Sinking of the Lusitania
Self-determination Act of 1975
Panic of 1819
First major recession in the United States
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Ghost dance movement
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Asiento System
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
Growth of immigration
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Haymarket square riot
Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
Booker T. Washington
Spain sells Florida
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
Boston massacre
Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Changes in farming
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Popham Colony
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Jim Crow laws
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Black codes
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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.
Shay’s rebellion
Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
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.
