Radical Republicans
Navigation Acts
Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Southern resistance to integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
Failures of the articles of confederation
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Americans 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.
French colonization
Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Pequot war
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Unrestricted submarine warfare
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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.
Ida B. Wells
Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her
Chinese exclusion act
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
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
Women's Christian Temperance Union
