Stamp act congressDelegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
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Treaty of New EchotaSneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Johnathan EdwardsTheologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
War hawkesYounger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Republican party formed
French revolution
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Shay’s rebellion
Unrestricted submarine warfare
John BrownLed a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
sedition actapplied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Marbury vs. MadisonOn his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passengerHer refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
XYZ affair
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
Spanish-American War
Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Crisis in American values
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
First major recession in the United States
Panic of 1893A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
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President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Voting Rights Act of 1965Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Wilmot ProvisoAn amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
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George Whitefield
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Black Panthers
Laissez-faire economics
Puritan cultureFamily seen as foundation of social fabric
Sherman antitrust act
drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Mass culture
Battle of Bunker hillBritish won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Self-determination Act of 1975
Election of 1828
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African 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
Political machinesCorrupt political bosses and their followers
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Great railroad strikeRailroad 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
Economic and religious liberty
Black codes
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Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Compromise of 1877
Spanish colonization
Malcom XAdvocated countering white violence with black violence