The division of powers between different levels of government.
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
British colonization
Economic and religious liberty
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"
On 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.
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
Indian appropriation act
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Jacob Riis
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
George Washington's Presidency
Federalists
Strong national government
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Engel vs. Vitale
American temperance society
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Boston massacre
Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Convention of 1818
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
The Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Ghost dance movement
Zimmermann telegram
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
