Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
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Meat inspection act
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
joint-stock company 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.
Increased nativism
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A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Johnathan Edwards Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Shay’s rebellion
Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Spanish-American War
Charles Finney
Mandated fair congressional districts
Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Malcom X
divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job
Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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Assimilationist movement Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Fries rebellion 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.
Sit-in movement
7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Jim Crow laws
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Anne Hutchinson
Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Spanish-American War
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
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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
The new south Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Great railroad strike Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Philippines
British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Haymarket square riot 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
the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Anti-Saloon league
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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