Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
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British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Engel vs. Vitale
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
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Counter culture
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
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Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
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.
John Brown
Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
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.
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
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Election of 1828
Chinese exclusion act
Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
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
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Monroe doctrine
Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
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Lend-Lease Act
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
Reservation system
Shay’s rebellion
Anti-Saloon league
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
John D. Rockefeller
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
Proclamation of 1763
McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law
John Brown
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
Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Jim Crow laws
Praying towns Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
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Dutch colonization
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
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.
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Nat turners rebellion A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Election of 1824 The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Indentured Servants
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