Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Views on immigration
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Pure food and drug act
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
National Grange movement
18th amendment passed
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
The Albany conference
W.E.B. Dubois
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Reservation system
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Radical Republicans
British colonization
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Expansion of democracy
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Spanish colonization
Colo
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Election of 1800
Rematch 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
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Stopped 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)
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
