Marshall plan
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Texan independence
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.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Railroads
Boston massacre
Parliament 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
The middle ground
Battle of Vicksburg
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Virtual representation
Wanted 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
Zimmermann telegram
Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
Booker T. Washington
former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Baker vs. Carr
Mandated fair congressional districts
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Philippines
Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
Watts Riots of 1965
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Popham Colony
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
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.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Shay’s rebellion
Compromise of 1877
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Jacob Riis
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
