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
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Roger Williams A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Georgia government Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
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.
Sioux wars
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
The New Jersey plan
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
Red Scare
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.
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
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A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
King Philip's war King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Stamp act congress
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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
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Growth of immigration
republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
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Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Battle of Vicksburg
Big stick diplomacy
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism 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
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.
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Indian appropriation act
Massachusetts Bay Colony Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
XYZ affair
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Anti-Saloon league
Ghost dance movement nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Asiento System
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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.
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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.
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President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
International migration society
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)
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