Sherman antitrust act
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Asiento System
Whiskey rebellion
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Anti-Saloon league
Worked to close down saloons
joint-stock company
A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
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
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Failures of the articles of confederation
Jefferson's presidency
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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
Texan independence
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Panic of 1893
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Hoovervilles
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
7 years war
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Monroe doctrine
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Gold rush
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
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.
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
