Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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Dutch Wedge
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Texan independenceAmericans 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.
Knights of labor
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
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Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Anne HutchinsonA Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Split within the Democratic-Republican partyExpansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Counter culture
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Roger Williams
Roe v. Wade
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
Battle of VicksburgGranted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
First major recession in the United States
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Debates over money
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Spanish-American War
Expansion of democracy
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Charles Finney
Jefferson policy on indigenous AmericansHe 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
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From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Southern baptistsSplit from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
NAWSAWorked to secure voting rights for women
sedition actapplied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
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Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
James OglethorpeGot the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Gospel of wealth
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
White supremacy
1920's economic boom
Baker vs. CarrMandated fair congressional districts
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
Mexican-American war
Radical RepublicansPushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Marshall plan
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.
2nd Continental Congress
N.O.W.
Labor unionsWorkers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Hamilton's financial plan1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses