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Puritans left England because of religious differences
Virginia Joint Stock Company founded Virginia for profit.
Ga- buffer colony, and debt colony
Penn, RI, Maryland, Mass founded for religious reasons
1st permanent settlement in colonies was Jamestown
House of Burgesses 1st representative govt in the colonies
Settlement of Quebec was by the French and for fur trading
Mercantilism- beliefs that colonies were financially good for the mother countries- sell more than you buy. Gain gold.
Middle passage- enslaved Africans came to the Americas. Part of the triangle trade
King Philip- natives tried to drive out English settlers out of new England. The result was that English colonist gained a firm grip on
New England
John Lock natural rights- rights people are born with cant be taken away. Social contract
Benjamin Franklin- inventor and sign of social mobility- poor to rich. Bifocals. He also went to france to influence them to join the
American revolution on the side of the Americans.
Proclamation of 1763- said settlers could not go past the Appalachian mts.
War of 1812- nationalism emerged- people thought of themselves as Americans. Start spangled banner
*War of 1812 called Madisons War, the war started because of impressments
*Monroe doctrine- told all European countries to stay out of the western hemi-sphere and Latin American
Industrialization man power to machine power.
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts to the musket. This helped spur the industrial revolution
*Invention of the cotton gin increased slavery.
*Manifest destiny- United States should go from east coast to west coast
Abolition- - William Lloyd garrison- Frederick Douglass and the Grimke sisters- no more slavery
Temperance- limit on sale and consumption of alcohol
Horace Mann- came up with the education system we know of today
Womens suffrage movement- Elizabeth cady Stanton- Seneca falls convention
Jacksonian democracy spoil system. Force removal of Cherokee from Ga (trail of tears) universal white suffrage right to vote
Nullification crisis- john c. Calhoun- states did not have to follow national law- (states rights)
Wilmot proviso- proposed banning slavery in land bought from Mexico. This did not pass congress but divided the north and south
more. Sectionalism
Nat turner- minister who killed 55 whites in a slaver revolt. This tighten rules on slaves (slave codes)
John brown- raided harpers ferry Va, trying to gain weapons to lead a slave revolt. This showed southers they would have to fight to
preserve their way of life.
Missouri comprise- - banning slavery in land within Louisiana Purchase lying above the 36, 30 N parallel. With exception of
Missouri. Missouri slave state and Maine as Free State
Civil war- Union (Lincoln) and confederacy (Jefferson Davis)
Fort Sumter- 1st battle of civil war
Robert E. Lee- commander of confederate army
Antietam- bloodiest one day battle of civil war
Vicksburg- split the south into two pieces (confederacy surrounded and had to eat dogs, cats and other things)
Gettysburg- turning point in the civil war for the union in the civil war
Emancipation proclamation- (Lincoln issued it) changed the war from preserving the union to ending slavery did not free
any slaves
Shermans march to the sea- burned everything for 60 mile stretch from Atlanta to savannah
Appomattox court house- lee surrendered to Grant ending civil war.
13th amendment- freed slaves
14th amendment- due process and citizenship African americans
15th- right to vote African Americans
Radical republicans- Thaddeus Stevens wanted harsh condition put on the south
Jim crow- laws to segregate races
Ellis island where immigrants arrived coming to America .
Thomas Edison- invented light bulb, motion picture.
Standard oil started by John D. Rockefeller- 1st trust (monopoly)
Progressives- came up with referendum- recall, initiative and 17th amendment- direct election of senators.
Jane Addams started Hull house- helped the poor by education and food.
Muckrakers- journalist and novelist to expose abuses in business and corruption. Most famous ones are Ida Tarbell who exposed
Standard oil Company. Upton Sinclair- wrote the Jungle told about the unsanitary condition of the meat packing industry. This made
govt pass pure food and drug act of 1906.
Plessey v. Ferguson- separate but equal
NAACP- started by W.E.B. Dubois national association for the advancement of colored people
Manhattan project- the atomic bomb. Truman drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A. Philip Randolph- executive order 8802- banned discriminating n industry related to the defense of the United States.
Rosie riveter- woman can do everything a man can. Women worked in factories during W.W. II
Executive order 9066- Japanese in America put in internment camps during World War II.
WWII- the league of nations was formed after it to keep another war from starting
Winston Churchill- coined the term iron curtain. The line marking soviet influence in Eastern Europe.
Containment policies toward communism- contain it where it is at dont let it spread.
Truman doctrine- economic and military support to countries to fight off communist.
Marshall plan- aid to Western Europe that wasnt communist.
Berlin airlift- had to get supplies into democratic controlled Berlin by bringing stuff in on a plane.
Korea war (1950-53) - divided at 38th parallel before and after the war. North Korea- communist; South Korea democratic.
Red scare- 1950s- scared communist was in state department and movies.
Joseph McCarthy- said communist was in states department and he had the names. Called McCarthyism. Showed him in
television and people new he was not telling the truth.
GI Bill- pays for school and houses.
Levittowns- suburbs outside the city because of GI bill
Baby boom explosion of babies being born after World War II. 1945-1960
National highway act- Dwight Eisenhower- built the interstates that we know today.
Kennedy-Nixon debate-showed on TV and Kennedy won because he looked more cool and collective unlike Nixon.
Camp David accords- peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Jimmy carter helped with this.
Clinton- was impeached but not convicted because of Monaca Lewinsky scandal. He lied under oath.
NAFTA- North American free trade agreement- free trade between American, Canada and Mexico.
War on terror started sept. 11, 2001 when the world trade center was attacked.
President Reagan came up with reaganimics- trickle down economy- give tax breaks to rich and money will eventually get to the
poor.
When Martin Luther King was killed riots happened.
Gore Vs. Bush- when a disputed election happened in Florida over the presidential election of 2000. Who ever won Florida won the
presidential election the supreme court decided that no more recounts should happened and that mean bush won the election.
Dust Bowl Happened in the Great Plains
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