Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Immigration Quotas
Johnson impeached
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Federalists Strong national government
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Radical Republicans
violent tax protest from 1791-1794. the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
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Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
King Philip's war
Declaratory act
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 Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
The embargo President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Positions on expansion of slavery Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Shay’s rebellion Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Gold rush
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Populist party Wanted 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
Jefferson's presidency
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Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States
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Louisiana purchase
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Growth of immigration
Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
Plymouth Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
joint-stock company
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Positions on expansion of slavery Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Anaconda plan Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Watts Riots of 1965
Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
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