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.
sedition act
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
XYZ affair
French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
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.
John Brown
Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Roger Williams
Marbury vs. Madison
Growth of immigration
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
Dutch colonization
Secret ballot
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Labor unions
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Big stick diplomacy
Sedition act of 1918
New American identity
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Jefferson's presidency
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
Proclamation of 1763
Bessemer process
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
American protective association
