corrupt educational system
undue emphasis on certificate
Environmental factor
parent's failure to be responsible
Korean War, 1950
U2 Crisis, may 1960
Bay of Pigs, 1961
Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine,1947
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Causes: 1) Great Britain issued trade restrictions meant to disrupt trade between the U.S. and France.
2) Great Britain provided support and weapons to Native Americans to attack American settlers.
3) GB controlled Canadian regions and Americans wanted to expand territory.
4) GB forced Americans on vessels into the British military and were considered subjects of the King.
5) GB refused to surrender western forts even though they promised to do so in the Treaty of Paris after the Revolutionary War.
(America declared war on Great Britain)
Effects: 1) The Federalist party declined because they did not support war with Great Britain.
2) British colonies/settlements remained in Canada and prevented the possibility of Americans pursuing Canadian territories.
3) Americans became more nationalist and united during the war.
4) James Monroe created a foreign policy for America called the Monroe Doctrine after the War of 1812.
Nebraska
After Taylor died and was succeeded by Fillmore, Douglas took the lead in passing Clay's compromise through Congress as five separate bills . Under the compromise texas surrended it claims to present New Mexico and other state in return for federal assumption of Texas's public debt. California was admitted as a free state while the remaining portions of the Mexican cession were organized into new Mexico territory and Utah territory under the concept of popular Sovereignty,the people of each territory would decide whether or not slavery would be permitted. the compromise also include more stringent fugutive slave law and banned the slave trades in Washington, D.C. the issue of slavery in the territo
ries would be re-open by the Kansas- Nebraska Act, but many historians argue that the compromise of 1850 played a major role in postponing the American Civil War
