Rise 0f Chesapeake slaveryLaws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Checks and balances
John D. RockefellerPioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Economic and religious liberty
Manifest destinyAmericans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Pullman strike
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French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Colonial attitude towards independence
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
PhilippinesTeddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Sherman antitrust actMade monopolizing an entire market illegal
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Settlement housesProvided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
French revolutionAmbassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.
Tenure of Office ActStopped 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)
Nat turners rebellion
Indentured ServantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Debates over moneyFarmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
N.O.W.Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
Treaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoEstablished 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
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
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Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Compromise of 1820Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Effects of the War of 1812Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Expansion of democracy
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Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Sherman antitrust act
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Articles of confederation
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Tenure of Office ActStopped 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)
Direct election of senators
Jim Crow laws
Scopes Monkey trial
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Plymouth
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Panic of 1893
Mexican-American war
An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Bacons rebellion
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
Zimmermann telegramGermany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.