Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Booker T. Washington
former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Increased nativism
American federation of labor
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
Annapolis convention
Dutch colonization
New deal
Anaconda plan
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
sedition act
Colonial attitude towards independence
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Labor unions
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.
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
