Massachusetts Bay Colony
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
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Roanoke Colony
Britians 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 integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Square deal
When 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 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.
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Gold rush
Gold 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 1800
Rematch 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 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
Federalists
Strong national government
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.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 1850
California 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 society
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Cult of domesticity
Red scare
House 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 revolution
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Election of 1828
