Pendleton Act
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Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
The Virginia plan
Chinese exclusion act
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
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Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Black codes
Marbury vs. Madison
Southern baptists Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
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
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Palmer raids
The new south Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Knights of labor
Federalists Strong national government
virginia and kentucky resolutions drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Jay treaty Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
Election of 1824
7 years war
Progressive's concerns 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
Hoovervilles
Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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.
Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Dawes act
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
The Feminine Mystique
King Philip's war
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EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
15th amendment
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Wilmot Proviso
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Increased nativism
Red scare House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
French colonization
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
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
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Federalists Strong national government
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Bacons rebellion
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
Second great awakening Camp 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
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
Articles of confederation
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Upton Sinclair
First major recession in the United States
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