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Paxon Boys
Scots-Irish who formed a vigilante group to retaliate in 1763 against Indians -
Pontiacs Rebellion
Pontiac and his forces initiated a siege to go against Bristish Force -
Proclamation of 1763
no expanison past the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act 1764
american revenue act that was to tax revenue on colonists -
Sons of Liberty
formed to protect the rights of colonists and to fight taxation by British Government -
non importation agreements
importation restrictions by Americans to protest British revenue -
Quartering Act
Americans were to provide soliders with food and housing if needed -
Townshend Acts
a series of acts passed by parliments. tax -
Samuel Slater
Father of the american industrial revolution -
Boston Massacre
killing of five colonists by the royal troops. colonists were in protests -
Gaspee Affair
the HMS Gaspee, a Bristish ship was harbored and SOns of Liberty group set fire to it -
Tea Act
tax on tea and was the final straw with the americans and started up protests with colonists -
Intollerable Acts
a series of acts passed by Britian after the Boston Tea Party. meant to punish the colonists -
American System
a tarrif to protect American industry, national bank to foster ocmmerce -
Deism
Belief that there is a higher power who created the universe but left it for humans to control -
impressment
act of taking men into the navy by force -
Barbary Pirates
Piartes on the coast of africa. Seized ships, made raids on costal towns -
Olive Branch Petition
to King George from Second Continential Congress in last attempt to avoid war for Americas inderpendence -
Crisis Papers
Thomas Paine, pamphlet -
Declaration of Independence
announced the freedom and independence form Britains control -
Battle of Saratoga
Large victory of the Americans against British in the American Revolution -
Treaty of Alliance
with France; which promised America Frances military support in case of war with Britain in future -
Land Ordinance of 1785
five person committee led by Thomas Jefferson. it estbalished a ordinance of surveying, planning, and selling townships -
3/5 Compromise
how slaves would be counted in the determining of the states total population -
Bill of Rights
collectiven name of first ten amendments of the constitution -
Jay Treaty
treaty between U.S and Britain resolving navigation and commerce laws and polices -
pinckneys treaty
resolved territoral disputes, America gained free naviagtion of the Mississippi River and duty free transport through New Orleans -
XYZ Affair
John Adams; problem occuring with France and US with a money scam -
Bank of the United States
known as the first bank of the united states -
Alien and Sedation Acts
passed by John Admas. Changed the laws on deporting immigrants, and making it harder for new foreginers to vote -
Gabriel Prosser Rebellion
literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in Richmond -
Revolution fo 1800
when vice president Thomas Jefferson beat President John adams -
Louisiana purchase
land deal between France and U.S where U.S bought land west of Mississippi for 15 million -
Lewis and Clark
Expedition and mapping out of the Louisiana territory -
Embargo Act 1807
made all exports from the US illegal. -
War Hawks
people who were for the war and against Britain -
"Era of Goof Feeling"
good-will visit to Boston by President Monroe. a good mood of the US -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Florida purchase treaty; between US and Spain where the florida line was ceded between the two countries -
Corrupt Bargain
election of 1824 ended without any majority vote, the HOuse of Represenitives awarded John Quincy Adams -
Free Soilers
The party leadership consisted of anti-slavery former members of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party. Its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery. -
Antebellum
occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. -
Gag Rule
a regulation or directive that prohibits public discussion of a particular matter, in particular. -
Neal Dow
"Napoleon of Temperance" and the "Father of Prohibition", was mayor of Portland, Maine, as well as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. -
Compact Theory
holds that the country was formed through a compact agreed upon by all the states, and that the federal government is thus a creation of the states. -
Freeport Doctrine
Stephen Douglas's doctrine that, in spite of the Dred Scott decision, slavery could be excluded from territories of the United States by local legislation. -
Erie Canal
canal in New York, used to transport commerce -
Bank War
political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States -
Removal of Deposits
next step in President Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Second Bank of the United States after he vetoed its recharter -
John Deere
Manufactured agricultural tools to help farming -
Trail of Tears
the trail that the Native Americans took to move out west -
Prigg v Pennsylvania
prohibited blacks from being taken out of Pennsylvania into slavery, and overturned the conviction of Edward Prigg as a result. -
James K Polk
11th President of the United States -
Mexican Cession
historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 -
Oregon Territory
organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon -
compromise of 1850
package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states -
Fugative Slave Laws
provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. -
Maine Laws
first statutory implementations of the developing temperance movement in the United States. -
Bleeding Kansas
series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery -
Ostend Manifesto
described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. -
Dorothea Dix
American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums -
Trent Affair
diplomatic crisis that potentially brought Great Britain and the United States closest to war during the first year of the American Civil War. -
Homestead Act
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land -
Cyrus McCormick
American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902 -
Black Codes
laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom -
jingosim
extreme patriotism -
Louis Sullivan
American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" -
Thomas Nast
American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". -
populist party
highly critical of capitalism, especially banks and railroads, and allied itself with the labor movement. -
Edwin Stanton
American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. -
Cheif Joseph
succeeded his father Tuekakas as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band -
sharecropping
system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops -
sewars folly
purchase of alaska for 7 million -
Granger Laws
promoted primarily by a group of farmers known as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. -
Force Act
Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act was a United States federal law written to empower the President with the legal authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. -
crime of 73
In 1873 Congress had discontinued the minting of silver dollars, an action later stigmatized by friends of silver -
Sioux Wars
series of battles and negotiations which occurred between 1876 and 1877 -
Battle of little bighorn
Lieutenant Colonel Custer and his U.S. Army troops are defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne -
compromise of 1877
purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South -
Haymarket Affair
aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land -
Turner Thesis
argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier -
coxeys Army
protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey -
Pullman strike
ationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States -
Yellow Journalism
journalism that is over exaggerated -
atlanta Compromise
agreement struck in 1895 between Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, and other African-American leaders, and Southern white leaders -
Open Door Policy
The United States could get involved with any foreign affairs they want to if need be. -
Boxer Rebellion
a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
Social gospel
Protestant movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada -
Andrew Carnegie
industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry. Carnegie steele -
Jacob Riis
muckraking journalist who started a bunch of crap -
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt, "speak soft and carry a big stick" -
Volstead Act
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States -
Creel Committee
independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I. -
muckrakers
Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines -
Platt amendment
stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, -
Roosevelt Corollary
addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
Lusitania
the us passenger ship that was bombed starting US involvement into the war -
Upton Sinclair (the jungle)
portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities -
Pure Food and Drug Act
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs -
Dollar Dipomacy
language to help increase foreign affairs with Latin America through economic power -
Great WHite Fleet
popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. -
MAnn-Elkin Act
federal law passed during the Progressive Movement that extended the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act and the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission -
New Nationalism
roosevelts progressivepolitical philosophy in the 1912 election -
Bull Moose Party
a political party created by roosevelt for the republicans to have people not vote for taft -
New Freedom
collection of speeches Woodrow Wilson made during his presidential campaign of 1912. The speeches promised significant reforms for greater economic opportunity for all, while ensuring the tradition of limited government. -
Woodrow WIlson
president of the US and entered America into WW1 -
Federal Reserve System
is the central banking system of the United States. -
Food Administration
responsible agency for the administration of the U.S. army overseas and allies' food reserves -
17th Amendement
stablished the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. The amendment supersedes Article I, §3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures -
Panama Canal
Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade -
Zimmerman Note
note from germany to mexico asking if mexico would attack US first -
fourteen Points
statement of principals enacted by Wilson to help the world not get involved into any more wars -
18th Amendment
probhibited the sale, manufacture, and the usage of alcohol -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, -
League of Nations
intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
19th Amendment
refused the denial of the right to vote based on sex. womans sufferage -
quota system
a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. -
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state -
Hoovervilles
a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s -
F Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist and short story writer, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century -
Herbert Hoover
e was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker. Hoover dam -
Thomas Hart Benton
American painter and muralist -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois -
Huey Long
American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935 -
Andrew Mellon
American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States Secretary of the Treasury -
Scottsboro Boys
nine black teenagers accused in Alabama of raping two White American women on a train in 1931 -
Stimson Doctrine
policy of the United States federal government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932, to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes that were executed by force -
New Deal
programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress -
Franklin Roosevelt
American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 -
20th Amendment
sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies -
21st Amendement
repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920. The Twenty-first Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. -
Wagner Act
bill was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
Neutrality Acts
laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with World War I in the early 1930s and the belief that the United States had been drawn into the war through loans and trade with the Allies. -
phony war
eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Destroyer Deal
United States transferred destroyers to the British Navy in exchange for leases for British naval and air bases. -
Brain Trust
a group of experts appointed to advise a government or politician. -
Albert Fall
United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal -
John F Kennedy
Democratic party political leader of the twentieth century. president from 1961 to 1963 election began and was assassinated -
Malcom X
radical civil rights activist -
peace corps
volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States -
Bay of Pigs
when US tried to invade Cuba and kill the ruler of their communist country -
Cuban missile crisis
when soviet union had sent missiles to cuba and they were pointed at the U.S. U.S was scared that Cuba would launch missiles -
Lee Harvey Oswald
American Sniper who assassinated JFK -
George Wallace
American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms -
LBJ
President after JFK was assassinated. Didn't do very much but wanted to continue out JFKs ideas -
Gideon v wainwright
landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In it, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Fourteenth Amendment -
War on Poverty
unconditonal war on poverty. refers to a set of initiatives proposed by Johnson's administration, passed by Congress, and implemented by his Cabinet agencies -
great society
set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65 -
Civil Rights Act 1964
landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Economic opportunity act
authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty -
hippies
liberal counter cultures who had strong beliefs on rights -
Huey Newton
African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966 -
stagflation
situation in which the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high. -
Martin Luther King
American baptist minister, and activist who spoke for equal rights for blacks -
supply side economics
theory which argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by investing in capital, and by lowering barriers on the production of goods and services. -
Equal Rights Amendment
proposed to the constitution to guarantee equal rights for woman -
Roe v. Wade
made by supreme court on the issue of abortion -
Gerald Ford
politician who was president who didnt do very much for the country -
Jimmy Carter
American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Peanut farmer and was loved -
Camp David Accords
signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin -
Ronald Reagan
one of the most loved Presidents of the US.Religious and Conservative, trickle down economics -
Reaganomics
widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and the deregulation of domestic markets. -
Ku Klux Klan
white supremacy -
Sinclair Lewis
writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature