President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Jefferson's presidency
The Feminine Mystique
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Tariff of 1828Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
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
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Voting Rights Act of 1965Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Populist partyWanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
First great awakening
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Philadelphia convention
King Philip's warKing Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
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.
Pendleton ActPolitical 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
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
sedition act
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Ghost dance movementnationwide 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.
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
Anaconda planPlan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
N.O.W.
Jamestown
Jay treaty
the Compromise of 1790
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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Jay treaty
The Virginia plan
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.
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Red scareHouse Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Stamp act congress
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Puritan culture
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Sugar act
American temperance societyFocused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
N.A.A.C.P
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When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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)
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Gospel of wealthAndrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Convention of 1818More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Sedition act of 1918
Labor unions
Townshend Acts
Marshall plan
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
joint-stock companyA 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.