Dawes actBroke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Gospel of wealth
Declaratory actParliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Anne Hutchinson
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Monroe doctrine
Phyllis SchlaflyOrganized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
British beliefs after 7 years warThey viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
French revolution
Harlem Renaissance
Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Praying townsTowns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Proclamation of 1763Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Pure food and drug act
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Jim Crow lawsForced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Spanish colonization
Laissez-faire economicsThere was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Battle of Bunker hill
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Haymarket square riotAnarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Mass culture
Cesar Chavez
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
alien laws
N.O.W.Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
March on WashingtonHundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Zimmermann telegram
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Scopes Monkey trialIn Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
On 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.
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Charles FinneyNew york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Settlement houses
Anne HutchinsonA Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Split within the Democratic-Republican partyExpansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Spanish colonizationColonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Massachusetts Bay ColonyColony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth