Anne Hutchinson
Sit-in movement
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Jim Crow laws
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Bleeding Kansas
The Feminine Mystique
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
National Grange movement
Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Laissez-faire economics
There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Anaconda plan
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Stamp act congress
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Worked to close down saloons
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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.
Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Changes in farming
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
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Sioux wars
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Tenure of Office Act
Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
Black Panthers
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
