2. Conflict: Establishing the colonies as independent.
Time: 1760s and 70s
Issues: Tories’ beliefs vs. Patriots’ beliefs
Impact: Patriots soon outnumbered the Tories,
prompting for the colonials to begin the American
Revolutionary War.
3. Conflict: The revision of the Articles of Confederation
/ the creation of the Constitution
Time: 1787
Issues: Federalism vs. Anti-federalism
Impact: The Articles of Confederation were eventually
scrapped and replaced by the Constitution
4. Conflict: Economic priorities among the peoples, the
election
Time: 1800
Issues: Capitalism vs. Agrarianism, strictness of
following Constitution
Impact: “Revolution of 1800,” Jefferson abolishes
internal taxes
5. Conflict: Whether or not to re-charter the Second
National Bank
Time: 1830s
Issues: Nicholas Biddle, the leader of the Bank, argued
for the permanent establishment of it, while Jackson
aimed to destroy it
Impact: The Bank of the United States removed, and
money placed in state banks.
6. Conflict: Popular Sovereignty in new states being
admitted into the Union.
Time: 1858
Issues: Douglass favored popular sovereignty, whereas
Lincoln did not believe in the power of a nation that
was divided by free people and slaves
Impact: The weak arguments of Douglass in the
election forced the Southern Democrats to split and
appoint their own candidate in the 1860 election;
7. Conflict: The election of 1876
Time:
Issues: The corrupt bargain
Impact: Compromise of 1877 establishes the disputed
electoral vote as Hayes’
8. Conflict: The Gold Standard, Presidency
Time: 1890s
Issues: Gold Standard vs. Bimetallism
Impact: McKinley wins the election and passed the
Gold Standard Act of 1900, which established the value
of money as fixed with gold.
9. Conflict: The issue of achieving civil rights for African
Americans
Time: 1905
Issues: Washington’s method of achieving black
integration in society vs. Du Bois’ activism
Impact: Both men attracted a large following, but no
method dominated the other.
10. Conflict: To ratify the Treaty of Versaille and whether
or not the US should join the League of Nations
Time: 1919
Issues: Wilson did not prefer any compromise,
Fourteen Points not accepted
Impact: The US did not join the League of Nations,
and the Treaty of Versaille was ratified.
11. Conflict: The amount of government involvement in
the economy
Time: 1933-35
Issues: Hoover favored laissez-faire, while FDR favored
maximum amount of economic regulation
Impact: FDR’s election in 1932 and his enactment of
the New Deal dominated over Hoover’s laissez-faire
tactics.
12. Conflict:
New Deal
Court Packing
Time: 1930s
Issues:
The constitutionality of the New Deal reforms
The constitutionality of court packing
Liberal vs. conservative mentalities
Impact:
Court packing eventually led to the subtle success of
New Deal policies.
13. Conflict: MacArthur’s views on the methods of
defeating North Korea and China in the Korean War
Time: 1951
Issues: Truman openly favored a blockade of the
Chinese coast; was completely open about his
resentment toward communist forces
Impact: MacArthur relieved of duty due to his
opposition toward Truman’s less demeaning methods
14. Conflict: The degree of disobedience in protest during
the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
Time:
Issues: MLK, Jr. favored civil disobedience, while
Malcolm X did not have opposition toward violence
Impact: Civil Rights Act of 1964
15. Conflict: Women’s rights and the ideology and
perspective of women, the ERA
Time: 1970
Issues: Equality of the sexes, rewriting the modern
image of women
Impact: ERA not passed due to Schlafly’s campaign
16. Conflict: Watergate!!!
Time: 1972
Issues: Nixon charged for illicit surveillance of the
Democratic convention
Impact: Nixon resigns before impeachment, is
replaced by Gerald Ford
