Louisiana purchase
Napoleon 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.
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
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
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Spanish colonization
Colo
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
American temperance society
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
New American identity
Philippines
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Growth of immigration
The Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Jay treaty
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
N.O.W.
Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Political machines
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Spanish-American War
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Gold rush
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Popham Colony
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
alien laws
