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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bacon's Rebellion | (Period 1) Indentured servant uprising that made rich elites fearful and ultimately contributes to the popularity of slavery being the main source of labor |
| Salatuary neglect | (Period 1) Britain loosely enforced laws leading to colonists developing self governing habits |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | (Period 8 1964) After the gulf of tonkin incident, this resolution gave president Lyndon Johnson permission to increase U.S. involvement(increase in troops) without a need to ask permission for congress to declare it a war. |
| Dred Scott supreme court case | (Period 5 1857) Says enslaved people are not citizens, and implied the possibility of slavery being possible in every state |
| Industrialization causes | (Period 6) Mass immigration of Germans, Irish, and other immigrants Japanese-->railroads |
| Monopolies of the Gilded Age | (Period 6) Rockerfeller oil, Carneige Steel, Vanderbilt railroad |
| Booker T. Washingtoon | (Period 6) Encouraged African Americans to become educated rather than push for civil reform through official legislation |
| Spanish-American War | (Period 7 1898) Caused by America aiding Cuba in gaining independence from Spain and the sinking of USSS Maine. Resulted in America gaining Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, , and Guam-->marks shift towards becoming an imperial world power |
| Madbury v. Madison | (Period 4 1803) Showed that supreme court has the power of judicial review |
| McCulloh v. Maryland | (Period 4 1819) established that federal government is stronger and superior to state government |
| Progressive Era | (Period 7 1890-1920s)Era of reform of corruption (After gilded age, caused by Populist Party) |
| Jane Addams | (Period 7) reformer who pushed for child labor laws, better work policies, made Hull House-place where immigrants could go to for help. |
| How the Other Half Lives | (Period 7) book by Jacob Riis that draws attention to the lives of poor immigrants |
| Compromise of 1877 | (Period 5) ended the reconstruction era by drawing troops out of previously confederate areas in exchange for Rutherford B Hayes. |
| Compromise of 1850 | (Period 5) Popular sovereignty and stricter fugitive slave act , California comes in as a free state, New Mexico slave state, Washington D.C. no more slave trade. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | (Period 5) Led to bleeding Kansas, popular sovereignty for those two states |
| Jane Addams | (Period 7) reformer who pushed for child labor laws, better work poliicies, made Hull House-place where immigrants could go to for help. |
| What causes led to involvement in WW I | (Period 7) Zimmerman Telegram, German submarines sinking U.S., unarmed merchant ships |
| How the Other Half Lives | (Period 7) book by Jacob Riis that draws attention to the lives of poor immigrants |
| Compromise of 1877 | (Period 5) ended the reconstruction era by drawing troops out of previously confederate areas in exchange for Rutherford B Hayes. |
| Compromise of 1850 | (Period 5) Popular sovereignty and stricter fugitive slave act , California comes in as a free state, New Mexico slave state, Washington D.C. no more slave trade. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | (Period 5) Led to bleeding Kansas, popular sovereignty for those two states |
| What causes led to involvement in WW I | (Period 7) Zimmerman Telegram, German submarines blowing up u.s unarmed merchant boats, American private companies funding allies in the war, so to avoid an economic depression we had to join the war to make sure Allies win to get paid back. |
| First Red Scare | (Period 7) WW1-Led to alien and seditions act, palmer raids, deportation of many |
| Second Red Scare | (Period 8) WW2- led to HUAC, mcarthyism, loyalty oaths, arms race, sputnik-->NASA |
| Civil Rights Act | (Period 8 1964) Ended legal segregation |
| Voting Rights | (Period 8 1965) Protected voting |
| 13th ammendment | (Period 5) slavery abolished |
| 14th amendment | (Period 5) Citizenship and rights |
| 15th amendment | (Period 5) manhood sufferage |
| panama Canal | (Period 7) further effort to prove U.S. a worlf power, allowed fro two-way ocean navy |
| Great Society | (Period 8) enacted by Lyndon B Johnson, a war on poverty, resulted in programs like healthcare, job corps etc. |
| New Deal | (Period 8) Enacted by FDR resulted in programs like medicaid, |
| Square Deal | (Period 6) - Theodore Roosevelt: Focused on consumer protection, corporate regulation, and conservation, including the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. |