White collar workers
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Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Palmer raids
Second great awakening 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
Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
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.
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Black Panthers Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
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The embargo President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
March on Washington Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Colonial attitude towards independence
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Compromise of 1850 California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
Interstate commerce act
New deal
Effects of the War of 1812 Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
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
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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.
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Dutch colonization Fur trade and other economic reasons
Bleeding Kansas
Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed
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Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
Election of 1828
Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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Anne Hutchinson 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.
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Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
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
Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts
Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Fries rebellion
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Palmer raids
George Washington's Presidency
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
John D. Rockefeller
Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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