Chinese exclusion act Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
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Weak national government
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Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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Bacons rebellion
virginia and kentucky resolutions 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
Haymarket square riot
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Shay’s rebellion 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.
Zimmermann telegram 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.
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
Southern baptists Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Upton Sinclair
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Roe v. Wade
Nat turners rebellion
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Articles of confederation
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Positions on expansion of slavery
Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Ida Tarbell
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.
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pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
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Haymarket square riot
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A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Fugitive slave act 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.
Whiskey rebellion violent 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
1920's economic boom
Marbury vs. Madison
Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
American temperance society
John Brown
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Marshall plan The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Republican party formed
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Roe v. Wade
Compromise of 1850 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
White collar workers
Attitudes towards Germany Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Jay treaty Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Niagra movement
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