Cult of domesticityA woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
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Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
Engel vs. VitaleProhibited prayers in school
Views on immigrationFeared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Madison declared war on great BritainMadison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
GI BillGave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)
Interstate commerce act
The Virginia planThe plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
American temperance society
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
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
Navigation ActsColonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Rising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Assimilationist movement
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Articles of confederationLooked 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
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Civil rights act of 1866All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Black PanthersAdvocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Gospel of wealthAndrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Kansas-Nebraska act
ContainmentTruman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
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PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
First great awakening
Civil rights act of 1866All African Americans were citizens of the United States
American temperance societyFocused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
International migration societyFacilitated the migration of black people to africa
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Brown v. Board of educationThe Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Roe v. Wade
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.
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
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
Dred Scott caseA slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
2nd Continental Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Johnson impeached
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Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
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
joint-stock companyA 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.
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Counter culture
Bessemer processEnabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Indian Removal Act of 1830Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
1920's economic boom
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Articles of confederationLooked 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
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
the Compromise of 1790Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country