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
Southern baptists
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
civic virtue
Rush-Bagot pact
Declaration of Independence
Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
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.
Effects of the War of 1812
Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Panic of 1819
First major recession in the United States
French revolution
Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
The Feminine Mystique
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
The new south
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
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.
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
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
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
N.O.W.
Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
2nd Continental Congress
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
NAWSA
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars
