Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Gold rush
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Gospel of wealth
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Sugar act
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
First great awakening
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.
Anti-Saloon league
Worked to close down saloons
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Mandated fair congressional districts
Engel vs. Vitale
Prohibited prayers in school
Henry Clay's American system
Counter culture
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Pequot war
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
joint-stock company
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.
Self-determination Act of 1975
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Kansas-Nebraska act
Great depression
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
fourteen points
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
