A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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.
Henry Clay's American system
Fries rebellion
Spanish-American War
Niagra movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Wilmot Proviso
An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Panic of 1819
Shay’s rebellion
Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Convention of 1818
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Second great awakening
Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
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.
Johnson impeached
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
Great society
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Changes in farming
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
virginia and kentucky resolutions
drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
Civil rights act of 1866
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Election of 1828
Bessemer process
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
John D. Rockefeller
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
