Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Colo
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
Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
Baker vs. Carr
Mandated fair congressional districts
Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
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
Age of passion
Madison declared war on great Britain
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
First major recession in the United States
Dutch Wedge
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
King Philip's war
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Free Soil Party
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Market revolution
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Pullman strike
After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
alien laws
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
American protective association
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
