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| revoked the charters of the new england colonies |
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| made the American colonies limit sugar, indigo, and tobacco trades with only England |
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| became the new governor of the colonies after the the dominion of New England |
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| He and his land owner friends rebelled against Berkeley for protecting the Native Americans and burned Jamestown to the ground |
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| S.C 1739 Nearly 100 slaves killed several plantation owners, they themselves were killed or captured |
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| Threw James II out of the throne replaced with WIlliam who wanted a parliamentary system |
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| 1689-1697 New England Troops fought with allies from the Iroquois against French who were allied with the Algonquians. Ended by the treaty of Tyswick |
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| took place between 1702-1713, Spain was allied with France St. Augustine was burned nobody won. |
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| proprietorships (colonies) |
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| residents who owned property electing assemblies and appoint their own officials. |
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| Britain was not concern about the colonies and they let them do their own business |
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| Navigation acts (added ones) |
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| prevented colonist from making textiles(1699), hats (1732), iron products(1750) |
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| imposed taxes on imported sugar 1733 |
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| 1720s-1740s devotion to god spruced and ivy leagues& Rutgers were colleges for ministers; George Whitefield tours the colonies |
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| 1754 delegates from seven northern and middle colonies met there concerning further westward settlement and NAtive Americans |
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| lasted seven years against France and Great Britain started when General Edward Braddock was killed in battle on the Duquesne fort. |
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| ended the French and Indian War on 1763 ended French influence in the Americas and land given to GB |
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| Was the P.M of GB after George II died and he wanted to reform the trading policies of the colonies with the Currency Act of 1764 |
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| made it illegal to print money in the colonies. (colonies had no strong currency so it was significant) |
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| 1764 made sure that the colonist paid a fee for smuggling of the french molasses and made use colonist paid the Brits a duty for all molasses brought into the colonies |
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| made the depression in the colonies even worse |
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| purchase stamp on all printed material newspapers, wills, dice, official documents, and countless other written docs. |
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| insisted that colonial gov provide food and accommodations for British troops stationed in the colonies |
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| July 1965 was created in Boston led by Samuel Adams, demonstrations from them made stamp stamp agents to resign i.e Andrew Oliver |
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| He and Ben Frank. both proposed that the colonist be directly represented in the British Parliament |
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| OCT 1765, 9 colonies met together representatives reaffirmed the principles of taxation; only okay if is from within the colonies |
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| was the new PM of GB who repealed the of the economic taxes |
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| stated the Parliament had the right to tax and make rules in all cases whatsoever |
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| stated the Parliament had the right to tax and make rules in all cases whatsoever |
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| had a large part in creating the rules concerning the colonies he was also the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| 1767 created new courts in the colonies, admiralty courts, ordered Brit soldiers to be stationed in port cities, they taxed goods produced in Britain |
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| from PA wrote Letters from a Farmer in PA 1767. Said that Parliament had the right to regulate trade but not use it to raise money |
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| Taxation without representation |
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| quoted by Samuel Adam stating that that was tyranny. |
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| Royal gov thought that this was a type of sedition (the doc of sam adams about taxation without representation) |
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| was the PM of Gb in 1770 who repealed all the Townshend Acts except the tea tax to show who was still in command. |
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| confrontation where soldiers acting out shot into a crowd of boston ppl who were pelting them with rocks Adams defended the soldiers |
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| Committee of Correspondence |
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| est. by Sam Adams designed to share information on Brit activities in the Americas |
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| made tea cheaper for the colonist by making the East India Tea Co. sell tea directly to the colonies |
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| Dec 16, 1773 65 men dressed as Mohawks when into the ships and dumped 350 chest of tea in the harbor |
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| 1774 closed the Boston Port except military ships and British ship with clearance, Assembly would be appointed by the king and not voted on, no town meeting without gov consent, quartering acts was back into effect |
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| 56 delegates from every colony except for Georgia went to Philly on Sept 5, 1774 in response to the intolerable acts |
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| Act stated that colonies would continue to boycott English imports and approve the efforts of Massachusetts to operate a colonial gov without British control |
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| British was sent there under gage to destroy the upcoming rebellion, Britishmen were ambushed as they retreated when they destroyed supply stores |
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| Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys captured the fort and dragged the cannons to Boston where they were a decisive factor in forcing the British out in Mach 1776 |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| Met in Philly in May of 1775 to get ready for war where GW was made commander in chief cuz he was not from MA and that he had experience.They also created currency, foreign relations committee and a continental army |
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| Last Peace gesture for the king approved on JUly 5 1775, crown refused it |
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| Written by Thomas Paine who wrote trash on the crown saying that the entire monarchy system was flawed and that the US was better off without it. 120,000 copies were sold in the first 3 months |
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| Disadvantages of the Continental Army |
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| poor discipline, frequent desertions, lack of supplies and money, no navy. British had the opposite of those |
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| Advantages of the Continental Army |
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| GB was old school, guerilla warfare, home territory, attack only when needed |
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| May 1775, Boston, colonist defeated at the expense of 1,000 British dead of wounded |
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| His tactics were to slowly sweep the colonies to where them down for the revolutionary war |
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| 1776 christmas night Washington defeated the Hessians and also won at Princeton in Jan 3 which motivated the colonist. |
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| Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne |
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| carried too much equipment that wore them down and they were defeated at Saratoga |
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| Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne |
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| carried too much equipment that wore them down and they were defeated at Saratoga |
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| was crucial point where colonist won and won the aid from the French |
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| 1786 West MA farmers took up arms and closed gov building and freeing farmers from debtor’s prisons. It was squashed by governmental force. |
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| 1784,1785,1787 regulated a plan to give territories statehood, it was a way to gain money for the deb accumulated |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| was a rough draft of the constitution which |
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| two houses all states had this except for PA and VT |
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| ended the revolutionary war GB recognized American independence and gave all the land in the Current us to the new nation. |
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| Place of the last battle of the Revolutionary war in VA where Cornwallis surrendered |
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| was in charge of the Southern colonies during the revolutionary war. He gave up on the south and tried to take over the two other sections where he was cornered and was not able to fight and finally surrendered |
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| 177-1778 was the low point for the continental army where cold weather, , and desertion hurt the army |
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| do not put such unlimited power on the hands of the husbands |
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| Wanted 3 branches of gov. and made the Virginia plan was president after Jefferson |
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| Great Compromise/Connecticut compromise |
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| made the senate the upper house with equal delegates for each state and a lower house ( house of representatives) |
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| 3/5 of a state's slave population counted as people |
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| supported the constitution or the new document. They preferred larger government |
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| Those opposed to the federalist views that wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation |
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| preferred a strong central government and wanted America to be a manufacturing country |
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| Report on the Public Credit |
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| Hamilton proposed that the US had the obligation to redeem the notes about the articles of confederation |
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| Declaration of Neutrality |
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| George Washington made it so that everybody was able to trade with both the English and the French |
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| 1796 inspired by the french opposed Hamilton b.c they imposed a tax on diluted alcohol which was needed to pay off the debt |
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| negotiated with Spain which granted navigation rights of the Mississippi River which made farms for the south prosper. |
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| was a treaty with Great Britain that had mixed results, BG decided to leave some of forts that they had in the interior of America , still there was tension between the two countries that contributed to the war of 1812 |
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| named for the unnamed assistants of Talleyrand (PM of France) who asked for the bribe (american diplomats denied the bribe) |
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alien act the president the right to deport any immigrant who was felt to be dangerous to the peace and safety of the US
Sedition Act- administration could ban any attacks on the pres or congress that were "malicious".
Supressed the 1st amendment |
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| Proclaimed that sates had the right to not enforce and federal act that was unconstitutional |
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| Twelfth Amendment of 1804 |
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| made so that the President and VP where not chosen by 1st most and 2nd most votes |
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| the first time that the there was a transfer of political party power. |
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| was an anti federalist and he was considered brilliant. He opposed large taxes on goods |
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| Several weeks before Jefferson took over this act was made to create many more fed. courts |
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made just hours before Adams left, he appointed all Federalist to all of the judges position
Jefferson supporters repealed this right after and also impeached two of the judges |
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| Marbury was one of the midnight judges but Madison wouldn't let him be the appointed, Court stated that they didn't have the power to make Madison do anything |
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| making the judiciary an equal branch in every way with the executive and legislative branches |
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| making the judiciary an equal branch in every way with the executive and legislative branches |
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| was bought from france for 15 Million dollars and it 2x the land of America, he used it to promote west ward exapnsion (Jefferson) |
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| group of federalist lawyers who loudly exclaimed against the decline in public and wanted the New England states to secede |
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| stated that they wanted to leave the nation and seceed after the Louisana Purchase was made |
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| British Ships took american sailors from trade ships and was the cause of the war of 1812 |
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| AMerican ships could not enter the seas until England and France stopped the impressment it caused a larger depression |
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| opened trade with all countries except for England and France |
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| Young Republicans that supported the war of 1812 led by Henry Clay |
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| Shawnee tribe leaders joined forces with many other tribes to terrorize the people around the area |
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| known as the second american revolution, american army only consisted of 6000 at the time.and only navy of 17 ships. Harrison and Andrew Jackson led many victories |
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| ended the war restored diplomatic relation between Britain and US but nothing about impressment or neutral trading rights |
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| Federalist met here. They continued to see the war as disastrous to their interest and had suspicious the western leaders. They met only 9 days before the treaty of ghent and when the war ended, they looked foolish |
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| 1816-1823 the era after the war of 1812 and us was not involved in foreign affairs and enjoyed prosperity |
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| Proposed by Henry Clay supported by James Madison and also Monroe. it was to make US less independent on Europe such as roads, second national bank, and other big gov. ideas. |
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| It raised tariff rates to nearly 22 percent which protected American business interest and revenues for improvements in the internal transportation system of US |
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| slave exportation was banned |
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| Proposed by Henry Clay in 1820 where Maine became a free state while MI was slave state and anything lower than the 36 degree was slave state |
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| merchants would buy the raw materials, pay farm families to do the labor and then sell the finished product |
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| Interchangeable Parts cotton gin |
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| textiles used this and the cotton gin made it possible to harvest a huge amount of cotton. |
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| Young women from surrounding areas were brought into work |
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| 1823 America now was a major power and told European countries to stay out of the western Hemisphere |
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| Cherokee Nation Vs. Georgia |
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| Marshall stated that Native Americans had no real standing in court since they were not a state or a foreign country. but he affirmed that Cherokee had a right to the lands that they possessed. |
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| authorized removal of all tribes east of the Mississippi(1830) |
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| 1/3 of the exiled Indians died (indian removal act of 1830) harsh weather where the Creeks had to go through when being removed on this trail. |
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| reaffirmed role of religion in the lives of the believers 1790-1830s mostly Baptist and Methodist. Timothy Dwight and Charles Finney were popular preachers |
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| campaigned for better treatment of the mentally ill from 1830s-1840s |
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| there was much reform from temperance movement, Education by Horace MANN, abolitionist movement |
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| formed by William Lloyd Garrison |
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| American Colonization Society |
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| Founded in the south in 1817 opposed slavery and wanted contact between blacks and whites,told owners to send the slaves back to Africa (Liberia) |
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| A slave in VA organized a slave revolt that killed 60 whites in effect black codes and stronger restrictions on slaves |
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| first president from the west, known as the common man . He used the Spoils system |
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| Filling government jobs with political allies |
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| the inner circle of political supporters that Jackson had and had loyalty to |
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| appointed by Jackson as the Chief Justice of the S Court. He approved all of Jackson's decisions |
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| in SC people used nullification and Calhoun stated that this was needed to protect states from the potential tyranny of the federal gov |
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| argued that if nullification were to proceed, "states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; ona a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched... in brotherly blood" |
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| Jackson moved troops to SC to collect he taxes and made it possible that the president could invade into any state to enforce the federal law. |
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| local or state banks that Jackson used to move the money from the national bank to. |
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| caused a depression because of the bank wars that was going on between biddle who favored the national bank and Jackson who wanted to crush the bank |
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| originated from the British Whig party. they favored more gov involvement in economics and wanted industrial growth and |
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| God's plan that America expand beyond the Mississippi River. both supported by political and religious leaders |
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| brought settlers to the Oregon territory, many of them went to the Willametter Valley. Ohioan caught Oregon Fever by 1842 |
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| Ohioan wanted to move there for the mild climate and the abundance of fur for trading . |
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| Fifty-four-Fourty or Fight |
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| was the cry that many americans wanted Oregon to be all under American rule |
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| 1846 gave most of the Oregon to the Americans from the British |
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was a part of Mexico until the inveted Americans who were supposed to be mexican and be catholics rebelled.
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| Mexican victory but Texans used this fro motivation to win their own independence |
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| was feared by many including Jackson, Harrison, Van Buren b.c it could start issues with Mexico but Tyler did it . |
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| was the dark horse candidate he was not announce as one of the candidate before the Democratic convention of that year. |
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| est. a very low tariff on imported goods, delighting many of the South and disgusting many of the northerners |
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| James Birney was its presidential candidate only attracted few peoplebut was there to help forster the civil war |
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| US went to war for many reasons from thinking the Texas was still part of Mexico, economic interest, but mostly b.c Polk wanted to fullfill the prophesy of manifest destiny |
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| known for Slidell's mission where he went to Mexico city to Negotiate with the mexican government to buy land from them |
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| Was sent as the General to guard the between the Nueces and the Rio Grande where they were ambushed and Polk declared war on Mexico |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| was signed on Feb 2 1848 and officially ended the Mexican American War. Us bought Texas, Ca, New Mexico, and everything in between for 15 million dollars |
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| Was passed by the House of Representatives 4 times but rejected by the senate each time . It would have prevented slavery in the new Mexican gotten state/territoty |
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| formed from Democrats and Whigs who opposed slavery in the newly acquired western territories. |
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| California was to be a slave free state, est. popular sovereignty, also had fugitive slave law which were toughened, |
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| judges in the North determined the fate of blacks that were accused of being escaped slaves |
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| written by Harriet Beecher Stowe was written as a response to the Fugitive slave act and demonstrated the immorality of slavery in her novel |
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| gave America and additional souther route for trade mostly for railways |
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| developed in response to the rising immigration from Ireland and Germany were anti Catholic, favored restriction on further immigration and various schemes that would keep recent immigrants from voting. |
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| 1854 Stephen Douglass let the people of Nebraska and Kansas vote on slavery or not, many people moved last minute to influence the votes and it was pro slavery which caused violent confrontation |
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| exclusively Northern one and was dedicated to the principles of abolition was made up of former Dem. Whigs and free soilers |
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| 1856 the free soil settlement in Lawrence was attacked and in response, abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed 5 pro slavery settlers, |
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| Decided that slaves existing the south into the north did not make them free and stated that once property, always property unless fred |
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| maintained that a territory could exclude slavery if the laws and regulations written made slavery impossible |
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| seized the arsenal at Harper's Ferry on OCT 16 1859 with 18 followers, hoping for a slave revolt in VA. He was funded by rich northerners. He was caught trialed for treason and hung |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| Led by Jefferson Davis first state to join was SC then MIssissippi, Georgia, and FL, ALAbama, TX, and LO joined in |
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| Advantages of the North and South |
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South: Much larger area. Officer corps such as Robert E. Lee was superior to the officers of the North. |
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| Lincoln sent unarmed ship to fort Sumter only carrying supplies when the southern soldiers attacked. |
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| Proposed that the fed. gov. guarantee the existence of slavery in any state where it existed and that the slave line stretched to the pacific keeping all over the lines slaves states but not new ones. |
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| resigned as the general from the Union and he led the Confederate army. |
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| Union forces retreated in chaos back towards Washington when trying to take over Richmond |
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| made a blockade of the southern ports and this became crucial as it needed to make money to support the war. It also took control of the Mississippi river and New Orleans |
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| April 6 1862, increadily bloody battle most bloodies battle of America so far. |
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| IronClad ships that didn't do much to each other but they still fought each other |
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| required that all males of 18-35 were to be in the army for at least 3 years |
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| money that was not backed by gold that was considered legal tender until the end of the war. |
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| did not approve of the war and freeing the slaves would take all the northern jobs from everybody. many of them were deported from the north. |
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| Lincoln suspended it so that accused would be contained so that they could not escape |
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| gave northerners a moral justification. released all the slaves from states that were in open rebellion and it dashed out the possibility that Britain would join in the war on the confederate side. |
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| Battle of Fredericksburg & Chancellorsville |
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| the darkest days of the war for the Union with major defeats for Union and was eminent that Union had leadership issues |
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| Lee was defeated by the Union army, commanded by George Meade, bloodiest battle of the war, 24000 casualties suffered by the north and 28000 by the south. Lee was forced to retreat back into VA. Sealed Fate for the Confederates |
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| speeched that thanked all the people who died on the battle of Gettysburg |
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| captured Atlanta during civil war which helped Lincoln win reelection |
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| where the confederacy surrendered |
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| when 10% of the voters of this state swore loyalty for Washington, they werer remitted to the union this plan was proposed by Lincoln. |
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| determined to punish the southern states in any way possible for their betrayal of to the Union. They were in control after the civil war |
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| limited movement by blacks, prohibited interracial marriage, and insisted that blacks obtain special certificates to old certain jobs and restricted voting rights |
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| Congress would only authorize a state government in former confederate states when the majority of voters took an ironclad oath and stating they were loyal to the Union. |
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| Lincoln killed the the Wade-Davis Bill using his pocket veto power by not signing the bill |
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| He opposed amnesty to the leaders of the Confederation he was lenient to the Southern states |
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| was designed to to help ex slaves get a job, edu, and general assistance as they adjusted to their new lives |
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| ex slaves could receive 40 acres and a mule but they only worked on somebody else's land and not their own. |
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| granted freedmen all the benefits of federal citizenship and promised that federal courts would uphold these rights |
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| abolished slavery passed on DEC 1865 |
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| declared what was citizenship and that i would be the same in all states was opposed by Johnson but overriden. |
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| placed southern states in military rule with the south being divided into 5 sections with military general in control of each region. |
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| reduced the control of the president over the army. |
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| stated that the president could not dismiss any Cabinet member without the approval of the Senate |
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| Andrew Johnson's Impeachment |
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| was impeached by the house but escaped impeachment by one vote in the senate |
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| every male was allowed to vote regardless of skin color, race or previous condition of servitude. |
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| Northerners who moved to the South during reconstruction period |
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| a Southern White republican during the reconstruction period |
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| the political event that ended reconstruction. Hayes became president but he had to remove all the all fed. troops from the south and stop the enforcement of much reconstruction era legislation concerning the south. ( Blacks were taken advantage again) |
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combiantion of new developments in both tech. and business org. which was developed by Laissez faire
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| foremer sharecroppers went to work in textile factories with stuff manufactured in the north |
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| emphasized speed and efficiency in the workplace, factory owners were cruel to the workers by timing them and being micromanagers was the ideas of Frederick W Taylor |
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| first est. in 1903 and by 1910 it produced nearly 12,000 cars per year. they were super fast car makers because of the assembly line |
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| was made by Rockerfeller which became an oil monopoly by having no almost no compettiion. |
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| made by andrew Carnegie, he started out as a poor child but grew to be rich |
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| passed in 1887 with the intent of regulating the railroads but it was not followed much b.c the committee was made up of old CEOs |
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| was made to regulate railroads, but it generally was not enforced b.c the committee was made up of old Railroad CEOs |
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| The board of trustees of one company also controlled many other oil producing companies |
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| when the company was in charge and owned the the process from natural resource to the final product |
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| The rich would rule and the weak would die off economically |
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| Stated that God gave them the power and wealth to those who most deserved it. |
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| major Union that Formed in 1870s formed in Philliy, they welcomed whites, blacks, women,skilled, and unskilled it peaked 750000 in the mid 1800 |
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| downtown chicago in May 1 1886 100000 workers turned to support strikers . Police and milita made were called to sedate the crowd7 dead and 70 wounded |
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| next major national labor union made up of almost only skilled workers |
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| Industrial workers of the world Miners in the west engaged in this it was close to the knights of labor. Many were considered Wobblies who included MOther Jones, Who org. coal miners, and Big bIll Haywood of tghe Wester Federation of Miners |
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| 1880s-1890s new immigrants |
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| were usually from non english speaking countries and were from poorer european countries such as Jewish Russia, Italy, and easter Europe. |
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| was the West Coast version of Ellis Island where 14000 Chinese laboreres had been recruited to build the transcontinental railroad |
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| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
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| prohibited any new Chinese laboreres from entering the country |
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| 1913 prohibited Asians who were not citizens from owning land anywhere in the state. |
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| steel girders could now support taller buildings and the first elevators began to be installed in buildings in the early 1880s |
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| period between 1875-1900 implies that a thin layer of gold covering all the problems of the time including the poverty in the time of incredible wealth and political corruption |
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| allowed the victorious party in any election to reqard their loyal supporters by giving them gov. jobs |
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| did not follow the spoils system and turned Chester Arthur away from his spot b.c of patronage. |
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| urged congress to pass legislation the Pendleton Civil Service Act and the Civil Service Commission |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act & Civil Sercive Commission |
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| test applicants and ensure that gov jobs were give to those who were qualified to get them |
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| Coxey's Army did little to affect gov. policy in Washington although it did represent the distress felt by unemployed Americans |
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| organizations that were designed to keep a certain party or individual in power. |
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| William Marcy Tweed ran NYC bilked the city treasury broke. |
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| used his political cartoon to bring Tweed down and send him to jail although Tammany Hall politics ran for a while |
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| 1888Edward Bellamy, Wished that the ruthlessness and the mean bosses be replaced with cooperation between bosses and laborers |
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| published How the Other Half Lives, it showed how slum life in NYC was and it had many photos which made it super effective |
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| Wrote The Jungle 1906, it was an expose of the meat packing industry |
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| People thought that Seward was dumb that he bought Alaska which was thought be a huge cube of ice which was wrong. |
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| Rejected the idea of turning Hawaii into a state, in 1893 US marines and pro-american sugar planters overthrew the queen and declared Hawaii to be a republic then to be a US state. |
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| 1899 allowed all foreign nations including the US to est. trading relations with China, this was asked by John Hay who was the secretary of State under McKinley |
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| authorized the construction of battleships that would be offensive in nature |
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| The Influence of Sea Power upon History |
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| Captain Alfred T. Mahan who in 1890 wrote it, it stated that economic success would have to be in expansion of markets abroad |
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| felt it was their duty to civilze the inferior races of African and asia |
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| "splendid little war" began in 1868 when Cuba revolted against Spain |
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| sent 150000 troops (Spaniards) and they guarded potential American allies and rebels |
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| used photos and emotion to sell the newspaper to make it seem interesting. |
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| developed in America' this combined an intense America nationalism with a desire for adventure abroad |
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| 1898 the Maine was sunk by an explosion but McKinley thought this was sabotage and so did NY newspapers |
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| Most famous event of the Spanish AMerican War, went up San Juan Hill and took over it (PR) |
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| Treaty of Paris (relating with the SPANISH american war) |
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| gave Cuba independence, gave Guam, P.R, Phillipines, and $20 million dollars to the Americans |
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| stated that America would not annex Cuba and kept Cuba in a military gov until 1901 till it drafted it own constitution. |
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| document that stated that Cuba would not enter into other agreements with other countries unless there was clearance from the US |
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| would link the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans that was first claimed by the French Co., America recognized Panama as an independent coutnry and sent the big white fleet after them |
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| Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1904 |
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| The US was give 10 mile wide area on which they planned to build the canal in exchange, US gave 10 million to Panama |
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stated that the US had the right to interveine in anywhere in the western hemisphere which they thought that "did harm to the US"
Strenghen American power in Latin america and caused the saying Yankee go home |
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| state that American investment abroad would ensure stability and good realtions between America and nations abroad. |
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| movement flourished, movement had its origin in Protestant efforts to aid the urban poor and advocated christianity |
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| Newspaper editors that discovered and exposed corruption, they increased in numbers and unethical practices became common in most newspapers. |
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| wrote the corrption she found in the Standard Oil Trust Co. |
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| exposed political corruption found in American cities in "The Shame of the Cities" |
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| Robert La Follette & Hiram Johnson |
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| From Wisconsin and CA respectively, introduced reforms in their states that allowed citizens to have a more direct role in the political process. |
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| allowed voters instead of the stat to directly elect US senators 1913 |
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| allowed citizens to propose a new law, if enough votes, it would go to the next ballot |
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| allowed citizen to vote on laws that were considered for adoption |
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| allowed voters to remove an elected official before their term was up |
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| allowed party members to vote for prospective candidate instead of have them picked by the party boss |
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| National Consumers League |
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| 1899 founded by Florence Kelley it was mostly women that lobbied at the state and national level for legislation that would protect both women and children at home and in the workplace |
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| 1889 Jane Addams and Ellen Gates starr found them in chicago which would become a model for settlement house construction in other cities. |
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| members felt supported temperance, and thought that it was a woe for the lower classes and the cause of the woes. |
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| was a radical group formed in 1916 by Alice Paul it was a crucial role for suffrage after WWI |
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| National American Woman's Suffrage Association |
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| supported feminism and they were also crucial to push for women's suffrage |
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| a radical feminist that was a nurse in NYC and taught about birth control |
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| was ruled to set limits on the # of hours a woman could work |
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| In NY where 117 dead when the factory lit on fire and the girls were locked in the building |
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| made of the Hepburn Act which gave was to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act |
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| been in place since 1890 but never used until Roosevelt used it |
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| name for Roosevelt (theodore) b.c he sued the Standard Oil Co, the northern securities, and the American Tobacco Co. he took down 45 companies |
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| acted to set aside 200 million acres of land for national forests |
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| 1913 authorized the collection of federal income taxes which were collected from the wealthy mostly. |
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| Ballinger was back handed land from Alaska but Pichot who was head of the Forest Service denounced him, Taft fired Pichot.....Taft was labeled anti enviromental |
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| Taft vs Roosevelt vs. Wilson Wilson won |
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| Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 |
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| continuation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and outlawed certain specific business practices |
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| 1914 was to enforce the anti trust laws |
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| est. 12 different reserve banks was meant to protect American economy against future panics |
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| maker of birth of a nation which was made in 1915 that was anti black and for white supermacy |
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| France Russia and GB and US |
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| Germany,austria hungary, and italy |
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| was to instill patriotism in Americans and psychologically prepare Americans for war. |
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| was a British passenger ship that was sunken by a U boat, 128 americans died in it (there was weapons in it and Germans warn them though) |
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| was another passenger liner that was sunken by the Uboats which then caused the Arabic pledge which they promised to stop sinking passenger ships |
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| Germany pledge to no more sink ships without prior warning. |
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| Unrestricted submarine warfare |
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| Germans would sink any ship from any nation that is trying to get into Allied ports |
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| American Expeditionary Force |
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| landed in France in June 1917 under John J Phershing, they were there only to boost the morale of the Allies |
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| navy developed special boats that were able to destory submarines, this helped by drastically reducing the damage made by the German U boats |
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| Battle of Chateau Thierry |
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| Americans were successful at preventing the Germans from coming into the Marne and getting into Paris |
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| 1918 cut the supply lines of the German army and convinced the German general staff that victory was impossible |
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| buy it for 10 dollars and get it back for 13 when it matured, Charlie Chapline made speeches and short films for it for WWI |
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| Lever Food and Fuel Control Act |
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1917began to regulate food consumption headed by Hoover during the "Great War"
voluntary things such as no meat tuesday was carried out and so was wheatless monday |
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| Bernard Baruch headed attempted to sstimulate production for war by allocating materials and by strict production controls. |
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| Committee on Public Information |
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| Headed by George Creel, they spread anti-German and Pro Allied propaganda through newsreels and lectures and the press |
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| conviced Congress to insist on a lieracy test for all immigrants, made sure that nothing german like existed i.e music, art, dance... |
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| 1917 made it illegal to people could not escape being draft and letter of declination got you seized |
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| made it illegal to criticize the gov. the constitution, the US army, or the Navy 1000 Americans were found guilty |
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| nearly 600,000 blacks moved north to find jobs, During WWI and many lived in Harlem |
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| reps of GB, France, Italy, and the US |
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| Wilson called for open peaceful treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, arm reduction, a reduction of colonial claims, and some sort of a world org to ensure peace. |
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| Wilson's intended plan to avoid future wars with the Allies joining it and Russia |
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| opposed American membership into the League of Nations |
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| wanted restriction on American membership in the League and was led by Henry Cabot Lodge |
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| it started during the 1920s by stating that if somebody wanted to live the good life they needed to get the latest thing |
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| Harding and Coolidge both Repubs. probusiness |
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| Washington Conference of 1921 |
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| diplomats from the diplomats from US Japan, China, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, France, GB and Italy met to discuss the possible elimination of further naval development and affairs in China and the rest of Asia |
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| the administration proposed large reductions in the amounts of taxes that the wealthiest Americans would pay |
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| "The Richest man in America" was appointed the Secretary of Treasury many of his policies increased economic pain of the working class while benefiting the rich (douche) |
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| 1922 increased the tax on industrial products but the largest tariff was on imported farm goods to shut the farmers up |
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| Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall maneuvered to have two oil deposits put under the the Dept. of the Interior, , Fall then leased these reserves to private Col and got large money from them. |
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| Universal Negro Improvement Association |
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| headed by Marcus Garvey stating for people to go with him to Africa and make a new country, nobody went and he was arrested for fruad |
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| grew tremendously during the 1920s as a form of resistance but died by 1925 it wasn't in the south but anywhere rural |
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| great paarnoia thinking that everything around them that was wrong as soviet caused |
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| thousands of Americans were arrested for no crime other than being a not born here carried out by general Mitchell Palmer |
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| Emergency Quota Act of 1921 |
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| limited Immigration to 3 percent of the number of person each country had living in the US in 1910. |
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| National Origins Act of 19224 |
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| no more than 150000 new immigrants could come from outside of the Wesstern Hemisphere, no more than 2% of the foreign ppl living here in 1890 from those countries |
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| were frequented by the popo and city officials in many locations |
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| John Scopes was teaching Evolution on purpose and he got into trouble |
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| Boxer Jack Dempsey, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Clara Bow, Mary Pickford. |
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| flew accross the Atlantic solo 1927 |
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| starring Al Johnson became the first talking motion picture which was a huge trend |
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| was the first radio station stationed in Pitssburg |
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| portrayed Christ as a businessman written by Bruce barton 1925 |
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| Novels in which Sinclair Lewis attacked the materialism and narrow thinking of middle class business types in small town america |
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| writen by F. Scott Fitzgerald who celebrated the Jazz Age and wrote it |
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| criticized the America society as an ignorant mob and wad disdainful for the booboise (boo shwa zzz) |
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| LANGSton hughes, Bessy Smith, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Armstrong wrote on the role of blacks in contemporary American society |
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| Agricultural problems of the 1930s |
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| Farm prices were extremely high during the WWI, then dropped after the war and never went up |
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| settlements shacks made from scrap metal or lumber usually located on the outskirts of the cities |
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| Massive Dust storms due to unconditioned, over farmed land and droughts that attacked OK, Kansas, Nebraska, Co and Texas. |
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| the highest import tariff ever est by US that was supposed to help the farmers but instead, the Europeans raised their own tariffs and the depression went worldwide |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corp |
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| gave money to banks who were authorized to loan money to businesses and railroads. |
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| 22,000 unemployed WWI vets came to Wash. to ask for their money that was due in 1945, Wash. said no and tear gased them and burned their houses(cheap ones) |
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| radio addresses where FDR spoke to the listening audience as if they were part of the family |
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| FDR's able cabinet of unofficial advisors that he got help from and tested out ideas |
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| FDR countless programs were proposed by the administration and passed by congress that attempted to stimulate the economy. |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corp FDIC |
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| made by the banking act which insured the bank deposits of individual citizens. |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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| led by Harry Hopkins it was to help ppl find work thousands hired from funds distributed to sates by the Public Works Administration (many schools, highways, and hospitals were build under it) |
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| CCC Civilian Conservation Corps |
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| employed over 2.5 million young men. This was a forest and conservation program . Ppl were paid small amounts |
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| National Industry Recovery Act NIRA |
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| was est. to try to stop falling prices in industry, both owners and union leaders in each industry would meet to set commonly agreed on prices, wages, working hours, and working expectations. |
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| NIRA was declared unconstitutional and had largely lost its effectiveness by then though. |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Administration AAA |
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| attempted to stop the sharp decline infarm prices by paying farmers not to produce certain crops and livestock |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| authorized the construction of a series of dams that would ultimately provide electricity and flood control to that area. |
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| Resettlement Administration |
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| est. in may 1935 part of 2nd new deal offered loans to small farmer who faced foreclosure. |
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| Works Progress Administration WPA |
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| took people that were on relief and employed them for 30-35 hours a week . engaged in construction projects like schools and buildings |
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| reaffirmed the rights of workers to org. and to utilize collective bargaining. |
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| was a retirement plan for the olderly over 65 |
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| led by former presidential candiddate Al Smith and several very influential business figures including the Du Pont family. Equated the communist to the New Deal |
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| increased the tax rate for those making over 50,000. |
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| EPIC End Poverty in California |
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| California would have all the factories and farms under state control . |
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| Father Charles Coughlin and HUEY Long |
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| biggest and most vicious opponents of the New Deal stated the Roosevelt was a Liar and the great betrayer he later praised hitler, hated jews, and like Mussolini |
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