Marshall plan The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
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New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Texan independence 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.
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Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Railroads
Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
The middle ground
Battle of Vicksburg
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Virtual representation
Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
Zimmermann telegram 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.
Booker T. Washington former 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
Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
Watts Riots of 1965 After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Shay’s rebellion
Compromise of 1877 The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
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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
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Texan independence 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.
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Frozen!
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Fugitive slave act Many 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.
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Election of 1860 Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Unrestricted submarine warfare
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
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.
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
Civil rights act of 1866
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
W.E.B. Dubois Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Dutch Wedge
Booker T. Washington
joint-stock company A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
Niagra movement
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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
republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Direct election of senators
Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Brown v. Board of education The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
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
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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