Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Brown v. Board of education
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.
Labor unions
Anne Hutchinson
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Decolonization
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
7 years war
John Brown
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
Anaconda plan
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
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
The new south
Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Interstate commerce act
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Spain sells Florida
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Malcom X
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
Fugitive slave act
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Puritan culture
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
Scopes Monkey trial
In 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.
Colo
Common sense
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Laissez-faire economics
