Fugitive slave actMany 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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Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Flappers
Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Counter culture
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Spanish colonizationColo
First major recession in the United States
Great railroad strikeRailroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Roanoke ColonyBritians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Madison declared war on great Britain
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Hartford Convention
Chinese exclusion act
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Second great awakeningCamp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
New deal
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Radical Republicans
EPACreated in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Market revolutionThe linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Indian appropriation actcongress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Election of 1844James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Knights of laborNational union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
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Self-determination Act of 1975
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
First great awakeningA revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Baker vs. Carr
Phyllis Schlafly
Wilmot Proviso
John D. RockefellerPioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Rush-Bagot pact
Gold rush
Muckrakers
Red scareHouse Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Compromise of 1877
Great societyAn extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
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
War hawkes
Dutch WedgeNew Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
National Grange movement
divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Hamilton's financial plan1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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.
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Anaconda planPlan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
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Fugitive slave actMany 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.