Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Election of 1860
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Interstate commerce act
John BrownLed a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Panic of 1819
Dutch Wedge
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Hoovervilles
The embargo
Dred Scott case
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
republican motherhood
Great society
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Compromise of 1877
Kansas-Nebraska actdivided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Johnson impeachedPres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
GI BillGave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Cesar ChavezLed the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
Self-determination Act of 1975
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Louisiana purchase
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White supremacy
Townshend Acts
Election of 1797
Ida Tarbell
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passengerHer refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Populist partyWanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday
Homestead act
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Changes in farming
Tammany HallThe most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Haymarket square riot
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Dawes act
Mass culture
Watts Riots of 1965After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Government support for railroadsRailroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Debates over moneyFarmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
Niagra movement
Convention of 1818More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
George Washington's Presidency
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John D. RockefellerPioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships