Domestic+and+International+Conflicts

1775 - 1783 : The American Revolution - America v. Britain for their independence from them. 1786 - 1787 : Shay's Rebellion - Farmers who wanted paper currency and to stop the imprisonment for debt as well as tax relief. 1794: Whiskey Rebellion - Western Philadelphian farmers refused to pay whiskey taxes and instead terrorized tax collectors. 1797: The XYZ Affair - French officials demanded bribes from the U.S. commissioners --> Led to an undeclared war with France. 1798 - 1800: Quasi War - The U.S. with their allies, the British, was fighting an undeclared war with France until the U.S. and France signed a treaty to end it. 1803 - 1815 : The Napoleonic Wars - War between the French&British. British tried to stop trade between America&France & vice versa. 1812 - 1815 : War of 1812 - War fought with Britain in order to acquire Spanish Florida from Spain who were allies with Britain. 1855: Pottawatomie Massacre - John Brown&supporters went to Kansas - killed 5 pro-slavery men. 1859: John Brown's Raid - Antislavery -- wanted to capture a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA; Surrended after he was besieged by citizens, militia members, etc. 1861 - 1865 : The Civil War - Northern victory - Slavery is abolished in all the states; blacks were considered citizens and were given rights; the states had to ratify the 13th and 14th amendments. 1899 - 1900 : Boxer Rebellion - Chinese martial arts society sieged the foreign diplomatic corps in China in a rebellion against foreigners.

Cold War - Was not really a war; Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. U.S. was trying to contain communism while the Soviet Union was trying to spread it.

Spanish American War - Americans stepped in to help smaller nations such as Cuba that were under Spanish rule but wanted to get out of it.

Philippine American War - America took control of the Philippines who wanted their own independence -- Philippines was not granted their independence until years later.

Vietnam War - North Vietnam and South Vietnam became divided -- North Vietnam was pro-communist while South Vietnam was not; North Vietnam was invading South Vietnam and Americans were helping the South Vietnamese -- though in the end, Vietnam became a total communist nation.

Korean War - North Korea and South Korea were divided -- North Korea was Communist and was trying to spread it to South Korea. The Soviet Union was allied with North Korea while the United Nations were allied with South Korea.

Kansas Nebraska Act -- Bloody Kansas - Those who were pro slavery and those who were against slavery lived very close to one another and thus they began to fight over whether the state would become a non-slavery state or a pro-slavery state.

Boston Massacre - Massacre in Boston in which five protesters were killed.

Dropping of the Atomic Bombs - America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war with them -- less costly than it would have been if America had been forced to invade Japanese lands.

WWI - War that took place in Europe. At first, America was reluctant to join because it wasn't their affair but their strong economic ties with Britain did not coincide with pact to stay neutral -- eventually joined the war as an Allie force.

WWII - War that also took place in Europe when Hitler and other German leaders began to taking over land that was not theirs to take. Joined the war because of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Haymarket Square - Labor strike in Chicago -- A bomb was thrown that killed 7 police officers and hurt 67 people. Four people were shot at by Police also fired their weapons killing 5 people.