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Colonial beginnings and transatlantic encounters

Effects on natives: illness, disease, pushed them aside



Columbian exchange: exchange between the new and old world new crops from America like corn potatoes and tobacco thrived

When the colonies first began there was religious diversity betwenn

Puritans: sought to purify the Church of England from its catholic practices



Quakers: peaceful christians, Christ is directly through the soul



Catholics: large church big reforms of Christianity

How did the Chesapeake differ from the New England colonies

Chesapeake: moved for commercial and profit, plantation and farming, more lower class citizens



New England: moved for religion but some commercial, large families, self sufficient economy, no gap between rich and poor, many puritans

Transatlantic trade

Was a purposes agreement between Europe and the United States trade system that exchanged staple products, manufactured goods, and slaves in trade networks that involved Europe, Africa, and the New World

Great awkening Johnson Edwards

The Yale minister whom refused to convert to the Church of England believed the New Englanders were becoming way to concerned with worldly matters which he spoke out on and sparked the great awkening

Great awakening; George white field

Was a minister from Britain who toured the American colonies he spoke of religion and converted millions of slaves and natives

May flower compact

The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Congregationalists which established a temporarily government

House of burgesses

It became the House of Burgesses — the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives.

Fundamental orders of Connecticut

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was an early colonial constitution that established a rule of law that governed the towns of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford, beginning in 1639. Some say it was the first constitution

French Indian war


The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was a seven-year-long war between Britain and France. were fighting for the control of much of North America. It ended with the treaty of paris. British won

Stamp act

an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.

Navigation acts

The Navigation Acts were reinforcing a longstanding government principle that English trade should be carried in English vessels. The Acts banned foreign ships from transporting non-English goods to England or its colonies.efforts to put the theory of mercantilism into actual practice.

Proclamation of 1763

he Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.

Sons of liberty

The Sons of Liberty was an organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765.

Intolerable acts

The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British.

Quartering acts

Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.

Thomas Paine common sense

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to pe

Loyalists VS patriots: why did patriots win

Loyalist: support britiain


Patriots: for freedom



patriots won the Revolutionary War because of the mistakes made by the British, such as underestimating the Patriot's knowledge of the land and reasons to fight. As well as tactical mistakes made by the British generals, Howe and Burgoyne.

Battle of saratoga 1777

two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American revolution because it renew the morale of the American public, but it convinced potential foreign partners, such as France, that American could win the war, and that it might be in their best interests to send aid.


Which allowed America to win

Treaty of Paris

ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.

Articles of confederation

Advantages: 1st written agreement, gave congress power to declare war + deal with foreign powers, congress can manage native Americans, supported congressional direction of the army, settled disputes between states, formed new states, added new departments to gov.



Disadvantages: only one vote per state, no power to regulate commerce or trade, national gov couldn't tax, states didn't pay tax or obey laws there was no authority, no army or navy, no national court systems, each state had is own money, no president

Land ordinances of 1785 and 1787


Land Ordinance of 1785: US government would sell, at auction, Western lands for a minimum of $1 an acre. Profit used to pay off national debt.


Northwest Ordinance of 1787: Area north of Ohio divided into 3-5 territories, territories could have governor, secretary, 3 judges, and legislature.


Outlaws slavery in all Northwest territory, towns had to fund schools (public education), states south of here are slave states, some treaties with Indians.

3/5ths compromise

The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes. The Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman, who were both delegates for the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Connecticut compromise

Also called the Great compromise it provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.

Checks and balances

a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power

Federalism

is a system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government. The United States government functions according to the principles of federalism.

Federalist and


Anti federalist

Federalist: a member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S. that wanted a strong central government



Antifederalist: (US, history) a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and that wanted and strong states government

Why was the constitution better than the articles of confederation

The Constitution was better than the Articles of Confederation, because the Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses. The Federal Government created by the Constitution is strong and powerful. Both documents were made in the late 1700's.

Washington

Washington was an Enlightenment politician and proceeded to guide America's first steps into nation-hood as such. His ideals are the supposed ideals of America. Hates political parties

Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton wanted a new national government that had complete political authority. He disliked state governments and believed that they should be eliminated entirely

Marbury vs. maddison

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution

Jeffersons presidnecg

For Jefferson, therefore, the election of 1800 represented more than a simple changing of the guard. It signified the restoration of America's Revolutionary vision, the return of the great ideals of 1776. And in Thomas Jefferson's mind—as in the minds of his followers—Jefferson himself, as the author of the Declaration of Independence, was just the man to lead this second revolution.

Revolution of 1800

the "Revolution of 1800", Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System.

Cotton gin

machine for separating cotton from its seeds.

Louisiana purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 mil

Lewis and Clark expedition

Lewis and Clark expedition definition. A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond.

Causes and effects of the war of 1812

Causes: didn't listen to the treaty of Paris and give up there forts, Britain started to seize American ships, Britain made trade restrictions to make it difficult for the US and France to trade, Britain gave support to natives attack Americans



Effects: imposed and greater sense of nationalism amount citizens, the Federalist Party ended, paved the way for Canadian confederation

What is the difference between loose constructionists and and strict constructions lists

Battle between Hamilton and Jefferson.



Hamilton: Hamilton’s economic plan for the nation included establishing a national bank like that in England to maintain public credit; consolidating the states’ debts under the federal government; and enacting protective tariffs and government subsidies to encourage American manufactures.



Jefferson: Jefferson believed the nation’s strength lay in its agricultural roots. He favored an agrarian nation with most powers reserved for the states. He was very opposed to a strong central authority and believed that the people were the final authority in government. Jefferson also encouraged active support for the French Revolution

Transportations and communication revolutions

Steamboats


Railroads


New roads

Lowell system

The Waltham-Lowell system was a labor and production model employed in the United States, particularly in New England, during the early years of the American textile industry in the early 19th century.

Vescey revolt

he most carefully devised slave revolt in which rebels planned to seize control of Charleston in 1822 and escape to freedom in Haiti, a free black republic, but they were betrayed by the other slaves, and 75 conspirators were executed.

Nat turner

Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.

Democrats

people are entitled to certain things and that government is obliged to create the conditions in which people can achieve these things. Thus, Democrats tend to favor the expansion of government and its involvement in most areas of human activity.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Bank war

The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Bank war

The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.

Tariff on abominatiosn

The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Bank war

The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.

Tariff on abominatiosn

The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.

Nullification

Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Bank war

The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.

Tariff on abominatiosn

The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.

Nullification

Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.

Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Kentucky and Virginia in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively. The resolutions argued that the federal government had no authority to exercise power not specifically delegated to it in the Constitution.

Whigs

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power — compare tory

Spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

Common man


The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

Enfranchisement of white males

he giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote

Bank war

The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.

Tariff on abominatiosn

The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.

Nullification

Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.

Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Kentucky and Virginia in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively. The resolutions argued that the federal government had no authority to exercise power not specifically delegated to it in the Constitution.

South Carolina exposition and protest



The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed, South Carolina would secede.

John c calhoun

John C. Calhoun


South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification; (1830s-40s) Leader of the Fugitive Slave Law, which forced the cooperation of Northern states in returning escaped slaves to the south. He also argued on the floor of the senate that slavery was needed in the south. He argued on the grounds that society is supposed to have an upper ruling class that enjoys the profit of a working lower class.

Henry clay


Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser." (responsible for the Missouri Compromise). Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died before it was passed however.

Daniel webster


Famous American politician and orator. He advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Jackson. Many of the principles of finance he spoke about were later incorporated in the Federal Reserve System. Would later push for a strong union.

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Monroe doctrine


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Monroe doctrine


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Charles finney

Known as the "father of modern revivalism," he was a pioneer of cooperation among Protestant denominations. He believed that conversions were human creations instead of the divine works of God, and that people's destinies were in their own hands. His "Social Gospel" offered salvation to all

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Monroe doctrine


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Charles finney

Known as the "father of modern revivalism," he was a pioneer of cooperation among Protestant denominations. He believed that conversions were human creations instead of the divine works of God, and that people's destinies were in their own hands. His "Social Gospel" offered salvation to all

Millerites

• aka Adventists


• predicted Christ's return on October 22, 1844


• When this prophesy failed to materialize, the movement lost credibility

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Monroe doctrine


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Charles finney

Known as the "father of modern revivalism," he was a pioneer of cooperation among Protestant denominations. He believed that conversions were human creations instead of the divine works of God, and that people's destinies were in their own hands. His "Social Gospel" offered salvation to all

Millerites

• aka Adventists


• predicted Christ's return on October 22, 1844


• When this prophesy failed to materialize, the movement lost credibility

Transcendentalists

Transcendentalism was an intellectual movement rooted in the religious soil of New England. Transcendentalists turned to the romantics in Europe for inspiration. Many Transcendentalists believed in the importance of nature and degraded materialism. Transcendentalism greatly influenced modern American Literature. CULTURAL.

Missouri compromise


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Monroe doctrine


Missouri Compromise. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.

Charles finney

Known as the "father of modern revivalism," he was a pioneer of cooperation among Protestant denominations. He believed that conversions were human creations instead of the divine works of God, and that people's destinies were in their own hands. His "Social Gospel" offered salvation to all

Millerites

• aka Adventists


• predicted Christ's return on October 22, 1844


• When this prophesy failed to materialize, the movement lost credibility

Transcendentalists

Transcendentalism was an intellectual movement rooted in the religious soil of New England. Transcendentalists turned to the romantics in Europe for inspiration. Many Transcendentalists believed in the importance of nature and degraded materialism. Transcendentalism greatly influenced modern American Literature. CULTURAL.

Shakers

American religious sect devoted to the teachings of Ann Lee Stanley, prohibited marriage and sexual relationships

Temperance


The practice of moderation (chiefly describing sobriety). It was one of the five "cardinal" virtues held to be vital to society in Hellenic culture. It is one of the Four Cardinal Virtues considered central to Christian behavior by the Catholic Church and is an important tenet of the moral codes of other world religions

Temperance


The practice of moderation (chiefly describing sobriety). It was one of the five "cardinal" virtues held to be vital to society in Hellenic culture. It is one of the Four Cardinal Virtues considered central to Christian behavior by the Catholic Church and is an important tenet of the moral codes of other world religions

Mississippi west trail of tears

Cherokee Indians were forced to travel from North Carolina and Georgia through more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to Oklahoma More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.

Texas independence

War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

Texas independence

War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

Alamo

Fortress in Texas where four hundred American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. "Remember the Alamo" became a battle cry in support of Texan independence. (294)

Texas independence

War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

Alamo

Fortress in Texas where four hundred American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. "Remember the Alamo" became a battle cry in support of Texan independence. (294)

Sam houston

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Texas independence

War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

Alamo

Fortress in Texas where four hundred American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. "Remember the Alamo" became a battle cry in support of Texan independence. (294)

Sam houston

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Wilmont proviso

Dispute over whether any Mexican territory that America won during the Mexican War should be free or a slave territory. A representative named David Wilmot introduced an amendment stating that any territory acquired from Mexico would be free. This amendment passed the House twice, but failed to ever pass in Senate. The "Wilmot Proviso", as it became known as, became a symbol of how intense dispute over slavery was in the U.S. and causes sectionalism

Texas independence

War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

Alamo

Fortress in Texas where four hundred American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. "Remember the Alamo" became a battle cry in support of Texan independence. (294)

Sam houston

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Wilmont proviso

Dispute over whether any Mexican territory that America won during the Mexican War should be free or a slave territory. A representative named David Wilmot introduced an amendment stating that any territory acquired from Mexico would be free. This amendment passed the House twice, but failed to ever pass in Senate. The "Wilmot Proviso", as it became known as, became a symbol of how intense dispute over slavery was in the U.S. and causes sectionalism

Rio grande border dispute

Texas claimed its southern border was the Rio Grande; Mexico wanted the border drawn at the Nueces River, about 100 miles north of the Rio Grande. U.S. and Mexico agreed not to send troops into the disputed territory between the two rivers, but President Polk later reneged on the agreement.

James k polk

13th President. Dark-Horse (1844) whose four pronged approach to presidency was: reestablish the independent treasury system, reduce tariffs, aquire Oregon, and acquire California and New Mexico from Mexico.

James k polk

13th President. Dark-Horse (1844) whose four pronged approach to presidency was: reestablish the independent treasury system, reduce tariffs, aquire Oregon, and acquire California and New Mexico from Mexico.

54, 50 fight

"Fifty-four forty or fight:


An aggressive slogan adopted in the Oregon boundary dispute, a dispute over where the border between Canada and Oregon should be drawn. This was also Polk's slogan- the Democrats' wanted the U.S. border drawn at the 54'40" latitude. Polk settled for the 49 latitude in 1846.

James k polk

13th President. Dark-Horse (1844) whose four pronged approach to presidency was: reestablish the independent treasury system, reduce tariffs, aquire Oregon, and acquire California and New Mexico from Mexico.

54, 50 fight

"Fifty-four forty or fight:


An aggressive slogan adopted in the Oregon boundary dispute, a dispute over where the border between Canada and Oregon should be drawn. This was also Polk's slogan- the Democrats' wanted the U.S. border drawn at the 54'40" latitude. Polk settled for the 49 latitude in 1846.

Gadsden purchase

e Gadsden Purchase was the 1853 treaty in which the United States bought from Mexico parts of what is now southern Arizona and southern New Mexico. Southerners wanted this land in order to build southern transcontinental railroad, it also showed the American belief in Manifest Destiny. The heated debate over this issue in the Senate demonstrates the prevalence of sectional disagreement.

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Kansas Nebraska act

Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty proposed by Stephen a Douglas

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Kansas Nebraska act

Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty proposed by Stephen a Douglas

Bleeding Kansas

Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy proslavery group attacked Lawrence Kansas and Pottawatomie massacre

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Kansas Nebraska act

Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty proposed by Stephen a Douglas

Bleeding Kansas

Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy proslavery group attacked Lawrence Kansas and Pottawatomie massacre

Lee Compton constitution

Proslavery constitution in Kansas supported by buchanan free-soilers against it, denied statehood until after secession

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Kansas Nebraska act

Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty proposed by Stephen a Douglas

Bleeding Kansas

Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy proslavery group attacked Lawrence Kansas and Pottawatomie massacre

Lee Compton constitution

Proslavery constitution in Kansas supported by buchanan free-soilers against it, denied statehood until after secession

John brown

Lead Pottawatomie massacre extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing gods work

Compromise of 1850

California admitted as a free state


Resolution of Texas and New Mexico boundaries


Federal assumption Texas debt


Slave trade abolished in DC


New fugitive slave law advocated by Henry clay and Stephen Douglas


Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico

Fugitive slave act

Runaway slaves could be caught in the north and be brought back to their masters treated as property running away was a good stealing

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She wrote uncle Tom's cabin which depicted the evils of slavery

No nothing party

Opposed to all immigration strongly anti-Catholic

Popular sovereignty

The principle that states should decide for itself whether not to allow sleep

Kansas Nebraska act

Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty proposed by Stephen a Douglas

Bleeding Kansas

Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy proslavery group attacked Lawrence Kansas and Pottawatomie massacre

Lee Compton constitution

Proslavery constitution in Kansas supported by buchanan free-soilers against it, denied statehood until after secession

John brown

Lead Pottawatomie massacre extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing gods work

Pottawatomie creek

John Brown and his son slaughtered by men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the canning of summer in Congress

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Lincoln Douglas debate's

Over Senate seat for Illinois Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Lincoln Douglas debate's

Over Senate seat for Illinois Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery

Freeport doctrine

Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott decision with popular sovereignty boaters could be able to exclude slavery by not allowing blasé treated slaves as property

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Lincoln Douglas debate's

Over Senate seat for Illinois Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery

Freeport doctrine

Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott decision with popular sovereignty boaters could be able to exclude slavery by not allowing blasé treated slaves as property

The election of 1860

Voter split amongst for parties Lincoln wins

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Lincoln Douglas debate's

Over Senate seat for Illinois Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery

Freeport doctrine

Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott decision with popular sovereignty boaters could be able to exclude slavery by not allowing blasé treated slaves as property

The election of 1860

Voter split amongst for parties Lincoln wins

Fort sumter

First shots were fired at Charleston North Carolina

Republican party

Want in the response to Kansas Nebraska act band into the cell John C Fremont first presidential candidate

Harpers ferry

Brown aim to create an arm slave rebellion is Stabley S-t black Freestate Brown executed and became martyr in the north

Dred Scott versus Sanford

Slaves could not sue in federal courts slaves could not be taken from masters excepted by the law Missouri compromise is unconstitutional in Congress is not able to prohibit slavery in the state

Lincoln Douglas debate's

Over Senate seat for Illinois Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery

Freeport doctrine

Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott decision with popular sovereignty boaters could be able to exclude slavery by not allowing blasé treated slaves as property

The election of 1860

Voter split amongst for parties Lincoln wins

Fort sumter

First shots were fired at Charleston North Carolina

Anaconda plan

The union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the confederacy control of the Mississippi and Atlantic golf of Mexico

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

Homestead act

Grants 160 acres to anyone who lived on the claim for five years

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

Homestead act

Grants 160 acres to anyone who lived on the claim for five years

Dawes act

Move Indians to reservation for land put them into white culture

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

Homestead act

Grants 160 acres to anyone who lived on the claim for five years

Dawes act

Move Indians to reservation for land put them into white culture

Ghost dance

Millennial promise of white free world spreading among plains tribes

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

Homestead act

Grants 160 acres to anyone who lived on the claim for five years

Dawes act

Move Indians to reservation for land put them into white culture

Ghost dance

Millennial promise of white free world spreading among plains tribes

Wounded knee

Massacre of Lakota Sioux by us Calvary

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Ulysses S Grant

Won battles in the west and and raise northern morale made union commanding general

Frederick Jackson Turner

Closing of the American front tier West played a crucial role in defining how American saw themselves independent free individual

Homestead act

Grants 160 acres to anyone who lived on the claim for five years

Dawes act

Move Indians to reservation for land put them into white culture

Ghost dance

Millennial promise of white free world spreading among plains tribes

Wounded knee

Massacre of Lakota Sioux by us Calvary

Sitting bull

Lakota tribe leader

William T Sherman

Push through northern Georgia captured Atlanta March to see proceeded to South Carolina

Robert E Lee

Opposed to slavery and secession but stay loyal to Virginia despite offer to command of union army

Thomas stonewall Jackson

Please chief lieutenant in premiere Calvary officer

Battle of Antietam

Please attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the union bloodiest day of the war stalemate McLennan replaced by Burnside stalemate South would never be so close to victory again

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by linking the following antietam declared slaves in the Confederacy free symbolic gesture to support unions morale cause in the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Lee invaded Pennsylvania bloodiest battle of the war confederate pickets charge Lee forced to retreat South doomed to never invade north again Gettysburg address given by Lincoln

New York city draft right

Drafting extremely hated by the Northerners spark by Irish Americans against the black population

Military reconstruction

South divided into five military sects states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks ratify 14th amendment 15th amendment and 16th amendment

Compromise of 1877

South to gain removal of last troops from reconstruction north wins Hayes as president

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Sherman antitrust act

Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trust ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Sherman antitrust act

Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trust ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism

United States versus EC night company

Decision under Sherman antitrust act shot down by the Supreme Court sugar refining with manufacturing rather than trade/commerce

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Sherman antitrust act

Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trust ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism

United States versus EC night company

Decision under Sherman antitrust act shot down by the Supreme Court sugar refining with manufacturing rather than trade/commerce

National labor union

Founded by William Silvis supported eight hour workday convict labor federal department of labor banking reform immigration restrictions to increase wages and women excluded blacks

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Sherman antitrust act

Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trust ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism

United States versus EC night company

Decision under Sherman antitrust act shot down by the Supreme Court sugar refining with manufacturing rather than trade/commerce

National labor union

Founded by William Silvis supported eight hour workday convict labor federal department of labor banking reform immigration restrictions to increase wages and women excluded blacks

Knights of labor

Founded by Euros Steffens excluded corrupt and well off equal female pay into child convict labor employer employee relations proportional income tax to utopian to succeed failed after Haymarket riot

Helen Hunt Jackson a century of dishonor

Indictment of treatment of natives by American

Andrew Carnegie

Achieved a abnormal rise in class system pioneer vertical integration oppose monopolies use partnership of steel tycoon Bessemer steel process

Standard oil trust

Smart oil company sold stock and authority to Rockefeller standard oil company cornered world petroleum market

John D Rockefeller

Standard oil company ruthless business stactics

Vertical and horizontal integration

Beginnings of trust and systemization of industry



Vertical controlling every aspect of different levels of production



Horizontal consolidating with competitors to monopolize the market

Sherman antitrust act

Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trust ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism

United States versus EC night company

Decision under Sherman antitrust act shot down by the Supreme Court sugar refining with manufacturing rather than trade/commerce

National labor union

Founded by William Silvis supported eight hour workday convict labor federal department of labor banking reform immigration restrictions to increase wages and women excluded blacks

Knights of labor

Founded by Euros Steffens excluded corrupt and well off equal female pay into child convict labor employer employee relations proportional income tax to utopian to succeed failed after Haymarket riot

Terence V Powderly

Knights of labor leader a post drakes producer consumer corporation temperance welcomed blacks and women

American Federation of labor

Craft unions that left the nights led by Gompers women left out of recruitment efforts bread and butter unionism

American Federation of labor

Craft unions that left the nights led by Gompers women left out of recruitment efforts bread and butter unionism

Samuel Gompers

Focused on skilled workers coordinated craft unions supported eight hour workday and injury liability

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Chinese exclusion act

10 year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Chinese exclusion act

10 year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs

Haymarket bombing

Bomb thrown at protest rally police shot protesters call is great in the mall city in employers for workers unions because unions associated with anarchist and socialist

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Chinese exclusion act

10 year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs

Haymarket bombing

Bomb thrown at protest rally police shot protesters call is great in the mall city in employers for workers unions because unions associated with anarchist and socialist

Eugene V Debs

Lead railroad workers in pole mine strike

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Chinese exclusion act

10 year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs

Haymarket bombing

Bomb thrown at protest rally police shot protesters call is great in the mall city in employers for workers unions because unions associated with anarchist and socialist

Eugene V Debs

Lead railroad workers in pole mine strike

Social Darwinism

Major social theory to explain wealth and inequality racism in the American south in American expansionism abroad natural selection appealed to human competition advocated by Herbert Spencer William Graham Sumner and theadore Roosevelt

Yellow dog contracts

Fearing the rise of labor unions corporations force new employees to sign and promise not to be part of the union

Pinkertons

Detective hired by employers as private police force often used to end strikes

Chinese exclusion act

10 year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs

Haymarket bombing

Bomb thrown at protest rally police shot protesters call is great in the mall city in employers for workers unions because unions associated with anarchist and socialist

Eugene V Debs

Lead railroad workers in pole mine strike

Social Darwinism

Major social theory to explain wealth and inequality racism in the American south in American expansionism abroad natural selection appealed to human competition advocated by Herbert Spencer William Graham Sumner and theadore Roosevelt

Henry George progress and poverty

Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

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Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

James G Blaine

Republican candidate for president highly disgusted the mugwumps

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Pendleton civil service act

Effectively ended spoil system and establish civil service exams for all government positions

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

James G Blaine

Republican candidate for president highly disgusted the mugwumps

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Pendleton civil service act

Effectively ended spoil system and establish civil service exams for all government positions

Farmers alliance movement

Southern and midwestern farmers expressing discontent supported free silver and sub treasury plan criticize the national banks

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

James G Blaine

Republican candidate for president highly disgusted the mugwumps

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Pendleton civil service act

Effectively ended spoil system and establish civil service exams for all government positions

Farmers alliance movement

Southern and midwestern farmers expressing discontent supported free silver and sub treasury plan criticize the national banks

Greenback party

Supported expanded money supply healthy and safety regulations benefits for workers and farmers

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

James G Blaine

Republican candidate for president highly disgusted the mugwumps

Karl Marx

Working class exploited for profit

Pendleton civil service act

Effectively ended spoil system and establish civil service exams for all government positions

Farmers alliance movement

Southern and midwestern farmers expressing discontent supported free silver and sub treasury plan criticize the national banks

Greenback party

Supported expanded money supply healthy and safety regulations benefits for workers and farmers

Populist party

Emerge from farmers alliance movement

Thomas Edison

Electric light phono graph mimeo graph Dictaphone moving picture

Interstate commerce act

Created interstate commerce commission to require rare words to publish rights first Legislation to regulate corporate

Social Gospel movement

Stress role of church and the legend to improve city life

Ymca

Provided housing and recreation to say to you

Jane Addams

How to leave a settlement house movement cofounded NAACP condemned war and poverty

Hull house

Jane Addams pioneer settlement house in Chicago

William Marcy tweed

Leader of Tammany Hall game large sums of money through political machine prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail

Tammany Hall

Democratic political machine in New York City supported immigrants and poor people of the city who are in need for democratic election victories

James G Blaine

Republican candidate for president highly disgusted the mugwumps

Civil rights cases civil rights act of 1875

Declared unconstitutional by supreme court of the 14th amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on ask a private citizens

Civil rights cases civil rights act of 1875

Declared unconstitutional by supreme court of the 14th amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on ask a private citizens

Plessy versus Ferguson

Supreme Court legalize the separate but equal philosophy South begins De hire segregation

Civil rights cases civil rights act of 1875

Declared unconstitutional by supreme court of the 14th amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on ask a private citizens

Plessy versus Ferguson

Supreme Court legalize the separate but equal philosophy South begins De hire segregation

Jim Crowe laws

Legal educational and residential segregation grandfather clauses poll tax and literacy test to vote inferior public facilities allotted to African-Americans

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

Coxey's army

Coxey and unemployed followers march on Washington for support and unemployment relief by inflationary public workers program

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

Coxey's army

Coxey and unemployed followers march on Washington for support and unemployment relief by inflationary public workers program

Panic of 1893

8000 businesses collapse over building of railroads heavy for Malones economic disruption my labor aphids agricultural depression

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

Coxey's army

Coxey and unemployed followers march on Washington for support and unemployment relief by inflationary public workers program

Panic of 1893

8000 businesses collapse over building of railroads heavy for Malones economic disruption my labor aphids agricultural depression

Free silver

Populist campaign for silver backed money rather than gold back believed to be able to believe working conditions and exploitation of labor

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

Coxey's army

Coxey and unemployed followers march on Washington for support and unemployment relief by inflationary public workers program

Panic of 1893

8000 businesses collapse over building of railroads heavy for Malones economic disruption my labor aphids agricultural depression

Free silver

Populist campaign for silver backed money rather than gold back believed to be able to believe working conditions and exploitation of labor

Triangle shirt waist fire

Workers unable to escape locked into factory all died further encourage reform movements for working conditions

Munn versus Illinois

Private property subject to government regulation one property is devoted to public interest against rabbits

John dewey

Social ideas to be encouraged in public schools learning by doing

Brooker T Washington

Proponent of gradual gains of equal rights for African-Americans

Atlanta compromise speech

Given by the BTW to ease whites fear of integration assuring them that separate but equal was excepted

Souls of Black folk

Post BTW's accommodation policies called for immediate equality warm Niagara movement to support his ideas

National Association for the advancement of colored people or NAACP

Formed by white progressives adopted goals of niagra movement in response to Springfield race riots

Mc rackers

Uncovered the dirt on corruption in a harsh quality of city/working life heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt

Upton Sinclair the jungle

Revealed the unsanitary nature of meat packaging industry inspired me inspection act and pure food and drug act

Thomas Nast

Political McCracken card to miss use bribes to stop criticism

Mann act

Made it illegal to transport women across state borders or immoral purposes violated by black box of jack Johnson

Women's Christian temperance union

Led by Frances Willard powerful interest group following the Civil War urge women suffrage

Coxey's army

Coxey and unemployed followers march on Washington for support and unemployment relief by inflationary public workers program

Square deal

Roosevelts plan that aim to regulate corporations

Preservationism vs conservationism

Roseville in pin shot sided on conservation rather than preservation

Northern securities case

Northern securities company seen by Roosevelt as bad trust Supreme Court upheld his trust

Square deal

Roosevelts plan the aim to regulate corporations

Theodore Roosevelt


First modern president that supported progressivism

Seneca falls convention

July, 1848 - Site of the first modern women's right convention. At the gathering, Elizabeth Cady Staton read a Declaration of Sentiment listing the many discriminations against women, and adopted eleven resolutions, one of which called for women's suffrage.

Hull house Jane Adams

Jane Addams was middle class woman. The Hull House is a settlement house that she installed in a ghetto of Chicago. The house inspired many other like settlements across the country, while Addams spent her lifetime battling for garbage removal, playgrounds, better street lighting, and police protection.

George washingtons farewell address

. He stressed that we should stay away from permanent alliances with foreign countries; temporary alliances wouldn't be quite as dangerous, but they should be made only in "extraordinary emergencies". He also spoke against partisan bitterness. This document was rejected by the Jeffersonians, who favored the alliance with France.

Titans of industry

label applied to entrepreneurs and businessmen in the latter half of the nineteenth century who were shrewd, determined, often dishonest men, driven more by greed than glory.

Panic of 1893

8000 businesses collapse over building of railroads heavy for Malones economic disruption my labor aphids agricultural depression

Free silver

Populist campaign for silver backed money rather than gold back believed to be able to believe working conditions and exploitation of labor

Triangle shirt waist fire

Workers unable to escape locked into factory all died further encourage reform movements for working conditions

Frederick W Taylor principles of scientific. Management

Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who work fast

Industrial workers of the world

Similar to knights of labor they supported socialist militant unionist and socialist advocated strikes and sabotaging politics

Mary mother Jones

Angel of the miners

Big bill Haywood

Leader of IWW from western federation of mine

Thorstein Veblen Theory of leisure class

Satirized wealthy captains of industry workers and engineers as better leaders of society