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A Spanish priest who condemned the mistreatment of Natives
Who is Bartolome de las Casas
This stated…
1. Preserve the Union
2. Beware of Political Parties
3. Avoid Foreign Entanglements
What is Washington’s Farewell Address?
This figure supported the expansion of white male suffrage, limited federal power, the destruction of the national bank and the removal of Indians
Who is Andrew Jackson?
a movement to end unpaid labor led by figures like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Tubman. Influenced by Enlightenment ideals and the Second Great Awakening
What is Abolition?
A supreme court decision that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
British laws restricting colonial trade to English ships and markets to enforce mercantilism and benefit Britain
What are the Navigation Acts?
A conflict between Britain and France (and their allies) that led to British debt and colonial taxation
What is the French and Indian War?
Andrew Jackson wins the popular vote, John Quincy Adams wins the House of Representatives votes due to support from Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams makes Clay his Secretary of State after becoming president.
What did Jackson consider this?
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
What is The Second Great Awakening?
The first federal attempt to limit monopolies
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
Britain’s claim that Parliament represented colonial interests, though colonists has no elected representatives
What is Virtual Representation?
An armed uprising by indebted farmers, protesting high taxes and farm forclosures. Highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
farmers pledge their future crops to local merchants, leading to chronic debt and economic dependency
What is the Crop Lien System?
This group sought to an alcohol to protect families and improve moral behavior, believing it would fix democratic abuse, poverty and social disorder. Irish, Germans, and Catholics felt attacked.
The first federal regulatory agency, created to regulate railroads
What is the ICC?
This movement emphasized emotional revival, predestination and challenged established churches
What is the First Great Awakening?
A plan promoting protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements to strengthen the national economy
What is the Henry Clay’s American System?
The verdict reached in this trial established the principle of Freedom of Press by ruling that truth is a defense against libel
What is the Peter Zenger Trial?
Event where legal equality and women’s suffrage was demanded through the Declaration of Sentiments
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?
An uprising of Virginia settlers over high taxes, Native American raids, falling tobacco prices and perceived corruption
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
Name 3 of Hamilton’s 5 economic programs
1. National Bank
2. Assumption of States Debts
3. Whiskey (Excise) Tax
4. Paying off war debts (to create credit system)
5. Tariffs/Subsidies (protect manufacturing)
Name 3 Progressive Goals
1. Reduce corruption
2. Regulation of businesses
3. Expand democracy
4. Protect workers and consumers
5. Social justiceRuled that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in territories and the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
What is the Dred Scott case?
Andrew Carnegie’s belief that wealthy individuals had a moral responsibility to use their wealth for public good
What is the Gospel of Wealth?