EPA
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Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
George Whitefield A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
Popham Colony
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
GI Bill
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
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Roger Williams
Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women
Praying towns Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
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Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions
French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Shay’s rebellion Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
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
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Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Political machines
White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
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He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Pequot war
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Roe v. Wade
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Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Reservation system
Cash and Carry 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
Ghost dance movement nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.
Self-determination Act of 1975 Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Johnson impeached Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Brown v. Board of education The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
N.A.A.C.P
Townshend Acts
Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
British colonization Economic and religious liberty
Crisis in American values
Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
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