The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Tammany Hall
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
James Oglethorpe
Anti-Saloon league
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Railroads
Compromise of 1820
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
American protective association
Cesar Chavez
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Great railroad strike
Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
King Philip's war
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Democratic Republicans
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
Rising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Election of 1800
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Expansion of democracy
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Mass culture
The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Common sense
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Jay treaty
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Civil rights act of 1866
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
