Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
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Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
British 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.
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Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
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between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
National Grange movementSocial and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Nat turners rebellionA young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Expansion of democracyVoting rights were expanded to all white males
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Counter cultureA movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
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The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Dutch Wedge
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Election of 1824
Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
John Brown
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Tenure of Office ActStopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Black codesRestricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Rush-Bagot pactAgreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
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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Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
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Prohibited prayers in school
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Indian Removal Act of 1830Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
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
George Whitefield
New deal
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Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states.
Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
Election of 1828
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Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Great societyAn extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Changes in farmingA new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Hoovervilles
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
Charles FinneyNew york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
sedition act
Civil rights act of 1866
Tallmadge amendmentWould prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
International migration society
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars