Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
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Election of 1828
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Palmer raids
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Great society
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Reservation system
Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
James Oglethorpe Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Counter culture
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Tallmadge amendment
Great railroad strike Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
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
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
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.
Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Booker T. Washington former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law
The embargo President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
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Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Pendleton Act
Cash and Carry
Tenure of Office Act
Laissez-faire economics
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
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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
Whigs
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.
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
Reservation system Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
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Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
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 conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
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Spanish-American War
Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
White supremacy
Tariff of 1828
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Zimmermann telegram Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical
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.
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Red Scare
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Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Black codes Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Pequot war
Black Panthers
Monroe doctrine
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