Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Ida B. Wells
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Railroads
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Square deal
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
White collar workers
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Whigs
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Compromise of 1877
Bacons rebellion
British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
W.E.B. Dubois
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
7 years war
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Market revolution
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Henry Clay's American system
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Big stick diplomacy
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
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
George Whitefield
A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
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.
Upton Sinclair
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Interstate commerce act
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
