Issues with Immigration
occurred in 1882 prohibiting any further immigration of the Chinese to the West Coast
Chinese Exclusion Act
Which Spanish explorer discovered America?
Juan Ponce de León
This man taught black students useful trades to gain self-respect and economic security.
Booker T. Washington
This movement of the 1830 consisted of mainly modernizing the old puritan beliefs. This system of beliefs owed a lot to foreign influences, and usually resembled the philosophies of John Locke.
Transcendentalism
Who was the first president unanimously drafted in 1789?
George Washington
New Immigrants
Formal announcement issued by President George Washington stating that the nation will be neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.
Neutrality Proclaimation
Committed to Western expansion. It was also a confrontation with Native Americans for forest cost prairies of Mississippi.
Trial of Tears
Occurred in July 1848 and it was the site of the first modern women's right convention. At this convention Elizabeth Stanton read a Declaration of Sentiments listing the many discriminations against women
Seneca Falls Convention
What republican president in 1816 administered the Era of Good Feelings?
James Monroe
Immigrants who were really poor lived in these places which were in horrible conditions
Tenement Slums
This law was passed by Congress forbidding all exportation of goods from the US.
Embargo Act
What President prosecuted the native americans while he was the general recapturing runaways?
Andrew Jackson
This movement advocated for the prohibition of alcohol on the belief that it would be better for America but instead created much larger violence
Temperance Movement
Who lead the Federalist party supported the Federal government, U.S. Bank, and Foreign relation with Britain?
Alexander Hamilton
This group of people hated new immigrants and feared the outbreed of votes
Nativists
Forbade trade with Britain and France, but offered to resume trade with whichever nation lifted it neutral trading restrictions first.
Macon's Bill No. 2
This was a black educational institute, founded by Booker T. Washington providing training in agriculture and crafts
Tuskegee Institute
This movement began in the 1790s and reached its strongest point in the 1830s where earlier preachers of this era claimed that actions in life determined fate
Second Great Awakening
What republican president won the election of 1896 and established the Gold Standard Act?
William Mckinley
This political party was anti-Catholic and hostile towards immigration.
Knowing Nothing Party
Statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe shouldn't interfere with affairs within the US or the development of other countries in the western hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
This system allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west. Within these reservations most land was used communally, rather than owned individually.
Reservation System
In this movement prisoners were physically punished for misbehavior and were not always fed. As a result the mental health system was expanded and juvenile detention centers were created.
The Prison Reform Movement
Who was elected in 1860 and established the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln