Cult of domesticity
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Great depression
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.
Common sense
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Attitudes towards Germany
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Spain sells Florida
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Bleeding Kansas
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Pendleton Act
Marshall plan
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
Sioux wars
Positions on expansion of slavery
Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
7 years war
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Great railroad strike
Changes in farming
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Monroe doctrine
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
