Townshend Acts
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Mexican-American war
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
First major recession in the United States
Niagra movement
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Articles of confederation
Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
Espionage Act of 1917
Prohibited prayers in school
Strong national government
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Red scare
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
New American identity
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Political machines
Ghost dance movement
nationwide 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.
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Indian appropriation act
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
XYZ affair
French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
French colonization
Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Election of 1860
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Common sense
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
