18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Booker T. Washington
Great society
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Election of 1860
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
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
Second great awakening
Camp 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
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Tenure of Office Act
Stopped 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)
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.
James Oglethorpe
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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
15th amendment
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Charles Finney
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
alien laws
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Civil rights act of 1866
Great railroad strike
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Election of 1828
Checks and balances
Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
