Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
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Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
alien laws
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
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
Spanish colonization Colo
Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Civil rights act of 1866
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.
Convention of 1818
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
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Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Cash and Carry
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.
James Oglethorpe
The New Jersey plan The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Red Scare
Navigation Acts Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Federalists
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18th amendment passed
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Bacons rebellion British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
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The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Black Panthers
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.
Cold war
Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
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The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
Watts Riots of 1965 After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
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.
Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Interstate commerce act
Reconstruction acts
Hartford Convention Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
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Anne Hutchinson
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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
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
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
W.E.B. Dubois
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
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.
Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
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