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
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
New American identityNoah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Henry Clay's American system
Charles Finney
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Brown v. Board of education
American protective association
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Anaconda planPlan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
End of the federalistsThe war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Sedition act of 1918
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Johnson impeachedPres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
White supremacyWhite supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
1920's economic boom
Boost!
Boost!
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Massachusetts Bay ColonyColony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Southern resistance to integrationArgued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Election of 1844
British impressment
PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Boost!
Boost!
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
The new southIdea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Election of 1860
N.O.W.
March on WashingtonHundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Texan independence
Jefferson policy on indigenous AmericansHe 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
Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Interstate commerce actRequired railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Gold rushGold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Decolonization
Prohibited prayers in school
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
NAWSAWorked to secure voting rights for women
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Cold warA conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Sherman antitrust act
Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Frozen!
Frozen!
alien laws
Radical Republicans
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Frozen!
Frozen!
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Townshend ActsIn opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.