Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
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Federalists
Free Soil Party
Dred Scott case A 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.
Anti-Saloon league
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
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Self-determination Act of 1975
Olive branch petition
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Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Decolonization After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars
New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Declaratory act
Phyllis Schlafly
Indentured Servants
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Upton Sinclair
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Railroads
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Ida B. Wells
Pequot war
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Malcom X
Booker T. Washington 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
Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
James Oglethorpe Got 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.
Charles Finney
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
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
Self-determination Act of 1975 Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
18th amendment passed
Lexington and Concorde
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
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Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
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Attitudes towards Germany Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Market revolution The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Red Scare
Election of 1824 The 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.
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
civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov
A 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.
Ghost dance movement
National Grange movement
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.
Philippines Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
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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.
Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
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