Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Dred Scott case
A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Many 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.
On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Anne Hutchinson
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.
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Declaratory act
joint-stock company
Cult of domesticity
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
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.
An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Strong national government
Political machines
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Southern resistance to integration
Praying towns
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
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Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
