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Who? Farmers and Merchants / Americans
What? Shift from local economy to national economy
When? Early 1800's
Where? United States
Significance? Represented a shift from a local economy to a national/international economy. Leads to commercial farming. |
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Who? Americans
What? Idea that industry was a good way to grow
Where? Started in NY
When? 1820-1870
Significance? Industrialized America. Leads to abolitionist movement, women rights movement. Sparks other reform movements. |
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Who? Senator Stephen A. Douglass (Dem from Illinois
What? Wanted transcontinental railroad to go through illinois area
When?
Significance? Leads to the whig partys collapse, nullifies the missouri compromise, leads to bleeding kansas |
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Who? Popularized by John O'Sullivan
What? Belief that it was God's will for the united states to expand and encompass the entire continent/ belief that americans were divinely chosen by god to expand all the way to the west coast.
When? 1830-1840s
Significance: It's going to justify westward expansion, also going to contribute to racism because whites thought they were superior and took land for themselves. |
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Who? Americans and Mexicans
What? President James Knox Polk wants to declare war and get texas for 5 million dollars. Zachary Taylor goes into disputed territory and seeks an aggressive attack.
Where? Texas (Part of Mexico)
When? 1846-48
Significance: Got the US the mexican section, the entire SW. NM, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, California. Brings back the extension of slavery. |
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Who? Dred Scott
What? Slave who's owner dies while he's on free soil, sues to be free. Goes all the way to supreme court.
When? 1857
Significance? shows the compromises (missouri and of 1850) are unconstitutional. Basically says slavery can go anywhere because they are property. |
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Who? White politicians who wanted to bring slavery back.
When? 1877
Where? The south
Significance? Leads to Jim Crow Laws and racist groups. Starts racism all over again. Era of racism and violence against blacks. Literacy Tests |
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Who? Apache Indian who was viewed as a courageous hero. (He was chiricahua)
When? 1870's.
Where? Arizona/ New Mexico area
Significance? He was the last Indian to resist the united states army. Geronimo became an icon, his surrender marks the end of the Indian War. |
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What? 1 company controls all the stages of production (i.e. Braums)
Who? Companies
Where? US
When? Late 19th century
Significance? Facilitated the rise of Big Business |
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Who? Americans
What? Survival of the fittest.
what? worked hard, a lot of determination, most business savy
When? late 19th century
Where? US
Significance? Silences attacks on big business |
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Who? Written by Upton Sinclair
What? Story about an immigrant family who moves to the city during hardships and poverty. Describes terrible working conditions at a meat packing plant
When? 1906
Where? America
Significance? Ended up getting the meat inspection act (1906) and the Pure food and drug acct in 1906. |
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Who? Northerners
What? One of the main reasons that northerners didn't want slavery to expand. If you work hard enough, you make capital and can become your own boss.
Where? North
When? Mid 19th century
Significance? This is the view that most northerners have who opposed slavery. Strong Argument. |
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Who? Nat Turner and slaves
What? Revolted against slave owners by killing them.
When? 1831
Where? US
Significance? Stricter slave codes, slaves couldn't assemble without white supervision, couldn't read or write. |
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Who? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
What? Issue the Declaration of Sentiments
When? 1848
Where? Seneca Falls, NY
Significance? First womens rights convention in the United States, starts the womens suffrage movement. |
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Who? Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
What? Woman for women's rights, put in jail for picketing.
When?1911-1920
Where? US
Significance? One of the main reasons of womens suffrage. |
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Economic and social differences
States vs federal rights
Fight between slavery
Growth of abolition movement
Election of lincoln |
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Who? US Govt. and Indians
When? Mid to late 19th century
What? Federal Government makes Indians live on small reservations in terrible conditions.
Significance: The main cause of the Indian Wars. |
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Nat Turners Revolt
Free Labor Ideology
Market Revolution
2nd Great Awakening
Manifest Destiny
Mexican American War
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott
Geronimo
Reservation System
Vertical Integration
Social Darwinism
Reconstruction Amendments
Redeemers
The Jungle
Anthrocite Coal Strike
Seneca Falls Convention |
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Why was alice paul arrested?
What happened while she was in prison? |
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Texas Revolution
Mormon Trek
Polk and the Oregon Question
The House that Tweeds built
The Cellars (The Gilded Age) Sellers?
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Spanish American War (1898)
Niagra Movement / NAACP |
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Who? Teddy Roosevelt, Strikers and owners
What? Mine owners are furious and don’t show up to Roosevelts speech and Roosevelt seizes the mines and threatens to use the army to take the mines from the owners.
When? 1902
Where? Pennsylvania
Significance? By Roosevelt interfering, it makes unions look more credible and leads to significant labor reform |
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