Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
7 years war
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Indian Removal Act of 1830
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
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
The Feminine Mystique
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
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
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
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Hamilton's financial plan
1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Compromise of 1850
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
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Roanoke Colony
Political machines
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Anaconda plan
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Ghost dance movement
Roe v. Wade
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Haymarket square riot
Johnson impeached
sedition act
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Henry Clay's American system
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
