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
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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
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The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Settlement houses
Tallmadge amendment
First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Brown v. Board of education
The new south
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Navigation Acts
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
fourteen points
7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Red Scare
Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Self-determination Act of 1975
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women
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.
Compromise of 1850 California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
White collar workers
Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Proclamation of 1763
First major recession in the United States
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Counter culture
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President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
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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.
Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Election of 1797
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
The Virginia plan
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
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
N.A.A.C.P
Failures of the articles of confederation France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Fries rebellion
Spain sells Florida
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
Anaconda plan Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Ghost dance movement nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males
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