James Oglethorpe
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
GI Bill
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Changes in farming
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Anarchists 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
Panic of 1893
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Black codes
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
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.
George Washington's Presidency
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Ghost dance movement
nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
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
Scopes Monkey trial
In 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.
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
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Compromise of 1850
Townshend Acts
Madison declared war on great Britain
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Philippines
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
The middle ground
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
Declaratory act
Harlem Renaissance
Election of 1828
Southern resistance to integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
joint-stock company
