Power to the People
This 1848 convention attended by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass produced a “Declaration of Sentiments” calling for women’s suffrage.
Seneca Falls Convention
This industrialist and philanthropist wrote The Gospel of Wealth, arguing that the rich had a duty to give back to society.
Andrew Carnegie
This 1607 settlement, the first permanent English colony in North America, marked the beginning of large-scale migration to the American colonies.
Jamestown
This 1777 turning point battle in New York led to a major American victory and convinced France to formally ally with the U.S.
Saratoga
A tax on paper, you could not avoid, From legal docs to playing cards, they were destroyed. Colonists cried, "No taxation without representation!" A protest rose with determination.
Stamp Act
This 1963 letter, written by MLK, was penned while he was imprisoned in Alabama, and became a key statement of the movement's philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Henry Clay’s economic program to improve infrastructure, tariffs, and banking was known as this.
American System
This 1830 law supported by andrew jackson authorized the U.S. government to negotiate the relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
This 1863 executive order by President Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion but not border states.
Emancipation Proclamation
A state was added, but which way to lean? Should it be free or slave, what did it mean? A line was drawn to keep balance in place, but tensions grew in this divided space
This 1786-1787 uprising of debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts highlighted weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation & led to the creation of the Constitution.
SHAYS’ REBELLION
This time period (Decade) was characterized by buying stocks on margin in a unregulated stock market and purchasing consumer goods on credit
The 1920's
The movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern cities in the Early 20th century as a result of the World Wars known as this
The Great Migration
This 1917 law authorized the U.S. government to draft soldiers for World War I, expanding the military significantly.
Selective Service Act
He promised land, and war did ensue, With Texas, Oregon, and Mexico in view. Through Manifest Destiny, he did stride, Expanding the U.S. far and wide.
James K. Polk
This labor organization fought for an 8-hour workday & workers’ rights during the Gilded Age but declined after the haymarket protest.
Knights of Labor
McKinley supported this form of currency unlike William Jennings Bryan... But FDR removed the U.S. from it in 1933, allowing for more flexible currency policies
Gold Standard
Completed in 1825, this linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, revolutionizing transportation and boosting trade during the Market Revolution.
Erie Canal
This U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Korematsu v. United States
In 1963, THIS took place, For jobs and freedom, in a peaceful space. "I have a dream," was the call so grand, To end injustice across the land.
March on Washington
This group of socialist workers led violent protests against U.S. involvement in World War I, arguing it was a war for imperialist gains.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) or the "Wobblies”
This 1890 law was the first federal act to outlaw monopolistic business practices, but it was 1st used against unions.
Sherman Anti-trust Act
This program that started during wwii brought temporary Mexican workers to the U.S. to fill agricultural labor shortages.
Bracero Program
This gave President Lyndon B. Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam after an alleged attack on us ships.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
In 1973, the price did rise, As arab nations cut their ties. The U.S. felt the sting, a crisis in sight, this brought a fuel-led fight.