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Anne Hutchinson
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Dutch colonization
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Great society
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
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
Assembly line
Philippines
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
Sherman antitrust act
Phyllis Schlafly
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
George Whitefield
A 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
Shay’s rebellion
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.
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
GI Bill
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
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!
Spanish colonization
Colo
Roger Williams
A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Gospel of wealth
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Puritan culture
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Expansion of democracy
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
French colonization
First great awakening
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
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
