What was the most common form of resistance among enslaved people in the New World
running away and intentionally working slowly
gathering weapons and launching insurrections
poisoning their enslavers
killing themselves to spite their enslavers
What statement correctly describes the syncretic nature of the slave culture in the British Colonies
enslaved people completely abandoned traditional beliefs
enslaved people refused to abandon any traditional beliefs
enslaved people blended new and traditional beliefs
enslaved people were prevented from having any culture by law
What statement correctly describes the states of enslaved people in the southern British Colonies?
it was only temporary and enslaved people were freed after they worked for their enslaver for a certain number of years (actually indentured servitude)
enslaved people inherited the status from their father and as a result had many rights except for suffrage
enslaved people inherited their status from their mothers thus incorporating a strong racial element into colonial society
Britain banned slavery in the colonies so all enslaved people were free.
"Various are the reports and conjectures of the causes of the present Indian war. Some impute it to an imprudent zeal in the magistrates of Boston to Christianize those heathen before they were civilized and enjoying them the strict observation of their laws, which, to a people so rude and licentious, hath proved even intolerable, and that the more, for that while the magistrates, for their profit, put the laws severely in execution against the Indians, the people, on the other side, for lucre and gain, entice and provoke the Indians to the breach thereof, especially to drunkenness, to which those people are so generally addicted that they will strip themselves to their skin to have their fill of rum and brandy...
.. the English have contributed much to their misfortunes, for they first taught the Indians use of arms, and admitted them to be present at all their musters and trainings, and showed them how to handle, mend and fix their muskets, and have been furnished with all sorts of arms by permission of the government ..."
Edmund Randolph, firsthand account of King Philip's War, 1675
1. The above excerpt most directly reflects which predominant view of the American Indian by the New England colonists by the mid to late 1600s?
Free natives from whom much could be learned
Admiration of the American Indians' system of law
Crude and ungodly
Civilized, but incapable of abiding by their own laws
2. The evidence in the above excerpt best supports which of the following arguments regarding American Indian warfare by the mid- to late 1600s?
American Indian warfare became more destructive
American Indian warfare became more disorganized and undisciplined
The increased precision of firearms and the dependency of many American Indians on alcohol made warfare less ferocious
The increased efforts by colonists to peaceably coexist with American Indians made warfare less vicious
3. The New England colonists' efforts to "civilize" the American Indian, as referred to in the above excerpt, most directly reflects which of the following Puritan ideals?
That the Puritans were establishing a conscientious community of holiness, which would serve as a beacon and model to others around the world
That the Puritans were establishing a community based on separation of Church and State, which model the American Indian tribal societies did not follow
That moral societies were based on strict judicial systems, and the American Indians enforced their laws in too random a manner
That at birth, people were predestined for either salvation or damnation
... All citizens alike, both in and out of uniform, feel the impact of war in greater or lesser measure. Citizenship has its responsibilities as well as its privileges, and in time of war the burden is always heavier. Compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from their homes, except under circumstances of direct emergency and neril, is inconsistent with our basic governmental institutions. But when under conditions of modern warfare our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect must be commensurate with the threatened danger...
1. Which of the following policies is being debated in the excerpt?
a. Executive Order 9066
b. Fair Employment Practices Commission
c. the Atlantic Charter
d. the Selective Service Act
2. The main point argued in the excerpt is that
a. racial segregation is embedded in American culture.
b. the "elastic clause" in the Constitution has no limits.
c. gender discrimination in the armed forces is constitutional.
d. civil liberties can be restricted during wartime.
3. The main point argued in the excerpt is most consistent with the sentiments presented in which of the following?
a. the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson
b. the 1935 Neutrality Act
c. the Supreme Court ruling in Schenck vs. United States
d. the creation of the National Labor Relations Board
4. Which of the following would have most likely opposed the ruling?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. John Adams
c. Andrew Hamilton
d. members of the Know Nothing Party-
"Our... destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions. ... The Anglo-Saxon foot is already on [California's] borders. Already the advance guard of the irresistible army of the Anglo-Saxon emigration has begun to pour down upon it, armed with the plough and the rifle, and making its trail with schools and colleges, courts and representative halls, mills and meeting-houses. A population will soon be in actual occupation of California... Their right to independence will be the natural right of self-goverment belonging to any community strong enough to maintain it."
- John L. O'Sullivan, 1845
1. The ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence of which of the following?
a. Models of limited government inherent in the Articles of Confederation.
b. Beliefs in separation of powers articulated in the United States Constitution.
c. Concepts of republican democracy found in the Declaration of Independence.
d. Concerns about foreign alliances expressed in George Washington's Farewell Address.
2. The process described in the passage above most directly led to political controversies in the 1840s and 1850s over the
a. use of natural resources in newly acquired territories
b. authority of the Supreme Court to overturn federal laws
c. role of the federal government in economic development
d. expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories
3. Which of the following would have been most likely to support the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
a. Henry Clay
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. James K. Polk
d. William Lloyd Garrison
4. This quote echoes the beliefs of which of the following colonial religious groups?
a. Quakers
b Puritans
c. Catholics
d. french Huguenots
"I believe [we] shall obtain.. a majority in the legislature of the United States, attached to the preservation of the federal Constitution, according to its obvious principles and those on which it was known to be received;.. in short, a majority firm in all those principles which we have espoused, and the Federalists have opposed uniformly. ... It [our country] can never be harmonious and solid while so respectable a portion of its citizens support principles which go directly to a change of the federal Constitution, to sink the state governments, consolidate them into one, and to monarchise that." - Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, a future member of Jefferson's cabinet, 13 August 1800
1. Thomas Jefferson opposed some of Alexander Hamilton's programs because Jefferson believed that
a. the common bond of a substantial national debt would serve to unify the different states
b. the French alliance threatened to spread the violence of the French Revolution to America
c. the federal government should encourage manufacturing and industry
d. Hamilton's programs favored wealthy financial interests
2. During the first two decades under the United States Constitution, one of the primary factors that separated Federalists from Democratic-Republicans was
a. whether they accepted the Constitution or opposed it
b. whether they believed George Washington should have run for a third term as president
c. whether they leaned more toward states' rights or national sovereignty
d. whether they had been patriots or loyalists during the American War of independence
3. It was the position of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions that the
a. Supreme Court should judge the constitutionality of congressional measures
b. states should secede from the Union when they believe congressional measures to be unconstitutional
c. states should judge the constitutionality of congressional measures
d. appointment of "midnight judges" was unconstitutional
4. The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because
a. the House of Representatives decided the election
b. a Supreme Court decision was required to dislodge the Federalists
c. the party in power stepped down after losing the election
d. force was required to get John Adams to leave the Presidency
1. Which of the following groups would most likely support the perspective of the cartoon?)
A) southern politicians
B) Radical Republicans
(C) Norther opponents of the war
(D) Veterans of the Confederate Army
2. The sentiments expressed in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?
(A) the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
(B) the movement of African Americans away from the farms where many had been held as slaves
(C) the prevalence of the sharecropping system and convict leasing
(D) the passage of segregation laws in Southern States
3. The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above most directly led to the
A) emergence of more vigorous southern resistance to African American rights'
(B) industria lization of some segments of the Southern economy
(C) issuance of court rulings such as Plessy v. Ferguson sanctioning ra cial segregation
D) development of African American efforts to support vocational education
4. Efforts by Republicans to establish a base for their party in the South after the Civil War ultimately failed because
(A) Republicans feared the South would secede a ga in if the party became too successful
B) Republican opposition to African American rights alienated many White Southerers
C) Republicans grew weary of pressing their Reconstruction agenda in a hostile environment
D) Republicans believed it better to withdraw from the South than to become corrupted by Southern politics
Vocab
crellos
persons born in the colonies of Europe
mestizos
persons of mixed origin (Europeans and indigenous)
haciendas
large scale farms filled with native peoples usually bad treatment
Huguenots
French protestants who escaped prosecution from catholic church by going to the colonies in America
borderland
meeting place where geographic and cultural borders overlap
indentured servants
those who sacrificed their rights for 5-7yrs to gain passage over to America and then worked off debt
John Smith
forced labor
military discipline led colony
“he that will not work will not eat“
Puritans
thought church of England had to many elements of Catholicism
left to the colonies for religious freedom
Proprietary colony
grant of land and government authority to single individual
quakers
religious people who didnt believe in violence but did social equality
didnt like slavery
mercantilism
gov should regulate economic activity to promote national power
prosperity and power for the mother country
colonies had to buy mother country goods made from their resources
Gullah
language which mixed African roots and named their children African names
Mulattos
free inter raced people btwn African and Colonists
social contract
gov should exist to protect the rights of people
Deism
belief god withdrew after making world leaving it to function according to scientific laws
emphasized separation of church and state
Laws
encomienda system
allowed settlers authority over conquered native lands and right for forced labor
repartimiento system
native villages legally free
entitled to wages
required labor each year
Enclosure Movement
fenced off common farming grounds benefitted rich
John Winthrop recommended people move to colonies for land or gain jobs to avoid the enclosure movement
dower rights
women could have 1/3 of her husbands property if he died before her
if unmarried could make contracts and have independent legal identity
toleration act 1689
assured protestant domination in colonies Catholics and dissenters faced discrimination
due to glorious revolution and protestant succession in throne
English bill of rights 1689 listed parliament powers control over taxation, rights of individuals
proclamation of 1763
prevented expansion past west of Appalachian mountains
was ignored and exacerbated Indian/settler relations
Big stuff
Chesapeake colony
known for tobacco farming
The Great Migration
Pequot War
children born from slave mothers were slaves
makes sexual abuse of slave women profitable
during this time Haiti is #1 producer of sugar and coffee
bacons rebellion
William Berkely-corrupt rewarded his followers
bacon gathered his forces for unauthorized and indiscriminate campaign against governess “Protected darling Indians”
resulted in reinstated property, reduced taxes, and aggressive Indian policy
Stono rebellion
group of south Carolina slaves marched burning houses and barns and beating drums killed 2 dozen white people
freedom of speech was originally only in parliament
trial of John Peter Zenger
case was a warning that libel would be hard to win
freedom of press
1st Great Awakening
series of local events united to commitment of
pioneered emotionally intense style of preaching
increased conversions to baptists and methodists
Theodore Frelinghuysen, William and gilbert Tennet and Johnathan Edwards
George Whitfield brought emotional preaching to colonies
brought many back into religion
appealed to passion of listeners
saving yourself and god is merciful instead of predestined fate
Pontiacs Rebellion
natives besieged britian’s military outposts, killed hundreds of settlers
People
Bartolome de las casas
very brief account of the destruction of the indies
denounced Spain for horrors
black legend provided justifications for other countries to come to America after tales of Spain’s exploitation
Popé
main organizer of uprising against the colonies
after Popé Spain adopted more tolerant view of natives
roger Williams
insisted congregation withdraw from church of England and church and state be separated
was Rhode island maker
Thomas hooker
advocate of popular sovereignty
Anne Hutchinson
discussed religious issues among men and women
she goes to Rhode island
William Penn
wanted to make Pennsylvania a place for spiritual and religious freedom
so many people go to Pennsylvania Virginia has to rely on slavery
John Locke
social contract
gov should exist to protect rights
if gov doesn’t public has right to overthrow
natural rights
life liberty and property
Neolin
Indian religious leader told Indians to be one people
Slavery
middle passage
men women and children chained together in ships
many died of sickness and thrown overboard
worse in Portugal and Brazil
triangle trade
New World, Brittan and Africa
Chesapeake
large labor needed for tobacco and rice
rice plantations had malaria
south Carolina did allow leisure time if tasks were done
Chesapeake region and slavery made social classes off of degree of freedoms
would defy plantations by being slow and singing
made a new religion combined African religions with Christianity
right to vote-determined by property
known as having an investment in society if you own property
vocab
hessian
german soldiers fighting for Britain
coverture
husband still held all legal authority to person and possession of wife
republican motherhood
ideology that emphasized women’s importance as wives and mothers in national politics
anti federalists
opponents of ratification
annuity system
grants of federal money to native American tribes
gradual emancipation
assumed former slaves would stay in country not be colonized abroad
Nativists
feared impact of immigration on American political and social life
Mill girls
new England textile mills that relied on women and children labor
Cult of Domesticity
kept women in private realm of family
new definition of femininity→ to create a private environment
brought idea of family wage→ men being able to make enough to support his family
early labor movement
growth of individualism
mobility to the west
severely limits women and colored people
larger wages short hours
union organization
Gag Rule
prohibited consideration of abolitionist petitions
Declaration of Sentiments
condemned structure of inequality towards women and the restriction of women in their homes
wanted right to vote
no more submission to men
Republicanism
active participation in public life by economically independent citizens
Liberalism
individualism, equal rights, natural rights liberty
Laws
writs of assistance
general search warrants allowed customs to search anywhere to find smuggled goods
town shed acts 1767
taxes on imported goods into the colonies
sugar act 1764
lowered tax on molasses but stopped smuggling of colonists
stamp act 1765
required all stationary to have stamp purchased from Britain
declatory act
reject claims that only elected colonist could levy taxes
coercion or intolerable acts
Boston tea party parliament closed Boston ports until tea was paid for
radically altered Massachusetts charter of 1691 by having governor appoint members to council instead of electing them
empowered soldiers to lodge in private homes
articles of confederation
first constitution or the us
articles made congress combined representative of all states
no president to enforce laws and no judiciary
congress held no finances lacked power to levy taxes
basically everything was crap- the colonies were all really petty and would mess with things that caused an over hall and the bill of rights was formed
ordinance of 1784
established stages of self gov
ordinance of 1785
land sales in region north of Ohio river
land had to be set aside for public education
homestead act of 1862
offered Freeland in public domain
ordinance 1787
called for establishment of 3-5 states north of ohio river
treaty of Greenville
ceded ohio and Indian to federal government
jays treaty
no British concessions on impressment
heightens political tensions
led straight to formation of an organized opposition party
Alien and Sedition acts of 1789
required residency of 14 years
deportation of persons abroad deemed dangerous
naturalization act
prosecution of public assembly/publication critical of government
Marbury v Madison
supreme court assumed power to determine whether an act of congress violates constitution
judicial review
embargo act
ban on American ships sailing for foreign ports
Big Stuff
French and Indian War 1754
9 year war between France and Britain
Britain made colonies pay for the war debt
daughters of liberty
women who spun and wove at home
Chesapeake regions found homemade clothes appealing
sons of liberty
led protests posting notices
Boston tea party
December 3rd 1773
colonists disguised as Indians boarded an east India company ship and dumped 300 chests of tea
continental congress
meet in Philadelphia and declared themselves Americans
declaration of independence
July 4 1776
lists grievances, all men created equal, life liberty pursuit of happiness
Saratoga battle
winning of battle gave French confidence in America
treaty of Paris
won independence recognition
gained control of Mississippi
loyalist property had been taken was restored
Canada and west indies remained out of war and loyal to British
treaty or Paris made us first independent nation in western hemisphere
Hamilton’s Financial Plan
I
establish nations credit worthiness and persons loan money
have people buy bonds and then repay them
assume full responsibility of war debt
II
creation of new national debt that would be replaced by interest bonds
III
bank of united states to serve as main financial agent
IV
proposed tax on whiskey
V
imposition of tariff and gov subsides to encourage development of factories minimize abroad purchases
Political Climate
George Washington→ Cabinet secretary
Alexander Hamilton→ Treasury secretary
Thomas Jefferson→ State secretary
John Jay→ Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Henry Knox→ Department of War
during this time makes 6 justices on the supreme court
Washington
knows how to delegate
sets peaceful exchange of office
dislikes political parties
warns of foreign engagement
addresses neutrality
XYZ affair
diplomats sent to France to reinstate alliance of 1778
negotiate to stop impressment and seizes of US ships
Virginia and Kentucky declare that sedition act is violation of 1st amendment declared that states could nullify federal laws that violated constitution
War of 1812
ended by treaty of Ghent in 1814 and everything reverted to normal
Andrew Jackson still fought the battle of new Orleans and he was seen as the man who ended the war
Adams-Onís treaty of 1814
got Florida for us
Market Revolution
cotton kingdom
mill girls
factory system
outwork system- men and women take jobs at factory’s instead of homemade goods
Steam boats canals railroad, turn pike and telegraph expanded communication
Erie canal allowed goods into great lakes in 1825
Adams Onis treaty
immigration trends
response of nativism
4 million people arrived
political and religious freedom
90% of factories/north growing city population
2nd Great Awakening
self improvement → reliance and determination
revival of Christianity
Individualism→ importance of industry sobriety and self discipline
utopian communities
experimental societies create perfect social order
helped with abolitionists
James Madison economic plan
new national bank
tariff on imported manufactured goods
federal financing of improving travel (roads and canals)
tariff of 1816 offered protection to US goods
Panic 1819
disrupted political harmony of previous years
Mc culloch v Maryland
declared bank a legitimate exercise of congressional authority and cant be taxed
many states started taxing small branches of national bank
implied powers→ so congress can do things not specifically mentioned/allowed by constitution
like post office
protective tariffs
national bank
ports and trade closed to Britain
Panic of 1837
production decreased and left unemployed
banks offered loans to anyone
lending to anyone with out paying back
paper money became widespread
economic depression
Jackson vetoed banks and the creation of pet banks happened
Missouri controversy
Missouri compromise made Missouri join with slaves and so would Maine who had non slavery banned in rest of the Louisiana purchase land
Monroe Doctrine
opposed further efforts of European colonization
us abstains from European wars
warned European powers not to bother us
Election of 1828 Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson has become president (the world is doomed)
reduced expenditures
lowered the tariff
killed the national bank
refused aid for internal improvements
paid off national debt
states replaced federal government as main economic actors
his little pet banks
state banks were given federal funds
Nullification Crisis
John C Calhoun was leading theorist of nullification
1832 new tariff south Carolina nullified it
Force act used to collect tariff with army and navy
Indian removal act of 1830
uprooted many different tribes and moved them to the western areas trail of tears
Johnson v Mcintosh
declared Indians did not own their own land
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Indians was wards of the federal government protection but not citizens
Worchester v Georgia
Indians were distinct people w/ right of separate political identity
People
Patrick henry
give me liberty or give me death
Thomas Paine
common sense- attacked constitution of England monarchical gov and hereditary rule
Frederick Douglas
was born into slavery escaped in Maryland and then became a big abolitionist leader
made people think of hypocrisy celebrating July 4 when slavery was still present
Nat Turner
slave preacher religious mystic believed god chose him to led uprising traveled in country and conducted religious services
led a rebellion 80 slaves joined and 60 whites dead
Dorthea Dix
leading advocate of humane treatment of insane
Margret fuller
educated women part of new England transcendentalist circle
argued women should have same opportunity’s as man
Sojourner Truth
insisted that women rights also help poor and working women
Women
republican mother
got more education for women
believed women had the best position to influence young men in politics and education
primary education for both girls and boys
more academic chances
Slavery
black regiment
offered freedom for anyone who joined
compensated owners for loss
abolition
act of removing a system practice or institution
specifically in this case slavery
lord dunmares proclamation and Phillipsburg proclamation
left slaves freed other than those who were from loyalists
any slave that made it to British lines would be reeded.
freedom given to children from slaves mother after they served that master until adult hood
Benjamin franklin was president of abolition society and state liberty should be for everyone
with Haitian gabriel’s slave rebellions slave owners in America were scared of revolution and loosing their slaves.
Gabriel’s rebellion
Solomon and Martin Gabriel planned to march and hold governor hostage until demands of abolitionist were met
26 slaves hung dozens more moved
led to crack down on freedom lost ability to congregate w/o white people
any slave freed after 1806 had to leave Virginia or be sold back into slavery
Cotton Kingdom
early industrial revolution centered on factories producing cotton textiles and water powered spinning and weaving machines
slave trade banned
rise of southern economy and power
2nd middle passage
from northern states down to southern states
slave coffles
groups chained together to march south
free blacks lived in poorest parts of city’s
made educational society’s and church’s
would have craft skills and were disliked by artisans
couldn’t move into public land and were banned
Militant Abolitionism
became more aggressive and violent to get their point across
Moral suasion
convince slave holders of their sinful ways and north of its complicity
Vocab
Tejanos
Mexican Texans
American immigrants demanded greater autonomy
know nothing party
focused on nativism
anti immigration
anti catholic
republican
mix on anti slavery democrats, northern Whigs, free soilers, know nothings
existed to stop spread of slavery
Civil war known as
Rich mans war poor mans fight
Sharecropping
allowed blacks to pay for rent part of plantation with crop divided between people
preferred over gang labor and then became oppressive making a circle of debt and basically slaver in a new form
Black Codes
laws passed by the southern government
basically the slavery laws reworded
granted marriage and property
limited access to the courts couldn’t testify against white person
any who refused to sign labor contracts were arrested and hired to landowners
only a handful of the southern leaders were arrested and allowed for the black codes to happen in the south
Carpet Baggers
people who packed all of their belongings in suitcase or carpets
blacks from north to south
Scalawags
white southern republican seen as traitors to race and religion
mostly non slave holding farmers
terrorism starts with KKK
the redeemers
want white people back in charge
said they were redeemed
Muckrakers
use of journalistic skills to expose the underside of American life
Laws
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
confirmed the annexation of Texas
ceded California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah
fugitive slave act
law allowed for no testimony no trial of alleged fugitives
prohibited local authority interference
required individuals to assist capture when called upon
Kansas Nebraska act
became law in 1854
allowed residents to vote on slavery
created two new terriotry’s with popular sovereignty
Dred Scott v Sandford
sued for freedom in Missouri said living on free soil made him free
Roger b Taney declared only white persons could be citizens
declares territories as unconstitutional
John Mclean insisted that birth of a free person in country was citizenship
Homestead Act
offered 160 acres of public land to soldiers in the west took effect same day as emancipation proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation 1863
all persons held as slaves in the rebellious states are then freed
only gave freedom to slaves in places where war was active
states that sided with the union still had slaves
Wade-Davis Bill
required majority of white male southern to take vow before reconstruction and guaranteed blacks equality before law
no right to vote
passed congress but not Lincoln
14th amendment
gave birth right citizenship to everyone but Native Americans
no state shall deny persons any protection or due process of the law
Reconstruction act
temporarily divided the south into 5 military districts and creation of new state gov with blacks getting right to vote radical reconstruction until 1877
15th amendment
prohibited the deferral and state government from denying any man the right to vote because of race
tenure of office act
banned president from removing certain office holders including cabinet members with out consent of senate
Enforcement acts
outlawed terrorist society’s allowing president to used army against them
Ulysses S Grant Sent army after KKK and arrested hundreds of them
civil rights act of 1875
outlawed racial discrimination in places of public accommodation
Plessy v Ferguson separate equal will do a loophole
Slaughter house cases 1873
justices noted 14th amendment hadn’t altered traditional federalism most of citizen rights remained under state control
bargain of 1877
democrats accepted Hayes presidency if he removed federal troops from the south effectively ended reconstruction
Platt Amendment
authorized US to intervene with military whenever they say fit
in cuba
open door policy
demanding European powers grant equal access to exports and trade
referred to movement of goods, and money but not people
free trade with China but not letting immigrants in
Insular Cases
supreme court assumed that constitution didnt fully apply to territories
Eugene v debs
railroad union leader preaching control of economy by democratic gov held hope to unit political equality
Big Stuff
Gold Rush in California caused a flood of people to California
native pop was murdered by minors and vigilantes
Mathew perry sent to Tokyo harbor and negotiated trade treaty and demanded that Japan trade with them
Wilmot Proviso
proposed all territory gained from Mexico should prohibit slavery
Compromise of 1850
California entered union as free state
slave trade abolished in the capital
new law but in place to capture run aways
fugitive slave law
popular sovereignty introduced over slavery
Bleeding Kansas
ends in violence
people went to Kansas to vote for slavery
violence- discredits popular sovereignty
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Lincoln-freedom means slavery is gone
Douglas- freedom lays in local self gov and individual self determination
Harpers Ferry
21 men seized the ferry was captured by federal soldiers
john brown an abolitionist helped seize it, he was killed an seen as a martyr
Election of 1860
south has 3 candidates Douglas, Breckinridge and john bell
this split the votes and allowed Lincoln to win with no southern votes
pisses off a bunch of the southern states so they secede
when Lincoln sends supplies to a military fort he warns the seceded states and they fire on the supply ship
Civil War
first use of railways to transport supplies
demonstrated iron clad ships and naval warfare
Anaconda Plan
90 vessels patrol and blockade the south
3rd year south suffers from shortages in food, clothing and shoes
Battle of Bull Run 1st 1861
first significant event and was watched by sightseers
Battle of Bull Run 2nd 1862
Robert E Lee and General John Pope
Lee won
Battle of Antietam
Lee launched against McClellan more Americans died sept 17 1862
Gettysburg Address
identified the nations mission
all men created equal
forged new national self confidence as a nation and not just a union
Navajos long walk
forced 8,000 people to move to gov reservation
10% plan of reconstruction
offered amnesty and full restoration of rights (no slaves) to all white southern if they took loath of loyalty to union
(but they promised)
10% of people (by people i men white men) had to take vow then they would be allowed to re-elect state government required to abolish slavery
3/5ths compromise
3/5ths of slave population counted when determining states total population for legislation representation
People
John k Polk
reduced tariffs
reestablished the independent treasury system
settled Oregon ownership and brought California to union
accomplished all goals
George B McClellan
took over command of Unions army and whipped his men into shape
Freedman’s Bureau
supposed to establish schools provide to the poor and aged settle disputes between whites and blacks
along with securing equal treatment
only managed education and healthcare
Andrew Johnson
returns all land to southern land owners
pardons all white land owners who pledged loyalty
veto’s a bill that would extend freedman’s bureau
veto’s the civil rights bill of 1866
congress overrules the civil rights bill veto
Slavery
Civil war
1861 slaves became contraband of war
war became called the freedom war
1862 union arrival lead slaves to demand wages'
march 1862 congress prohibited army from returning slaves (fugitive act still in place and north still sending slaves to south until this point)
Second confiscation act
liberated slaves of union territory and salves who escaped to union lines
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott
Women?
what they did in the civil war with nursing sowing clothes and all the help provided
Clara Barter
organized supply lines and nursed wounded soldiers in northern Virginia
southern women began managing businesses
immigrant women were confined to factory jobs
American women began to get employment as office workers and telephone operatives
Vocab
Robber Barons
wielded power w/o accountability and controlled monopoly’s
socialism
belief that private control of economic enterprises should be replaced with public ownership for a fairer distribution
bonza farms
covered acres and acres focused on growing on crop
expanded agricultural production
Redeemers
merchants planters and business entities dominated regions politics after 1877
Disenfranchisement
being deprived of right to vote many whites affected by new laws put in place and many groups mobilized
Yellow Press
promoted nationalist ideals the newspapers that did this
collective bargaining
process of negotiating between employer and a group of employees to regulate working conditions
pragmatism
insisted institutions and social politics be judged by efforts and not religious or political beliefs
social legislation
government action to address urban problems and the working class life
moral imperialism
foreign policy guided by morality and should teach other people about democracy
Laws
Single tax
increase on value of real estate
Mann Act
banning travel of women over state lines for immoral purposes
Dawes act
broke up the land of nearly all tribes and placed them into small reserves
distributed some land to Native American Families and sold the rest to white people
civil service act of 1883
merit system for federal employees appointment with competitive exam rather than political influence
1887 interstate commerce commission
ensured rates changed to farmers and merchants to transport goods
railroads had to give fair prices and did not offer favorable treatment to some/big shippers
1895 US V EC Knight
co ruled Sherman antirust act of 1890 which barred monopolies in trade and acted to break them up
1905 Lochner v New York
voided a state law which set 10hr days and 60 hr weeks as max for bakers
lead to more restriction and discrimination and less ability to argue for higher wages
Sherman antitrust act
prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the market place
gold standard act of 1900
fix standard of all forms of money
McKinly Tariff
raised average duty on imports to 50%
favored republicans
Dingley Tariff 1897
raised taxes counteracting the 1894 tariff which lowered rates
Plessy v Ferguson
separate but equal
muller v Oregon
gave government interest in working conditions of women
argued states should be allowed to enact laws to protect health
was un equal but better conditions for male workers as well
selective service act
24 million men required to register with the draft
espionage act of 1917
prohibited spying on the US
aid spys
or mishandle information
sedition acts of 1918
crime to speak with disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language about the US
Black v Bell
supreme court upheld house laws
tried to sue to prevent her sterilization as against her equal rights of protection
eugenics
Big Stuff
Industrial economy
rapid expansion of factory production mining and railroad construction
majority of workers in farming jobs 1880
by 1890 2/3s of Americans worked for wages
manufacturing and industry boomed
creation of new products created a consumer markets
railroads were big invention made it easy to travel and ship goods
lots of injury’s and death due to factory work
Knights of Labor
first to try organized labor
put forth programs
Social Gospel
insisted freedom and spiritual self development required an equal distribution of wealth and power and that unbridled competition mocked Christian ideal of brotherhood
transcontinental railroad
brought thousands of new comers to the west
expanded farming mining and other enterprises
native Americans and plains were doomed
wounded knee massacre
president and troops received medal of honor in heroism
soldiers open fired during a ghost dance in wounded knee creek 150-200 dead mainly women and children
urban politics fell under sway of big corporations
populist platform
put forth a list of proposals to restore democracy and economic opportunity
efforts to unit black and white farmers
gov ownership of railroads preferred
workers really wanted better rights like common
American rail union refused to handle trains with pullman and boycott crippled the national rail service
Pullmen were on strike due to reduced wages
Spanish American War
first American army units to engage in combat outside the western hemisphere
Oregon system
initiative
direct legislation enabled citizenship to proposed and vote directly on laws
referendum
allowed for public policies be submitted to popular vote
recall
allowed for removal of public officials by popular vote
Wisconsin idea
series of measures
nominations for candidates through primary election
taxation of corporate wealth
state regulation of milroads and public utilities
maternalist reforms
rested on assumptions that gov should help women bearing and raising children and be economically independent at the time
fourteen points
by Woodrow Wilson
wanted this to happen after WWI
self determination for all peoples
freedom of the seas
free trade
open diplomacy and end to secret treaties
readjustment of colonial claims w/ colored people getting equal weigh in decisions
creation of a general association of nations to preserve peace
great migration
migration of southern blacks during and after WWI to north were jobs had become available
Red Scare
fear among many Americans after WWI of communism and non citizens
Versailles treaty
established Wilsons vision of a international regulating body
league of nations established
Hawaii became a state in 1959
capitalism controlling government to avoid tariffs
Alaska became a state in 1959
bought from Russia
Fordism
ford developed assembly lines
ford would pay higher wages
attracted stem of skilled laborers
socialist party
immediate reforms
free college and education
improve labor conditions
public ownerships of railroads and factories
People
Andrew Carnegie
steel tycoon
established idea of controlling raw materials, transport, manufacturing and distribution (vertical integration)
also had idea of giving back to the people
promoted advancement of society
John Rockefeller
horizontal expansion
buying out oil refineries and then establish vertical integrated monopoly
united labor party
wanted to stop courts from barring strikes and jailing unionists for conspiracy
farmers alliance
sought to remedy condition
founded Texas 1870
in 43 states by 1890
wanted federal gov to establish warehouse
American federation of labor
reflected shift away from reformists and toward limited goals
represented the privileged American workers skilled industrial
jane Addams
founded hull house
settlement house devoted to improving areas of immigrant poor
hull house inspired reforms in Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
believed unions were an essential freedom
new freedom wanted to improve banking system lower tariffs break up monopolies
wanted federal government to strengthen antitrust laws/protect rights of workers to union
federal trade commission
replaced bureau of corporations as powerful tool to combat unfair processes and monopolies
laws for labor regulation business behavior, financial policy protected citizens from market abuse
Theodore Roosevelt
square deal
distinguished good and bad corporations
good= shared public interests
bad= greedy
big stick diplomacy
speak softly and carry a big stick
dollar diplomacy
promoted American influence through loans and economic investments
Roosevelt corollary
was an add on to the Monroe doctrine that US could interfere militarily to prevent expansion from Europe in western hemisphere
New nationalism
stressed gov activism regulation of trusts conservation
Heavy taxes on personal corporate fortunes federal regulation
Hepburn act
gave Interstate commerce commission the power to examine railroads business records and set reasonable rates
pure food and drug act
regulate manufacturing standards
in accurate labeling and dangerous additives
Progressive party
settlement house activists
labor reforms and social societies
women suffrage
federal supervision
health insurance for women and children
a living wage and social insurance covering unemployment medical care and old
Women
Colorado and Idaho in 1890 give women right to vote
black women activists
national association of colored women
pressed for women’s rights
women’s clubs and temperance associations and social reform organizations
feminism shifted toward keeping racial and ethnic norms while arguing for women’s equality
Emma Goldman
immigrated toured country lecturing on subjects of anarchism, homosexuality, and regularly included birth control in her speeches
Margaret sanger
began/placed birth control movement at the heart of feminism
wrote about what every girl should know
opened a clinic that distributed birth control to poor
national women’s party
used militant tactics
Alice Paul and party used imprisonments and denunciations of the system compared Wilson to the kaiser
Seneca falls convention
declaration of sentiments
statements of grievances and demands calling women to petition for rights
condemned position of women’s in household
Civil Rights
Native Americans
coexist from 1789-1828
remove to reservation 1829-1886
assimilation from 1887-1945
civil act of 1866 and the 14th-15th amendments did not apply to native Americans
Dawes act
bureau of Indian Affairs
Wanted self determination and to be granted full citizenship and constitution of other Americans
Black Rights
upper south had industry lower had plantations
black social networks able to grow
became more restricted black men turned away from politics
rise of lynching in south areas
Roosevelt-appointed blacks to federal offices
Wilson-segregated federal departments
souls of the black folk
issued call for dissatisfied blacks to pressure equal rights
NAACP
national association for the advancement of colored people
UNIA
universal negro improvement association
movement for African independence and black self revival
Bailey v Alabama
made it legal for sharecroppers to break labor contracts by overturning peonage laws
Tulsa Riot
300 blacks killed 10,000 left homeless after white mob and police burned black section of city
immigration restriction
1894 made distinction between old and new immigrants
1897 illiterate barred from US
1903 list of persons to bar from US
idiots insane and many states didnt allow them to vote
Chinese exclusion act 1882
congress temporarily excluded all immigration from China from entering country made permanent in 1902
US v Wong Kin
awarded citizenship to Chinese or added them to 14th amendment
Vocab
flapper
the ideal of women’s behavior changed
and epitomized ideal of sexual behavior
isolationism
American actions designed to engage exports and investment opportunities over sea
fundamentalism
conservative social problems upholds direct interpretation of the bible
illegal alien
introduced border patrol arresting and deporting persons who entered country
hoover villes
ramshackle towns
dust bowl
great plains top soil blown away from packed farm lands followed by migration of farmers
welfare state
refers to system of income assistance health coverage and social services for all citizens
popular font
communist party sought to ally itself with socialists
holocaust
systematic racist attempt to exterminate jews of Europe
decolonization
process of African colonies of European empires became independent free world should not have colonies or empires
totalitarianism
describes aggressive ideologically driven states seek to subdue all of civil society to control
no room for individual rights
Laws
Sheppard Towner act of 1921
provided federal assistance to train women for infant and child health care
Schenck v US
unanimously held conviction of Eugene v Debs
scopes trial
teacher arrested for teaching about Charles Darwin
reflected on tension between fundamentalisms and civil liberties union
Mayer v Nebraska
expanded freedom of immigrant groups
Smoot Hawley tariff
raised tariff worsening the depression by raising prices and discouraging trade
emergency banking act
reopened banks with strict conditions
took US off gold standard
glass Stegall
bared commercial banks from joining stock market
national industrial recovery act
created public works jobs created by federal emergency relief administration
established system of self relief
national recovery administration
created codes of fair competition and fair labor policies like minimum wage
Civilian Conservation Corps
unemployed men to work on projects
forest conservation, flood control, parks and reserves
Public works administration
constructed private company’s to build roads, bridges, school hospitals and public facilities
Tennessee valley authority
control flooding in the Tennessee river valley
Agricultural Administration Act
established administration to improve agriculture
prices, limiting market supplies,
federal housing administration
guaranteeing mortgages allowing lending to offer long term loans with low down payments
united states housing acts
effort to build homes for americans
fair labor standards bill
minimum wage
child labor goods barred from interstate commerce
Scottsboro case
9 black youths convicted of raping 2 white women
verdicts established precedents in Powell v Alabama
adequate counsel must be appointed
GI bill of rights
provided money for education and other benefits to military personnel returning from WWII
bracero program
thousands of Mexicans entered US for temporary agricultural jobs
inhabited labor organizations braceros could be deported at any time
executive order 9066
allowed for relocation of all Japanese Americans
Japanese internment showed how war causes the loss of rights
Korematsu V US
denied order that banned persons of Japanese ancestry from west coast was arrested and in internment
Big Stuff
free pot dome
secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior
Harlem renaissance
lead writers to roots of black experience
folk tradition and urban life
reconstruction finance corporation
federal program established hoover to loan money to banks and other institution to help overt bankruptcy
congress of industrial organization
umbrella organizations of unions formed
part of sit down strike for better workers rights
works progress administration
provided jobs for millions of unemployed construction and arts projects
Wagner act
established national labor relations board and unionization resulted in employment and bargaining practices
social security act
provisions for retirement pension unemployment disability insurance and public assistance
federal housing administration
insured mortgages contained clauses barring future sellers to non white buyers
good neighbor policy
proclaimed by FDR in 1933 sought improved diplomatic relations between US and Latin America
Navajo code talkers
used the Navajo language because Japanese couldn’t decipher
very important to the war and forgotten a bit
Manhattan project
they makin a bomb
an atomic bomb
Yalta Conference
FDR and Winston Churchill and Stalin to discuss postwar world
iron curtain
described cold war between western and soviet union as a line between the two communist and other community’s
divide between western Europe and eastern Europe
satellite nations created a buffer zone
Truman Doctrine
suggested US had a global responsibility to stop communism
political approach to dealing with communism
US would provide aid to anti communist nations
response to stop communism in country’s like Greece and Turkey
Marshall Plan
us program for reconstruction of post WWII Europe through massive aid to former energy nations as well as allies
also to stop communism by giving resources to said country’s that were hit hard by the war
economic approach to communism
George Marshall
US capitalism and democracy took over Europe
soviets refused Marshall Plan money
Berlin Blockade
North Atlantic Treaty organization
founded by western European powers US and Canada to deter soviet expansion
Berlin Airlift
US lifted over supplies and such to the people in berlin after it was divided
fair deal
domestic reform proposals of Truman administration included civil rights legislation national health insurance and repeal of the Taft and Hartley act
Taft and Hartley act
1947 law passed
number of provisions passed to western labor unions including banning or closed shops
Operation Dixie
unionized workers in the south
Dixie cats
southern delegates who walked out of 1948
support of civil rights legislation
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200,000 people died august of 1945
US developed atomic bombs to use against the Japanese first use of nuclear warfare
America was a major super power when this happened
People
Women
Civil Rights
Equal Right Amendment
proposed to eliminate all legal discrimination on account of sex
women needed equal access to education opportunities and employment
American civil liberties union
take part in landmark cases which helped bring about a right revolution
NAACP
asked to inspect us racism on basis of human rights violation
they weren’t allowed
bureau of Indian affairs
increased areas native Americans had
relief programs
employed Native Americans
Filipino reparation act
Filipinos left and couldn’t return unless they immigrated again
very very rude America
last hired first fired
Double V
became a war for civil rights at home and abroad
think MOIST with after WII
Mistrust
Opposing Ideologies
Super Power goals
Territorial Competition
Vocab
Filibuster
someone who would talk and waste time in congress so action couldn’t be made and laws not passed
stagflation
when there is recession, high unemployment and inflation makes the stagflation
real politicks
practical politics
non ideological
trade with people even if not same political system/ we disagree
communism isn’t world wide movement
Laws
Civil rights act of 1964
same requirements for voting
prohibited discrimination in public spaces
ended separate but equal
withheld funds from business who practiced discrimination in hiring processes
bans discrimination on sex, race, gender, religion, or country or origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
federal officials can register voters when locals block blacks and and others
eliminated literary tests
Big Stuff
Red Scare
turning people on each other
extremism
makes everyone think that anyone and everyone could be a communist spy
1968 post war
economic boom is over hippie culture moral decay and economic collapse
1969 my lai massacre
us soldiers went and massacred a village of innocent people gov tried and failed to cover it up
this was a nono
1970 Cambodia bombing
thought that north Vietnamese would go to Cambodia and bombed the area
twas also a nono
Crisis of Confience
was a speech to the public to calm their nerves and address problems wasnt really good
was done by nixon
face the truth
have faith
find common purpose
help the poor/conserve energy
Iranian Hostage Crisis
seize US embassy capture 52 Americans
held for 444 days
released when Reagan takes office
The Great Society
Medicare
federal health insurance for any one 65 and older
Medicaid
federal and state program gives people health coverage if they have limited income and resources
support for art and humanities
Water Quality Act 1965
national water standards
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
formed the first vehicle emission standards
Elementary and secondary education Act
funded preschools
school libraries
purchased school text books
provided special education services
Housing and Urban Development act of 1965
federal funds to cities for urban renewal and development
had to establish minimum housing standards
easier access to mortgages and controversial rent subsidy program
immigration and naturalization act passed 1965
ended immigration nationality quotas
focused on reuniting families
placed limits on immigrants per country and total immigration
Black Rights Movement
Montgomery boycott
black people of Montgomery Alabama refused to ride a bus to work or for other reasons
Introduction of MLK jr
Emmet Till Murder
Chicago black boy murdered in Mississippi for smiling and talking to a white women when he was visiting his aunt
taken by her father and husband who murdered and dumbed his disfigured body jury was all white and decided that he was not guilty
Sit ins
sitting in dinners or public areas subject to ridicule and physical violence and refused to move until they were served
Freedom Rights
north college youths riding down to south to support black rights
were met with violence and attacks from southern community members
Birmingham
held peaceful non violent protests in the city and were attacked by violent means of dogs, police and hoses
Washington march 1963
marched across a bridge in protest and ended in the I have a dream speech
People
Joseph McCarthy
made red scare worse with McCarthyism
had a list with communist spy’s on it used it to take control and cause chaos
Hollywood ten
ten actors who refused to submit for questioning about communism calling it stupid and paranoid
Rosenberg’s
husband and wife in government believed to be selling info to Russia
no one thought it could be the Nazis that they hired
Alger hiss
government official defamed during red scare and believed to be a communist
MLK jr
Richard Nixon
recognizes and visits china as a world power
covers up break in at the DNC the Democratic party meeting spot
smooths tension btwn USSR and US
Strategic arms limitation talk
Gerald Ford
conflict with middle east begins
OPEC cuts off oil in US in 1978 gas prices soared
Jimmy Carter
oh bless your heart
committed to human rights
returned Panama canal
brought Israel and Egypt together for camp Davis accords
Crisis of Confidence
Iranian Hostage crisis
who are returned as soon as Reagan is in office
Ronald Reagan
Women
Rosa Parks
was the symbol of the common working women
started Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to give her seat to a white man
Betty Friedam
feminine mystique in the feminist/women rights activist since 1960’s
total equality is to choose how your life is lived
feel like nauseous i know its from lack of food but eating might make it worse the question is do i eat?????????