Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
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.
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
Hoovervilles
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Plymouth
Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
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
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)
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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
Cash and Carry
John D. Rockefeller
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Madison declared war on great Britain
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Dutch Wedge
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Growth of immigration
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Dred Scott case
A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
March on Washington
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Homestead act
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
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
George Whitefield
A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
Texan independence
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.
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
sedition act
Indian appropriation act
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Popham Colony
