Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
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Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
W.E.B. Dubois
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Stamp act congress
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Sit-in movement
Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Philippines
Panic of 1819
Whiskey rebellionviolent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Declaratory actParliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Tammany Hall
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
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
Progressive's concerns
Farmers 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.
Compromise of 1877
Ida B. Wells
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Cold warA conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Colonial attitude towards independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
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Compromise of 1820Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Views on immigrationFeared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
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Spanish-American War
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
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First political parties
Election of 1797First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Reconstruction actsDivided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
N.O.W.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Bacons rebellionBritish settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
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
Bleeding Kansas
WhigsNew party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Ida Tarbell
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Muckrakers
Secret ballot
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Decolonization
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
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Ghost dance movementnationwide 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.