Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
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Thomas Gage
virginia and kentucky resolutions
James Oglethorpe
The Albany conference
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Baker vs. Carr
Fries rebellion Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Sit-in movement
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Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
N.A.A.C.P
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
Strong national government
Jefferson's presidency
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Tallmadge amendment
Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric
California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
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1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
The New Jersey plan The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Red Scare
Booker T. Washington
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
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Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
pinckney's treaty
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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
Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Civil rights act of 1866
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Bleeding Kansas Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Economic and religious liberty
The great migration
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Wilmot Proviso 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.
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
15th amendment Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Checks and balances
Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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