Second great awakening
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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
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Anti-Saloon league
Spanish-American War
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.
Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Views on immigration
Flappers
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
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Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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
French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
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
Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
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.
Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Upton Sinclair
Muckrakers
Madison declared war on great Britain
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
Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
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)
Declaratory act
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
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
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
The embargo
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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Effects of the War of 1812
War hawkes
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Black codes
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
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Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
John Brown 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
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Progressivism
Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Muckrakers
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
Indentured Servants
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Increased nativism
N.O.W. Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
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Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
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
Nat turners rebellion A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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