Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
Reservation system
Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
George Washington's Presidency
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
Civil rights act of 1866
All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Georgia government
Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
Scopes Monkey trial
Engel vs. Vitale
Prohibited prayers in school
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
McCulloch vs Maryland
Sit-in movement
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Expansion of democracy
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
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"
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Sugar act
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Monroe doctrine
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
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
Election of 1860
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Fries rebellion
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Great railroad strike
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
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
2nd Continental Congress
British colonization
Economic and religious liberty
