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
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Hartford ConventionFederalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Roanoke ColonyBritians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
Southern resistance to integrationArgued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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.
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Gold rushGold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Election of 1800Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
FederalistsStrong national government
Split within the Democratic-Republican partyExpansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Declaratory actParliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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.
Madison declared war on great Britain
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Compromise of 1850California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states.
Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
Cult of domesticity
Red scareHouse Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
A 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.
Market revolutionThe linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Election of 1828
Reservation systemIndian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Jacob Riis
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Secret ballot
Muckrakers
Anti-Saloon league
Cesar ChavezLed the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
John Brown
First great awakening
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
American federation of labor
Convention of 1818More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Ida B. WellsEditor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
George Washington's PresidencyEstablished many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Dutch colonization
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Assimilationist movement
Monroe doctrineEstablished the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Election of 1800
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Effects of the War of 1812
Dutch WedgeNew Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Homestead actGave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Madison declared war on great BritainMadison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Boost!
Boost!
Expansion of democracy
Charles FinneyNew york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.