Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
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Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
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Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
First political parties
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joint-stock company 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.
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Reservation system
Self-determination Act of 1975
Spanish colonization Colo
Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Rush-Bagot pact Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Roger Williams
Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers
Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Texan independence
War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
Attitudes towards Germany
Great society
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Checks and balances
Compromise of 1877
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Tariff of 1828
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Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
The New Jersey plan
Anne Hutchinson
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Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
The division of powers between different levels of government.
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Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Tenure of Office Act
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
End of the federalists
Red scare
Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
American protective association
Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Bessemer process
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Whiskey rebellion
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Sinking of the Lusitania
16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Jay treaty
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