconstruction

14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) -Kansas-Nebraska Act created new official territories, leading to new disputes between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Settlers from both sides flooded the areas to influence politics. -Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act angered Free Staters and set stage for Southern secession and Civil War. -Third Seminole War (1855-58) ended with most of remaining Seminoles forcibly relocated to Oklahoma.

15. James Buchanan (1857-1861) -Introduced Kansas as a slave state. -Unable to stop the Civil War from coming to a head. -Before his inauguration, pressured Supreme Court on Dred Scott case of 1857, to decide black people could not be considered citizens.

16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) -Lincoln’s nomination prompted the Confederate States formation and secession before he even took office. -Led US through Civil War to preserve the Union; at the same time, US army militias fighting wars against Indigenous nations in the West including the forced 300-mile Long Walk of the Navajo in 1864. -1862: Homestead Act opened up land West of Mississippi to small independent ownership by any white settler who hadn’t taken up arms against the government; Morril Act land grants to form Agricultural/trade colleges in each state; Pacific RR Act land grants directly to corporations to start building RR from MI River to Sacramento, CA - breaking multiple treaties with Indigenous Nations. -Abolished slavery in 10 seceded states with the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863; all slaves declared free with the 13th Amendment which soon followed in 1864 (thus allowing freed slaves to fight in the Union Army as well as in the West). -Re-elected to a second term but assassinated in 1865, five days after Confederate surrender.

17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) -Quick Reconstruction efforts, lenient toward South, no protection for former slaves, no support for black suffrage (allowed Southern states to enact Black Codes, almost same as slave conditions). -Would not sign Civil Rights Bill of 1866 - to grant citizenship to all persons born in US - but Congress overrode his veto. -Impeached by an angry House of Representatives on the grounds of violating Tenure of Office Act (which he did to purposefully challenge them) - though acquitted in the Senate by one vote. -14th Amendment in 1868 repudiated Dred Scott decision, declaring all people born in US citizens.

18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) -Continued Reconstruction, readmitting Southern states but doing better to ensure rights for black citizens. -15th Amendment secured black vote in 1870. -US entered period retrospectively called Gilded Age, with economic growth and industrialization ahead of Britain (factories, railroads, coal mines). -War to Win West: US Army (largely blacks and recent immigrants) sent to kill buffalo to near extinction in order to destroy Plains Nations food supply. -In 1871 Congress halted all further formal treaty-making with Indigenous Nations, no longer recognizing them as sovereign. -Advocate of citizenship and government participation for Native Americans (Indian removal had been policy up until then); Boarding School model started under Grant presidency to assimilate Indigenous folks. -Great Sioux War of 1876 fought over gold in the Black Hills - seized land where Mount Rushmore would be built; still fighting to get it back (Sioux won’t accept money). -Established first National Park at Yellowstone (1872). -Civil Rights Act of 1875 guaranteeing equal treatment in public accommodations.

Industrial Revolution & Gilded Age

19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) -Elected in Compromise of 1877; deal forced him to end reconstruction (army support) in Southern states. -Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - the first nationwide work stoppage - lasted 45 days and was put down by federal troops; army often siding on the side of big business as economy industrialized. -Congress passed Burlingame-Seward Treaty limiting number of immigrants allowed to come to US from China. -Assimilationist/land seizure policy towards Native Americans; removal of Ponca tribe from Nebraska to Oklahoma.

20. James A. Garfield (1881) -Assassinated by Charles Guiteau, who was offended by Garfield’s rejections on various job applications.

21. Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) -Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act establishing that position within government should be granted on basis of merit rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. -Congress passed Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, banning new immigrants and denying citizenship to those already arrived.

22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) -Expanded upon Chinese Exclusion Act with the Scott Act, banning return of immigrants if they left. -Dawes Act of 1887 authorizing the President to survey American Indian lands and divide it into allotments for individual Indians - those who accepted the allotments were to be granted US citizenship. Designed to make Indigenous folks competitive against one another in the “healthy” capitalist manner - in the process reduced Indian territories by half. Also triggered “Oklahoma Run” of 1889.

23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) -Passed McKinley tariff to protect against foreign competition (overturned by Cleveland) -Passed Sherman Antitrust Act to prevent artificial price raising through monopolies or cartels. -Facilitated creation of National Forests. -By 1890s most Indigenous refugees were confined to reservations. Wounded Knee massacre of Sioux in 1890 is considered to mark end of armed Indigenous resistance. -Annexation of Hawaii during last days in office (overturned by Cleveland’s administration which followed)

24. Grover Cleveland (term 2, 1893-1897) -Acute economic depression right after he took office - “Panic of 1893” -Used military action to end Pullman Railroad Strike in Chicago and other rail centers around the country.

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25. William McKinley (1897-1901) -Intervention in Cuban independence from Spain - USS Maine explosion as impetus for war. -Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in US acquisition of PR, Guam, and the Philippines. -More protective tariff policies as during Harrison’s presidency. -Assassinated by Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

Progressivism

26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) -Dedicated conservationist - 200 million acres to national forests, reserves, and wildlife refuges. -“Speak softly and carry a big stick” - believed in American responsibility as a world power. -Roosevelt Corollary meant US would serve as an international police power of sorts… -Helped Panama gain independence from Colombia in order to spearhead construction of Panama Canal. -Nobel Prize for negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05.

27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913) -More than 300lbs - rumored to have gotten stuck in the White House bathtub. -Chief Justice of Supreme Court after presidency (only president to have held the position) -Constitutional amendments mandating a federal income tax (16th) and the direct election of senators by the people, two per state (17th).

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28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) -World War I, 1914-1918 - tried to keep US neutral but ultimately declared war on Germany in 1917. -Immigration Act of 1917 with literacy requirements and Asiatic Barred Zone (Wilson tried to veto). -After war, helped to negotiate a peace treaty including plan for League of Nations (peacekeeping intergovernmental organization which lasted until WWII). -Established Federal Reserve (regulation of banks) and Federal Trade Commission (investigation of unfair business practices) -Child Labor outlawed, institution of 8-hour work day for railroad workers. -Ordered US occupation of Dominican Republic when the country was unable to come to political stability (1916-1922) -19th Amendment ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote. -First Red Scare at height in 1919-1920 - in the wake of WWI hyper-nationalism, labor movements, and the Russian Revolution.

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29. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) -Supported trade with Soviet Russia (USSR established in 1922) -Ended US occupation of Dominican Republic, also withdrew troops in Cuba. -Limited immigration with Per Centum Act of 1921, quota system for non-Western European immigrants. No limits yet on Latin American immigrants. -Pro-business policies - taxes reduced for corporations and the wealthy. -Federal Highway Act of 1921 - program to develop immense national highway system. -Died from heart attack while in office.

30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) -Roaring 20s of materialism and excess. -Laissez-faire policies (minimum government interference) contributing to Great Depression to come. -Charles Lindbergh made first solo airplane flight across Atlantic in 1927; by now most people owned automobiles and purchased mass-produced goods such as canned food. -Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granting US citizenship to all Indigenous people - assimilationist at a time when Indigenous populations were already very small, threatening to dissolve the races entirely.

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31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) -Great Depression stock market crash seven months after taking office, and economy kept getting worse. -Construction of Hoover Dam started in 1931 (project authorized by Coolidge and dedicated by Roosevelt). -Belief in limited role of government and against federal intervention meant he avoided offering any direct relief to Americans - became deeply unpopular for this.

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32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) -13 million unemployed when he entered office. -Open press conferences and national radio addresses directly to the American people - “Fireside chats.” -New Deal programs and reforms: Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Public Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Tennessee Valley Authority. -FDIC to protect bank depositors’ accounts; Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate stock market. -Second New Deal programs: Social Security Act (unemployment, disability, pensions), Works Progress Administration giving public works jobs to the unemployed until WWII. -Indian Reorganization Act/Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934 reversing goal of assimilation and reestablishing some sovereignty for Indigenous nations. -Entered World War II after Japan bombed US Naval base at Pearl Harbor in 1941. -Bracero Mexican guest worker Program initiated in 1942. -Elected four times and died in office in 1945.

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33. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) -Indigenous Claims Court established 1946 (with deadline of 1951) - but could take 15 years to get a tiny percentage of a claim. -Germany surrendered during first few months in office; Japan refused, so Truman made the decision to use atomic bombs in August 1945. -Deteriorating U.S.-Soviet relations led to start of Cold War (1946-1991) - efforts to constrain Communism included Truman Doctrine aid to Greece & Turkey; and Marshall Plan, giving billions of dollars in aid to rebuild postwar Europe. -CIA first formed in 1947 (to be expanded under Eisenhower). -Second Red Scare gaining momentum also in 1947, with Truman requiring all federal employees to be screened for “loyalty.” -Fair Deal policies including Housing Act of 1949, giving money for public housing and urban renewal/slum clearance. -Supported creation of NATO North Atlantic Treaty Org. military alliance between US, Canada, France, UK, and others. -Led US into Korean War (1950-53) when communist North Koreans invaded South Korea.

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34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) -Termination Act in 1953 terminated government recognition of more than 100 tribes, much land trust taken, also terminated funding for social welfare programs (civil rights organizing caused government to cease this policy in 1961, though only officially repealed in 1988). -Indian Relocation Act in 1956 to encourage individuals to leave reservations and assimilate. -Ended Korean War in 1953; managed Cold War tensions with covert CIA operations around the world (leading to government overthrows in Iran, Guatemala with PBSUCCESS, Indonesia, Congo, Chile, Greece). -Trade and Military alliance with Franco administration in Spain. -Strengthened Social Security, created Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. -Massive new Interstate Highway System (wide enough for jet landings). -Operation Wetback in early 1954, border patrol locating and quickly deporting Mexicans with and without legal status - Border Patrol agents doubled by 1962. -Senator McCarthy crusade culminated in 1954 - Eisenhower worked privately to discredit him. -Brown v. Board of Ed. school desegregation mandate by Supreme Court in 1954, though not fully enforced; did pass civil rights legislation (first since Reconstruction) to help protect black voters in 1957 & 1960. The 1957 legislation also secured the vote for Indigenous Americans. -Support for anti-Communist government in South Vietnam sowed the seeds for future Vietnam War (official beginning in 1955 training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam). -Coined the term military-industrial complex in his farewell address.

35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) -Failed Bay of Pigs 1961 mission to send CIA-trained Cuban exiles to overthrow Cuba’s Castro government. -Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 US naval blockade of Cuba in response to rumored Soviet weapon build-up in Cuba, ended in both countries backing down with nuclear weapons. -Launched the Peace Corps. -Sent troops to support desegregation at University of Mississippi and endorsed 1963 March on Washington (MLK’s I Have A Dream speech). -Assassinated in November 1963 in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald.

36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) -Introduced programs including Medicare/Medicaid and Head Start. -Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending segregation in public places and banning employment discrimination, and Voting Rights Act of 1965. -Occupation of Chagos island for US military base began in 1968 and concluded in 1973. -Steadily escalated US military involvement in Vietnam War (16k to 500k troops). -Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969 by pan-national Indigenous organizers, lasting 19 months.

37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974) -Formation of Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act of 1970, OSHA (for workplace health and safety). -First land restitution to any Indigenous nation in 1970, Blue Lake returned to Taos Pueblo. -Worked closely with National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger in covert resistance - eg. assassination of Allende in Chile, leading to Pinochet assuming power in 1973. -Gradually withdrew troops (increasing air strikes instead); signed Paris Peace Accords ending Vietnam War in 1973. -1973 oil crisis due to OPEC embargo, cause by US support for Israel. -Resigned in 1974 rather than facing impeachment over Watergate scandal (administration broke into DNC headquarters during 1972 bid for re-election).

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38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) -Pardoned Nixon in 1974. -Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which established special education throughout the United States.

39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -Unconditional amnesty for Vietnam War-era draft evaders. -Handed over Panama Canal to Panama authority. -1979 (second) oil crisis following Iranian Revolution - greatly exacerbated by widespread consumer panic. -Presided over 1977 Camp David Accords ending war between Israel and Egypt since Israel’s creation in 1948.

40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) -Tax Cuts for wealthy intended to spur growth (known as Reaganomics, “trickle-down economics”), meanwhile freezing minimum wage; increased military spending and reductions in social programs; deregulation of business. -Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman to serve on US Supreme Court. -Escalation of Cold War through massive buildup of weapons and troops; Reagan Doctrine provided aid to anticommunist movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America; diplomatic talks with Gorbachev ultimately leading to (unofficial) end of Cold War just after he left office. -Invaded Grenada after Marxists took power of the government. -Announced the War on Drugs in 1982 in response to increased concerns around the crack epidemic; reinforcement bill in 1986 with mandatory minimum sentences. -Largely ignored the AIDS epidemic - 36k diagnosed and 21k died before he acknowledged. -Signed Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, making it illegal to knowingly hire undocumented people. -Illegally funded Contra rebels fighting against Sandinista government in Nicaragua in 1986.

Contemporary

41. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) -Fall of Berlin Wall and collapse of Soviet Union came early in his presidency. -Ordered military operations in Panama (Operation Just Cause against Noriega government) and Gulf War (in response to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait). -Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibiting discrimination. -Immigration Act of 1990 increasing available visas, esp. in skilled workforce. -Spearheaded negotiations for NAFTA, eliminating tariffs between US/Mexico/Canada.

42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) -Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 for pregnancy or serious medical conditions. -Brady Bill mandating federal checks on firearm purchases. -Don’t Ask Don’t Tell allowing gay men and women to serve in armed forces if they kept sexuality a secret. -Signed NAFTA into effect in 1994. -Operation Gatekeeper in 1994 - large buildup of policing on the border, especially in heavily trafficked crossing points; started building border wall barriers in 1994 in California, Texas, and Arizona. -Expansion of death penalty to include large-scale crime such as large drug enterprises in Omnibus Crime Bill. -Defense of Marriage Act 1996 reiterating marriage as between a man and a woman. -In 1998 impeached by House for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Lewinsky scandal but acquitted by Senate. -Assassination attempt by Osama Bin Laden - several unsuccessful military missions to capture him followed. -1998 State of the Union Address warned Congress that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was building an arsenal of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

43. George W. Bush (2001-2009) -Sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks - launched War on Terror invading Afghanistan, then Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction. -Huge spending and tax cuts. -No Child Left Behind Act 2001 - education reform with great emphasis on testing. -Hurricane Katrina devastation to New Orleans with little federal action in response.

44. Barack Obama (2009-2017) -First Black president. -Repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell; Supreme Court 2015 decision affirming same-sex marriage. -Health care reform through Obamacare. -Scaled back forces in Iraq, Afghanistan; captured and killed Osama BinLaden.

45. Donald Trump (2017)

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The Platte Purchase (1836), adding about 2,000,000 acres (800,000 hectares) of Indian land to the state land, resulted in an influx of settlers. Robidoux laid out the city in 1843 and named it for his patron saint. During the California Gold Rush (1849), St. Joseph prospered as a steamboat base and supply depot for westward-bound wagon trains. Robidoux's trading post shortly became a fur-trading empire stretching to the southern Rocky Mountains. The Platte Purchase joined his land to the state of Missouri in 1837. Saint Joseph is a city found in Missouri, The United States Of America. It's situated 39.77 latitude and -94.85 longitude and it is situated at elevation 279 meters over sea level. About The East Hills Library The East Hills Library opened on September 12, 2004 and is a thoroughly modern library. It is our only branch built in the 21st century. The construction features several statuary pieces, two large faux Ming vases and a group of dangling Vintage Victory Posters which were issued at the beginning of World War II, using World War I images.

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Of Saint-joseph's 77037 inhabitants, approximately 74171 (96.30%) recognize as having a single race. Most the populace is white, which consists of 87.50% of the populace. Of the remaining population, 4637 are black/African Americans (6.00%), 243 are native Americans (0.30percent ), 761 are asians (1.00%), 178 are pacific islanders (0.20%), 918 are other (1.20percent ). . Branch Manager: Shirley Blakeney Telephone: Circulation: -LRB-816-RRB- 236-2136Outreach & Library-by-Mail: -LRB-816-RRB- 236-2107 Together, we aim for lasting, positive change in people's lives. Together, we are the caring power of community. . The war years were very difficult with divided loyalties and violence, but after 1865, recovery was rapid. Trading and Getting Established Principal channels of distribution were established in the 1870s with St. Joseph becoming a leading wholesale center for the construction of the west. The 1880s and 1890s were the golden era of prosperity, whose mansions and customs remain a part of the city.

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St. Joseph and Buchanan County The city of St. Joseph is the county seat of Buchanan County and the eighth largest city in Missouri with approximately 77,176 inhabitants as of 2012. St. Joseph is the service provider for a seven county region of northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas with a combined population of over 155,000. . We noticed that you are using an unsupported browser. The Trip Advisor site may not display properly. Mac: Safari. Continuing Growth Additional growth commenced in 1859, when the railroad reached St. Joseph assuring its role as a distribution and supply point to the whole western half of the country. St. Joseph's proximity to the Missouri River and accessibility by way of river, rail and land was to be the impetus for phenomenal growth during the nineteenth century. Joseph Railroad (completed 1859), it became the eastern terminus of the Pony Express, launched from St. Joseph on April 3, 1860. During the American Civil War the city became a point for guerrilla operations and was frequented by boundary outlaws like W.C. Quantrill and Jesse James; the latter was murdered (1882) in his house there (which was preserved).In the 1840s town was well on its way to becoming a significant meatpacking centre but was eclipsed by Omaha, Nebraska, and Kansas City when transcontinental railroads bypassed it.

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