Lexington and Concorde
Gospel of wealth
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
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
Cash and Carry
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
Ida B. Wells
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Popham Colony
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Pendleton Act
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Attitudes towards Germany
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Red Scare
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
American imperialism
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Malcom X
National Grange movement
Anti-Saloon league
Worked to close down saloons
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.
Praying towns
The new south
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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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.
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
