Convention of 1818
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Red Scare
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Battle of Vicksburg
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
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Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Navigation Acts Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
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.
Election of 1828
McCulloch vs Maryland
Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
British colonization Economic and religious liberty
The Virginia plan
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Malcom X Advocated countering white violence with black violence
pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Compromise of 1820
Wilmot Proviso
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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.
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
End of the federalists
NAWSA
Massachusetts Bay Colony Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
EPA
Election of 1860 Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
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Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
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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
Thomas Gage
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
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
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Assimilationist movement
Asiento System System 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.
Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Pendleton Act
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Anaconda plan
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
18th amendment passed
Dawes act
Self-determination Act of 1975
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S. Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Connecticut compromise
Colonial attitude towards independence
Attitudes towards Germany
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Black codes
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Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
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