Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Strong national government
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Panic of 1893
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
Indentured Servants
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Articles of confederation
Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
EPA
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Townshend Acts
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Tenure of Office Act
Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
Mexican-American war
Positions on expansion of slavery
Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
March on Washington
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Dutch colonization
Fur trade and other economic reasons
First political parties
The New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Square deal
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Booker T. Washington
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
