Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
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The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
7 years warA dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Compromise of 1877The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Stamp act
Indian appropriation actcongress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
New American identityNoah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
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.
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
John D. RockefellerPioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
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
Spanish colonizationColonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
The embargoPresident Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Democratic Republicans
Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Articles of confederationLooked 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
XYZ affairFrench and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Rush-Bagot pactAgreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
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
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
15th amendmentProtected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Tariff of 1828Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Phyllis SchlaflyOrganized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
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Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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Henry Clay's American systemFederally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Sugar act
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Positions on expansion of slavery
Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
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McCulloch vs MarylandRuled that federal law trumps state law
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Fugitive slave actMany northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Brown v. Board of education
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
First major recession in the United States
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Indentured ServantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
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drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Declaration of Independence
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Immigration Quotas
Bacons rebellionBritish 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.
Sherman antitrust actMade monopolizing an entire market illegal
Andrew Carnegie
Booker T. Washingtonformer slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Dutch colonizationFur trade and other economic reasons
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.