Leaders of the Early Nation
A major general in the American Revolution and soon after, the first president of the United States.
Campaigns against excessive work hours and pushes for better pay.
Labor Unions
The policy of protecting the interest of established inhabitants against immigrants.
Nativism
Forced displacements of approximately 60,000 people between 1830 and 1850 via President Andrew Jackson.
Trail of Tears
Known as the 2nd American Revolution, this war established the legitimacy of the United States following the American Revolution.
War of 1812
The primary writer of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
"All persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
Over 70% of US immigrants settled where?
New York City
A series of efforts by the United States Government to introduce Natives to the American / European culture.
Assimilation
American foreign policy that opposed European colonialism within the Western hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
4th President of the United States, known as the "Father of the Constitution".
James Madison
A movement that sought to limit or ban the consumption of alcohol.
Temperance Movement
The barring of Chinese immigrants from entering the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act authorized the president to exchange Native American land for allotted Mississippi land.
Indian Removal Act
A formal announcement issued by President George Washington that declared US neutrality in the conflict between revolutionary France and Great Britain.
Proclamation of Neutrality
After escaping slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in MA and NY.
Fredrick A. Douglas
The removal of property requirements in order to vote within US states.
Universal Male Sufferage
The first immigration station in the United States, located in New York.
Ellis Island
Dawes Act
An agreement between the United States and Great Britain that aimed to resolve lingering tensions from the American Revolutionary War.
Jay Treaty
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court.
John Jay
Known as the Second Great Awakening, it was a prominent revival of Protestant ideals.
Transcendentalism
This 1790 act provided citizenship to free white immigrants which consisted of mostly western Europeans.
Naturalization Act
A war fought by Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War.
Pontiacs War
A diplomatic incident in 1797 between France and America; leading to a public outcry and an undeclared naval conflict known as the Quasi-War.
XYZ Affair