republican motherhoodthe idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
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War hawkesYounger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Red scare
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
sedition actapplied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Roanoke ColonyBritians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Attitudes towards GermanyWanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Dutch colonizationFur trade and other economic reasons
Proclamation of 1763
Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Whiskey rebellionviolent 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
Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
New American identityNoah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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
Cold warA conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Marbury vs. MadisonOn his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Assembly line
Dutch WedgeNew Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Thomas Gage
Panic of 1893
Civil rights act of 1866All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Changes in farming
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Brown v. Board of education
Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Debates over moneyFarmers 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
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Spanish colonization
Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
National Grange movement
Market revolution
Second great awakeningCamp 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
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
civic virtuethe character of a good participant in a system of gov
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Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Nat turners rebellionA young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
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The great migration
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passengerHer refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Madison declared war on great BritainMadison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Compromise of 1820Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
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Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Roger WilliamsA 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
Connecticut compromise
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people