Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Reconstruction acts
Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
GI Bill
Roanoke Colony
Philippines
Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
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
White collar workers
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Assembly line
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Great society
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Battle of Vicksburg
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"
Progressivism
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
Whigs
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Convention of 1818
The Feminine Mystique
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
George Washington's Presidency
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
Jay treaty
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
