Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.
Election of 1824
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
White supremacy
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
NAWSA
Worked to secure voting rights for women
Expansion of democracy
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
War hawkes
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Jacob Riis
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
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Bessemer process
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Dutch colonization
First great awakening
drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
The New Jersey plan
Monroe doctrine
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Failures of the articles of confederation
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Compromise of 1877
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
