Baker vs. CarrMandated fair congressional districts
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Sugar act
Election of 1824The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Treaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoEstablished 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
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Louisiana purchase
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Election of 1797
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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Manifest destinyAmericans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
The New Jersey planThe plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Great railroad strikeRailroad 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
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Homestead actGave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Federalists
Battle of Bunker hillBritish won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The Feminine Mystique
Marshall planThe extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
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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.
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Madison declared war on great Britain
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Spanish-American War
British beliefs after 7 years war
Annapolis convention
Homestead actGave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Civil Rights Act of 1964Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
GI BillGave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Charles FinneyNew york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Expansion of democracyVoting rights were expanded to all white males
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Square dealWhen 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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Cash and CarryRoosevelt 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
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The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Andrew Carnegie
The embargo
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
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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
Puritan cultureFamily seen as foundation of social fabric
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
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
American federation of laborGrew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Sioux warsSioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Fugitive slave act
WhigsNew party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
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Free Soil PartyFormed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
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