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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
Settlement houses
Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
New American identity
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Henry Clay's American system
Charles Finney
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Brown v. Board of education
American protective association
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Anaconda plan
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Sedition act of 1918
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Johnson impeached
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
White supremacy
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
American federation of labor
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
1920's economic boom
Scopes Monkey trial
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.
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"
Southern resistance to integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Election of 1844
British impressment
