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.
John Brown
Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Worked to close down saloons
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Scopes Monkey trial
In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
Lend-Lease Act
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
7 years war
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Views on immigration
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Decolonization
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
The great migration
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Sinking of the Lusitania
N.O.W.
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Election of 1800
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
alien laws
Looked 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
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Election of 1844
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
