How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Voting Rights Act of 1965Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Praying towns
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Haymarket square riotAnarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
American temperance societyFocused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Panic of 1819
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Dutch colonization
Rise 0f Chesapeake slaveryLaws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Fugitive slave actMany northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Puritan culture
Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
civic virtue
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Declaratory actParliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Shay’s rebellionFarmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Spain sells Florida
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Phyllis Schlafly
sedition act
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Frozen!
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PhilippinesTeddy 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
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
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
March on WashingtonHundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Pendleton ActPolitical appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Election of 1860Lincoln 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
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
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
Marshall planThe extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
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White collar workersAll the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
International migration society
Whigs
Sherman antitrust act
Johnson impeached
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Pullman strike
Compromise of 1850California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states.
Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Cold warA conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Roe v. Wade
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles