Jefferson's presidencyHe himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
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PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
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.
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Panic of 1819First major recession in the United States
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Tallmadge amendment
Convention of 1818
drafted 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
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Civil rights act of 1866All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Self-determination Act of 1975
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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Townshend Acts
Haymarket square riotAnarchists 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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British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Declaration of IndependenceWritten by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
American protective association
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
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Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Growth of immigration16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Bessemer processEnabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Sit-in movementThousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Homestead act
Tammany Hall
Southern baptistsSplit from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
First political parties
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Charles Finney
Women's Christian Temperance UnionWorked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
Georgia government
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Hamilton's financial plan1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Roe v. WadeNixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
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
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Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
White collar workersAll the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
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Cesar ChavezLed the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
The embargo
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.
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.
Monroe doctrineEstablished the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Bessemer processEnabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
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They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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.
Panic of 1819
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.
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions