Navigation ActsColonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
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
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Jefferson policy on indigenous AmericansHe 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
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Proclamation of 1763
former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Anaconda planPlan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Black codesRestricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Cesar ChavezLed the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Ida Tarbell
White supremacyWhite supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
American imperialism
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
George WhitefieldA staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
NAWSA
Manifest destinyAmericans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Great railroad strike
Secret ballot
California 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
End of the federalists
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Tallmadge amendmentWould prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Spanish colonizationColo
Popham Colony
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Andrew Carnegie
The new southIdea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Stamp act congressDelegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Boost!
Boost!
James OglethorpeGot 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.
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Treaty of New Echota
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Progressivism
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Declaratory act
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Brown v. Board of education
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Election of 1844James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Election of 1860
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement