T0P 10 MOST EXCITING AND PAINFUL TOPICS IN THE U.S HISTORY

The Top 10 Exciting Topics

1. (Samuel F.S Morse designs improved electromagnetic telegraph-1832) It was exciting because he found a way of communicating by sending electrical impulses across a wire. It was also exciting because it was new and it became useful and was used for many reasons.

2. (Daguerre invents first form of photography-1839) In 1835, he put an exposed plate in chemical cupboard and some days later found, to his surprise, that the latent image had developed. That was exciting because it was the first way of making a picture.

3. (Liberty of Congress Founded 1800) It is exciting because the Liberty of Congress is the nation’s library. Its services excited not only members and committees of the congress, but to the executive and judicial branches of government, to libraries throughout the nation and world, and to scholars and researchers and artists and scientists who use its resources.

4. (Dalton devises table of elements-1803) English chemist- John Dalton starts using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. It’s exciting because it was the first scientific table to help us with elements.

5. (California Gold Rush-1848) When gold was discovered by James Wilson Marshall at Sutters Mill, in Coloma California, it was exciting because it was the first discovery for gold and San Francisco grew from a small settlement to a boomtown, and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout California.

6. (Congress prohibits importing of African Slaves-1808) The Act prohibiting importation of slaves is a United States federal law that stated, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. The act effectively ended the legal trade. It was exciting because no more slaves were imported.

7. (George Washington 1732-1799) He was the first president of the United States and it was exciting because he was the first president from (1789-1797).

8. (Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826) He was the third president of the United States and the second vice president of the U.S. He was exciting because he was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

9. (Volta invents electric battery-1800) It’s exciting because almost everything we use today uses batteries, so when he made an electric we were able to use more electronics and more electronic things were made.

10.(Federal government offers land at 1.25 per acre-1820) In 1819 were The Panic and the economic depression that followed led to legal changes intended to make the direct purchase of land easier for small farmers. So the price was cut to 1.25 and it was exciting because a lot of people bought a lot of land. It was very good for farmers.

The Top 10 Painful Topics

1. (Indian Removal Act-1830) It was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830. This was painful because it was great pressure put on American Indian Leaders to sign removal treaties and emigration of ten of thousands of American Indians to the West.

2. (Cherokee Trail of Tears-1838) After the Indian Removal Act of 1830, By Spring of 1838 almost all tribes east of the Mississippi had been relocated farther west or destroyed in battle. In GA, Cherokee tried to hold on their land. A lot of people died and were hurt and it was painful because they were forced to move and their land was destroyed.

3. (Fugitive Slave Act- 1793) was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. This was one of the most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a 'slave power conspiracy'. It declared that all runaway slaves be brought back to their masters. This was painful because they said the slaves shouldn’t be freed. So basically during this time slaves didn’t get the right to see if they could’ve been freed and they had to stay with the owner.

4. (The war of 1812) it was painful because it was between the U.S. and British. There were several immediate states for the U.S. dedication of war. There was trade restrictions introduced by Britain to impede American trade with France, we had forced recruitment of U.S. citizens in the Royal navy and the Britain military support for American Indians were offering armed resistance to the expansion of the American frontier to the Northwest.

5. (Alien and Sedition Act- 1798) this act prohibited immigration of “aliens” into the U.S. to protect from enemy powers.

6. (Spoil System-1829) this system allowed Andrew Jackson to “spoil” his followers, providing them good jobs and other benefits. Spoils system, in U.S. history, the practice of giving appointive offices to loyal members of the party in power. The name supposedly derived from a speech by Senator William Learned Marcy in which he stated, “to the victor belong the spoils.” On a national scale, the spoils system was inaugurated with the development of two political parties, the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans, and was used by the earliest Presidents, particularly Thomas Jefferson. The system soon became entrenched in state politics and was practiced more extensively on a national scale during the administration of Andrew Jackson, who declared (1829) that the federal government would be bettered by having civil servants rotate in office. He replaced incumbent officeholders with members of his own party.

7. (First Seminole War-1817-1818) The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between various groups of Native Americans collectively known as Seminoles and the United States. It was painful because it was the first war against the Indians in regard of the Indian Removal Act.

8. (Missouri Compromise- 1820) The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. It was painful because slavery was enforced and still being effected.

9. (Mexican War-1845-1847) The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico claimed ownership of Texas as a breakaway province and refused to recognize the secession and subsequent military victory by Texas in 1836. It was painful because it was very dangerous.

10. (Native Americans defeated in Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana Territory-1811) The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and forces of Tecumseh's growing American Indian confederation led by his brother, Tenskwatawa. In response to rising tensions with the tribes and threats of war, an American force of militia and regulars set out to launch a preemptive strike on the headquarters of the confederacy. The battle took place outside Prophetstown, at the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers and basically it was a battle between the Americans and the Native American territories.