Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
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John D. Rockefeller
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Charles Finney
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
National Grange movementSocial and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
New American identity
Mass cultureThe growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
the Compromise of 1790
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Chinese exclusion actNativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Boston massacreParliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Election of 1824The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Election of 1800Rematch 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
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Great societyAn extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
republican motherhoodthe idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Spanish-American War
Self-determination Act of 1975Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
The Feminine MystiqueExplained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
Bacons rebellionBritish settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
Radical RepublicansPushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
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Positions on expansion of slaveryArgued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
The Feminine Mystique
Battle of VicksburgGranted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
civic virtue
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
George WhitefieldA staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
John BrownLed a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Zimmermann telegram
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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
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
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Sherman antitrust actMade monopolizing an entire market illegal
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
PhilippinesTeddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Worked to secure voting rights for women
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Treaty of New Echota
War hawkesYounger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Election of 1828
Red Scare
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