Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Madison declared war on great Britain
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Johnson impeached
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Bessemer process
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
The Feminine Mystique
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.
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Attitudes towards Germany
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
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
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Panic of 1819
First major recession in the United States
Government support for railroads
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Treaty of New Echota
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
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
Louisiana purchase
Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
Scopes Monkey trial
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Dutch colonization
Fur trade and other economic reasons
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
French revolution
Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.
Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
