Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
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He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
James Oglethorpe Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Election of 1800 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
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
XYZ affair
Democratic Republicans Weak national government
Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Declaration of Independence 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
W.E.B. Dubois
Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
John Brown
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
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
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
End of the federalists The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Stamp act
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Containment
The middle ground
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
French revolution
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Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Whigs
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Haymarket square riot Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Muckrakers
Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Johnson impeached
The embargo President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
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Dred Scott case A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Compromise of 1877
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Hartford Convention Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Boston massacre
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Townshend Acts
GI Bill Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Election of 1860 Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Black Panthers Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
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