Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Changes in farming
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Containment
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Anti-Saloon league
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
March on Washington
Square deal
Stamp act congress
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
GI Bill
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
The Feminine Mystique
Henry Clay's American system
Political machines
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
The new south
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.
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
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
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.
Sugar act
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
