HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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Jim Crow lawsForced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Spain sells FloridaU.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
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Marshall planThe extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Compromise of 1850
Knights of labor
Zimmermann telegram
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
alien laws
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Andrew CarnegiePioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
NAWSAWorked to secure voting rights for women
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Self-determination Act of 1975Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Changes in farming
Southern resistance to integration
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Articles of confederationLooked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Madison declared war on great Britain
The Virginia plan
Townshend Acts
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Hartford Convention
Panic of 1893
Political machines
Monroe doctrineEstablished the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
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Positions on expansion of slaveryArgued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
EPACreated in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Ghost dance movementnationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Democratic Republicans
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Checks and balances
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Jacob Riis
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Panic of 1819First major recession in the United States
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Mass cultureThe growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Southern resistance to integrationArgued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
Failures of the articles of confederation
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
7 years war
Shay’s rebellionFarmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
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American imperialism
Praying townsTowns 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
Jay treatyBritain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal