An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Malcom X
A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
7 years war
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
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
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.
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Effects of the War of 1812
Election of 1800
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
15th amendment
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Roe v. Wade
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Jim Crow laws
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Virtual representation
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
W.E.B. Dubois
Roanoke Colony
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Whiskey rebellion
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Louisiana purchase
Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
Tammany Hall
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Spanish colonization
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
