between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Malcom X
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Navigation Acts
Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Bessemer process
Stamp act congress
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Praying towns
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Asiento System
former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Bleeding Kansas
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Phyllis Schlafly
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Bacons rebellion
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
George Washington's Presidency
Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Growth of immigration
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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.
