Jamestown
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Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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.
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15th amendment Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Dred Scott case 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.
NAWSA
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Counter culture A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts
Plymouth Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Dutch Wedge New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Hartford Convention Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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.
Asiento System
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
XYZ affair French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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Progressive's concerns Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women
Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
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Tariff of 1828
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
Roger Williams
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Hartford Convention
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Niagra movement
Georgia government Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
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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
Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
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.
Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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
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