Period 3
After this war, the British faced an enormous debt, which is why they began enforcing the Navigation Acts and directly taxing the American Colonies.
French and Indian War
This Declaration of Sentiments was written at this Women's Suffrage convention in 1848
Seneca Falls
This Constitutional Amendment officially ended slavery
13th
Supreme Court case of 1896 that upheld racial segregation with the concept of "Separate, but Equal"
Plessy V. Ferguson
This term refers to the large scale movement of African Americans from the South to the North
The Great Migration
Wrote the Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
This Supreme Court case of 1803 established the principle of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
This party was born out of opposition to Jacksonian Democrats; they favored economic nationalism.
The Whig Party
Name one "robber baron" and identify the industry or company he was known for.
Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Steel: At its height, it supplied over half the world’s steel.
J.P. Morgan. US Steel. Investment banking.
John D. Rockefeller. Standard Oil Company.
Leland Stanford: Central Pacific RR. Railroads.
This war-inspired by "Remember the Maine," resulted in an expansion of US territory at the turn of the 20th century.
Spanish American War
What did George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
2 Party System; Political Rivalry
This "system" reflected a form of political corruption where a political parties rewards its supporters with favors, often posts to public office. Andrew Jackson's "kitchen cabinet" was an example of this.
Spoils System
This president's campaign slogan was “Fifty-four forty or fight!” advocated a hardline position on the disputed Oregon Territory; then oversaw the controversial Mexican-American War.
James K. Polk
The process of controlling every aspect of the production process for a product, from the acquisition of raw materials to the distribution of the final product.
Vertical Integration
A foreign policy initiative by FDR. Centered on Latin America, it saw the withdrawal of American forces from Nicaragua and the establishment of normalized relations between the United States and the nations of Latin America.
Good Neighbor Policy
This Act allowed this former French region to expand its borders, taking away potential lands from colonists in the Ohio River Valley. Even more offensive to the largely Protestant colonists, it also allowed the citizens to practice Catholicism freely.
Quebec Act
With this ruling in 1819 Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall invoked the “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution to rule that the federal government had an implied power to establish the bank; the ruling established that federal laws were the supreme law of the land, superseding state laws.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Proposed that slavery would be forbidden in any new lands acquired by the war with Mexico. Although it failed in the Senate, this bill signaled the start of an even deeper crisis that would pit the North against the South over issues of slavery’s expansion, states’ rights, and government representation.
Wilmot Proviso
This economic philosophy, coined by Adam Smith, stated that natural market forces, not government regulations or subsidies, should control the marketplace, thus justifying the lack of regulation during the Gilded Age.
Laissez - faire
Created in 1914;a regulatory agency that monitors interstate business activities (among other things) and forces companies who break laws to comply with government’s “cease and desist” orders.
Federal Trade Commission
Name a Treaty signed with a Foreign Power during this time period and state the country with whom it was signed.
Pinckney Treaty - Spain
Jay's Treaty - British
This Supreme Court Case of 1831 ruled that the X Tribe was not a sovereign foreign nation and thus paved the way for the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
"The Great Triumvirate" These three statesmen dominated U.S. politics in the nineteenth century prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster
Name one labor action during the Gilded Age and explain the who, what, where, why of the significance.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877:More than 100,000 railroad workers' President Rutherford B. Hayes authorized use of federal troops to break the strike. 100+ workers were killed in the crackdown, and the strikers gained nothing. However, led to more organized unionizing efforts.
Haymarket Square Riot: 1886, a rally for eight-hour workday Chicago’s someone threw a bomb at the police, and police fired into the crowd.
Homestead Strike: 1892 at the Carnegie Steel Company’s Homestead, Pennsylvania factory. factory’s manager hired 300 private Pinkerton detectives, nine strikers and seven Pinkerton killed Pennsylvania’s governor sent in 8,000 state militia;a major setback in unionizing the steel industry.
A nickname for President Warren Harding’s cabinet, as it was mostly made up of old friends from the president’s home state who were knowledgeable in the areas in which they served. Had a well-earned reputation for corruption.
Ohio Gang/Poker Cabinet