Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
International migration society
Meat inspection act
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.
the Compromise of 1790
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Checks and balances
EPA
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Compromise of 1877
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Colo
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
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Whigs
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
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
Scopes Monkey trial
In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
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.
Lexington and Concorde
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Engel vs. Vitale
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
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
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Stamp act congress
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Progressive's concerns
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
