War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
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Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Self-determination Act of 1975 Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Zimmermann telegram Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
King Philip's war King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
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
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
American temperance society
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
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 The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Whiskey rebellion
Fries rebellion 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.
British colonization Economic and religious liberty
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Andrew Carnegie
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Philippines Teddy 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
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
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Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
British colonization
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Square deal
Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Election of 1860 Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Split within the Democratic-Republican party Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Tallmadge amendment
Treaty of New Echota
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Immigration Quotas
EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Chinese exclusion act
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
NAWSA
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
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