Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Praying towns
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Indentured Servants
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
sedition act
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Homestead act
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Andrew Carnegie
Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process
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
Assimilationist movement
Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Rush-Bagot pact
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Virtual representation
International migration society
Laissez-faire economics
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Roger Williams
A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
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
Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
