President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
British colonization
Economic and religious liberty
Convention of 1818
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
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.
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Decolonization
W.E.B. Dubois
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Whigs
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Dawes act
Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
2nd Continental Congress
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Democratic Republicans
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
virginia and kentucky resolutions
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
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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.
N.O.W.
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Pendleton Act
Niagra movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
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"
John Brown
Henry Clay's American system
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
French colonization
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
