A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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Boost!
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Haymarket square riot Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Whigs New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
sedition act
Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Battle of Vicksburg
March on Washington Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Progressive's concerns Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Election of 1860
Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric
McCulloch vs Maryland
Interstate commerce act
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Worked to close down saloons
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Frozen!
Cash and Carry
Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States
Democratic Republicans
Nat turners rebellion
Self-determination Act of 1975
Boost!
Boost!
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
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Georgia government Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
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
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Sugar act
Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
John Brown
Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
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.
Whiskey rebellion
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
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Decolonization After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars
British colonization Economic and religious liberty
Nat turners rebellion
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
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Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Plymouth
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