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)
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Fur trade and other economic reasons
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
The Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Engel vs. Vitale
Malcom X
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Red scare
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Assembly line
Panic of 1819
First major recession in the United States
congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Changes in farming
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Johnathan Edwards
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Mexican-American war
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Tammany Hall
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
