Market revolutionThe linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
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Strong national government
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Black Panthers
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
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Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Bessemer processEnabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Georgia governmentVery strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
Great societyAn extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration 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
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
American protective associationHeavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Indentured ServantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Shay’s rebellion
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Compromise of 1850
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Marbury vs. MadisonOn 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.
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Political machines
Cesar ChavezLed the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
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Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Mexican-American warDisputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
The Virginia plan
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
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King Philip's warKing Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Niagra movement
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
White supremacy
Louisiana purchaseNapoleon 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.
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Rise 0f Chesapeake slaveryLaws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Radical Republicans
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Monroe doctrineEstablished the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Boston massacre
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Election of 1860
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
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.
civic virtuethe character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Thomas Gage
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Immigration Quotas
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people