Dawes act
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Age of passion
Bleeding Kansas Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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Louisiana purchase 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.
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
National Grange movement
Malcom X Advocated countering white violence with black violence
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Settlement houses
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Anaconda plan
Indian appropriation act
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Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Expansion of democracy
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.
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
Panic of 1893
George Whitefield
Roger Williams A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Sedition act of 1918
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States
John Brown
Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Pequot war Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Laissez-faire economics
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
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N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Rush-Bagot pact Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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.
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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Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Spain sells Florida
Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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Election of 1828
Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
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
Jefferson's presidency 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
Thomas Gage
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Federalists
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