President (Depth Study) African Americans Trade Unions Native Americans Women
Abraham Lincoln (1861- Emancipation Proclamation Industrialisation (1860- Plains Wars (1862-1867):
1865) (1865) – black people can no 1900) – increase in Sand Creek Massacre,
longer be owned as property unskilled labourers in the Wounded Knee, Red Cloud’s
(end of slavery). workforce. War and the Battle of Little
13th Amendment (1865) – Arrival of ‘old immigrants’ Bighorn.
abolished slavery – could still (1880s) from England, Westwards expansion –
be used as punishment. Scotland and Germany. government policy sought to
Accepted bad working migrate settlers west via the
conditions. Homestead Act (1862) –
offered 160s acres of land for
free as long as they farmed it
for 5 years.
Manifest Destiny – God-
given right to settle across
the whole of America.
‘Americanisation’ – removal
of tribal customs and beliefs
via education.
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Civil Rights Act (1866) – ‘all National Labour Union Civil Rights Act (1866) – American Equal Rights
races’ were citizens of the (1966) – William Sylvis- excluded Native Americans. Association (1866) –
Exercised the right of veto United States. campaigned for better Fort Laramie Treaty (1868) – founded by Elizabeth Cady
against civil rights legislation, Military Reconstruction Act working conditions: higher created the Great Sioux Stanton and Susan B.
congress tried to impeach (1867) – divided the south wages and the 8-hour day. Reservation. Anthony, aimed to provide
him which weakened him into military districts. equal rights for all US
politically. Freedman’s Bureau (1865) – citizens.
set up to support freed slaves
in the short term and provide
a basis for their long-term
security
(educational/employment
opportunities).
14th Amendment (1868) –
granted black people
citizenship and equal
, protection under the law.
ALL PASSED BY CONGRESS –
Johnson said nothing about
the right of freed slaves –
allowed the development of
Black Codes.
Ulysses Grant (1869-1877) 15th Amendment (1870) – Knights of Labour (1869) – Indian Appropriations Act National American
forbade the denial of the Uriah Smith Stephens (1871) – ended the Women’s Suffrage
vote based on race, colour, organised unskilled and recognition of Indian tribes Association (1869) –
religion of ‘previous skilled workers, and their self-sufficient, campaigned for female
condition of servitude. campaigned for an 8-hour nomadic lifestyle. enfranchisement.
Civil Rights Act (1875) – working day. 15th Amendment (1870) –
formalised segregation in American Federation of excluded women.
public areas – declared Labour (1886) – Samuel Unmarried women made up
unconstitutional in 1883. Gompers replaced the 13% of the workforce
KOL, aimed to increase (1870).
wages and decrease Comstock Laws (1873) –
working hours using legal made the sale,
reform. advertisement and
Molly Maguires (1973) – distribution of
secret society against low contraceptives illegal.
wages – led to the Women’s Christian
reluctance of many to join Temperance Union (1874) –
unions over terrorism advocated for temperance
fears. as a way to make the
domestic sphere dafter for
women and children.
Rutherford Hayes (1877- Hayes-Tilden Compromise 1/3 of the workforce was
1881) (1877) – Democrats (Tilden) unskilled labour (1880s).
would recognise Republicans Use of the ‘contract
(Hayes) as President on the system’.
understanding that Hayes
would remove federal troops
from the southern states –
led to the imposition of
Abraham Lincoln (1861- Emancipation Proclamation Industrialisation (1860- Plains Wars (1862-1867):
1865) (1865) – black people can no 1900) – increase in Sand Creek Massacre,
longer be owned as property unskilled labourers in the Wounded Knee, Red Cloud’s
(end of slavery). workforce. War and the Battle of Little
13th Amendment (1865) – Arrival of ‘old immigrants’ Bighorn.
abolished slavery – could still (1880s) from England, Westwards expansion –
be used as punishment. Scotland and Germany. government policy sought to
Accepted bad working migrate settlers west via the
conditions. Homestead Act (1862) –
offered 160s acres of land for
free as long as they farmed it
for 5 years.
Manifest Destiny – God-
given right to settle across
the whole of America.
‘Americanisation’ – removal
of tribal customs and beliefs
via education.
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Civil Rights Act (1866) – ‘all National Labour Union Civil Rights Act (1866) – American Equal Rights
races’ were citizens of the (1966) – William Sylvis- excluded Native Americans. Association (1866) –
Exercised the right of veto United States. campaigned for better Fort Laramie Treaty (1868) – founded by Elizabeth Cady
against civil rights legislation, Military Reconstruction Act working conditions: higher created the Great Sioux Stanton and Susan B.
congress tried to impeach (1867) – divided the south wages and the 8-hour day. Reservation. Anthony, aimed to provide
him which weakened him into military districts. equal rights for all US
politically. Freedman’s Bureau (1865) – citizens.
set up to support freed slaves
in the short term and provide
a basis for their long-term
security
(educational/employment
opportunities).
14th Amendment (1868) –
granted black people
citizenship and equal
, protection under the law.
ALL PASSED BY CONGRESS –
Johnson said nothing about
the right of freed slaves –
allowed the development of
Black Codes.
Ulysses Grant (1869-1877) 15th Amendment (1870) – Knights of Labour (1869) – Indian Appropriations Act National American
forbade the denial of the Uriah Smith Stephens (1871) – ended the Women’s Suffrage
vote based on race, colour, organised unskilled and recognition of Indian tribes Association (1869) –
religion of ‘previous skilled workers, and their self-sufficient, campaigned for female
condition of servitude. campaigned for an 8-hour nomadic lifestyle. enfranchisement.
Civil Rights Act (1875) – working day. 15th Amendment (1870) –
formalised segregation in American Federation of excluded women.
public areas – declared Labour (1886) – Samuel Unmarried women made up
unconstitutional in 1883. Gompers replaced the 13% of the workforce
KOL, aimed to increase (1870).
wages and decrease Comstock Laws (1873) –
working hours using legal made the sale,
reform. advertisement and
Molly Maguires (1973) – distribution of
secret society against low contraceptives illegal.
wages – led to the Women’s Christian
reluctance of many to join Temperance Union (1874) –
unions over terrorism advocated for temperance
fears. as a way to make the
domestic sphere dafter for
women and children.
Rutherford Hayes (1877- Hayes-Tilden Compromise 1/3 of the workforce was
1881) (1877) – Democrats (Tilden) unskilled labour (1880s).
would recognise Republicans Use of the ‘contract
(Hayes) as President on the system’.
understanding that Hayes
would remove federal troops
from the southern states –
led to the imposition of
