An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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Lexington and Concorde
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The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
RailroadsMassive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
Second great awakeningCamp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
WhigsNew party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Flappers
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
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Scopes Monkey trialIn Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
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Political machinesCorrupt political bosses and their followers
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Debates over money
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
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Spanish colonizationColonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Puritan cultureFamily seen as foundation of social fabric
7 years war
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Charles Finney
Spanish colonization
the Compromise of 1790
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
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Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
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Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
2nd Continental Congress
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Democratic Republicans
Ida B. WellsEditor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Black codesRestricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
DecolonizationAfter WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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)
Booker T. Washingtonformer slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Louisiana purchaseNapoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
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
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Square deal
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.
British beliefs after 7 years warThey viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Southern resistance to integration
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
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere