White collar workers
Lexington and Concorde
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Cash and Carry
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Bacons rebellion
British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
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
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Anaconda plan
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Panic of 1893
A 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.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
sedition act
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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.
Positions on expansion of slavery
Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Sedition act of 1918
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
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Dutch colonization
Fur trade and other economic reasons
McCulloch vs Maryland
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
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
