Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
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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.
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Fries rebellion Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The New Jersey plan
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
A 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.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Election of 1800
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.
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
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.
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Dutch colonization Fur trade and other economic reasons
Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
New American identity
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Election of 1860
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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
Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Shay’s rebellion
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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John Brown
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S. Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Settlement houses
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Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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Spain sells Florida
republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
pinckney's treaty
American federation of labor
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Views on immigration
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
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Secret ballot
Cesar Chavez
First great awakening
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Second great awakening Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
In 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.
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