Attitudes towards Germany
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Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Roe v. Wade Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Election of 1824 The 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.
Black codes 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
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Teddy 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
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Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Treaty of New Echota Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
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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
Debates over money Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
Southern baptists
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
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.
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
Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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.
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N.O.W. Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Marshall plan
Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Laissez-faire economics
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts
Monroe doctrine
Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Roe v. Wade Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
King Philip's war
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James Oglethorpe Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Philadelphia convention
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Georgia government
The middle ground
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Parliament 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
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Southern baptists Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
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