Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
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Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
The New Jersey planThe plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
King Philip's warKing Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Great depression
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
American temperance society
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Annapolis convention
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
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.
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Ghost dance movement
Kansas-Nebraska actdivided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Texan independenceAmericans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Mandated fair congressional districts
virginia and kentucky resolutionsdrafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
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
Asiento SystemSystem 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.
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Harlem Renaissance
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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
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Convention of 1818
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Checks and balances
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Lend-Lease Act
Roger Williams
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Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
GI BillGave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Baker vs. Carr
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
National Grange movement
PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Election of 1797First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Anarchists 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
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Changes in farmingA new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation