Black codesRestricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Haymarket square riotAnarchists 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
Anne Hutchinson
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Boston massacreParliament 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
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Henry Clay's American systemFederally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Mandated fair congressional districts
Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Settlement houses
Debates over money
Rush-Bagot pactAgreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Interstate commerce act
Sugar act
Expansion of democracyVoting rights were expanded to all white males
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Tammany Hall
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Compromise of 1877
Gold rush
Lexington and Concorde
First major recession in the United States
Frozen!
Frozen!
Watts Riots of 1965After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
American imperialism
Scopes Monkey trial
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Boost!
Boost!
Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Battle of VicksburgGranted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Brown v. Board of educationThe Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
King Philip's warKing Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
The Virginia plan
Praying towns
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
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.
Election of 1800
Red Scare
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Battle of Bunker hill
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Georgia governmentVery strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
N.A.A.C.P
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Boost!
Boost!
Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa