Andrew Carnegie
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Popham Colony
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Proclamation of 1763
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
John Brown Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Marbury vs. Madison 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.
Tallmadge amendment
Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
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Prohibited prayers in school
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
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.
Treaty of New Echota Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
7 years war
Roger Williams
nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Reconstruction acts
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Asiento System System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Southern resistance to integration
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They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
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The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
XYZ affair
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Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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)
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Dred Scott case
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Progressivism
Engel vs. Vitale
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
New deal
republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
White supremacy White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Economic and religious liberty
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Dawes act
Watts Riots of 1965 After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Hartford Convention Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Ghost dance movement
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
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
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
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