Rush-Bagot pactAgreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
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Madison declared war on great BritainMadison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Engel vs. VitaleProhibited prayers in school
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
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.
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)
sedition actapplied 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
Crisis in American values
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Radical RepublicansPushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Dred Scott case
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
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Popham Colony
Counter cultureA movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Indian appropriation act
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
2nd Continental Congress
Jay treatyBritain 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.
Whigs
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Red scareHouse Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Treaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoEstablished the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
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Split within the Democratic-Republican partyExpansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Laissez-faire economicsThere was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
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Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Tariff of 1828Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Whiskey rebellionviolent 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
GI BillGave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
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Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Anti-Saloon league
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Positions on expansion of slavery
Sit-in movementThousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed