Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Cash and Carry
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Bacons rebellionBritish settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Anaconda planPlan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Republican party formedA coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
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.
Voting Rights Act of 1965Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Positions on expansion of slaveryArgued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Johnathan EdwardsTheologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Brown v. Board of educationThe Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Sedition act of 1918
Boston massacreParliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Manifest destinyAmericans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Dutch colonizationFur trade and other economic reasons
McCulloch vs Maryland
Articles of confederationLooked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
George Washington's PresidencyEstablished many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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Baker vs. CarrMandated fair congressional districts
Booker T. Washington
American temperance societyFocused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Jim Crow lawsForced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Whiskey rebellionviolent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Panic of 1819
Election of 1828
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Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Gospel of wealthAndrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Populist partyWanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
Tenure of Office ActStopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Marshall planThe extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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Market revolutionThe linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
Colonial attitude towards independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Treaty of New EchotaSneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
joint-stock company
Anaconda plan
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination