Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Rush-Bagot pact
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Johnson impeached
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
Compromise of 1850
N.O.W.
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Strong national government
Hamilton's financial plan
Townshend Acts
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
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.
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
George Washington's Presidency
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Bleeding Kansas
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Stamp act congress
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
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.
Pequot war
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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
Fugitive slave act
Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Anti-Saloon league
Worked to close down saloons
XYZ affair
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.
