Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
1920's economic boom
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Tenure of Office Act Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Texan independence Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Haymarket square riot Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Asiento System 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.
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Made monopolizing an entire market illegal
Great society An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Ghost dance movement nationwide 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.
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
Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
Sit-in movement Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Bleeding Kansas Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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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
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Wilmot Proviso
Dawes act
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Compromise of 1877 The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Spanish colonization
The embargo
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
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British beliefs after 7 years war
Established 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
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Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Sit-in movement Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Progressivism
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Engel vs. Vitale
Election of 1824
Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Roe v. Wade Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
John D. Rockefeller
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
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