Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Boston massacreParliament 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
Government support for railroads
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Whigs
Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Knights of labor
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
FederalistsStrong national government
The Albany conference
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Ghost dance movement
The great migration
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Phyllis SchlaflyOrganized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
N.O.W.Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
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
Zimmermann telegramGermany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
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
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
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Frozen!
Boost!
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Tallmadge amendmentWould prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
NAWSA
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Populist partyWanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
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
Indian appropriation act
American temperance society
Roanoke Colony
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
Phyllis SchlaflyOrganized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Scopes Monkey trialIn Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
7 years warA dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Marbury vs. MadisonOn 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.
The Albany conference
John D. RockefellerPioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Homestead actGave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Prohibited prayers in school
Kansas-Nebraska actdivided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Panic of 1893A 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.
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Townshend Acts
John BrownLed a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion