Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
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Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Homestead act
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Fur trade and other economic reasons
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"
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Engel vs. Vitale
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
White supremacy
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Market revolution
American protective association
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods
joint-stock company
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Gospel of wealth
March on Washington
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Whiskey rebellion
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Election of 1797
Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons
Spanish colonization Colo
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Spanish-American War
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
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Roe v. Wade Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Pendleton Act
James Oglethorpe
Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Meat inspection act
Counter culture A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
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.
Stamp act
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.
War hawkes
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Articles of confederation
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers
Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members
Nat turners rebellion A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Johnathan Edwards Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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