Spanish colonization
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Cash and Carry
Jacob Riis
Whigs
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
March on Washington
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
White collar workers
All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Debates over money
Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
The embargo
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Election of 1797
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
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.
Southern baptists
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Anti-Saloon league
Worked to close down saloons
Changes in farming
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
Johnson impeached
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
W.E.B. Dubois
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Lend-Lease Act
Cesar Chavez
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Voting Rights Act of 1965
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
