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XYZ affair
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Great railroad strike
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Nat turners rebellion
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
the Compromise of 1790
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
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.
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
End of the federalists
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Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Democratic Republicans
Direct election of senators
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Sedition act of 1918
Progressive's concerns
Louisiana purchase
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.
Reconstruction acts
Mexican-American war
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Market revolution
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.
Praying towns
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
