Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
joint-stock company
A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
Cesar Chavez
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
American protective association
Containment
King Philip's war
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
Progressive's concerns
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
British beliefs after 7 years war
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
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.
Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
Federalists
Strong national government
Civil rights act of 1866
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Spanish colonization
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
American temperance society
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Mexican-American war
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Debates over money
Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
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British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
