British colonization Economic and religious liberty
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Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
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National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Railroad 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
Whiskey rebellion violent 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
Dred Scott case
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Marshall plan The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Cold war
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Battle of Bunker hill
Roger Williams
Populist party
Stamp act congress
Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Mass culture
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Containment
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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Tammany Hall
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Navigation Acts 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.
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Labor unions
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the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
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Increased nativism
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Dutch Wedge
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
alien laws
Battle of Bunker hill
virginia and kentucky resolutions 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
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Views on immigration
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
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.
Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
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Cold war
Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Split within the Democratic-Republican party Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Treaty of New Echota Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Battle of Vicksburg
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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