Units 8 and 9
The president in 1930 during the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
George Washington
Missouri Compromise
Added Missouri as a slave state and main as a free state to keep balance
Battle of Wounded Knee
To stamp out the Ghost dance adopted by the Dakota Sioux
Mercantilism
The economic theory that trade causes wealth
World War 1 begins for one main reason of
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Marbury V Madison Ruling
est. principle of Judicial review: Supreme Court had the final authority to determine constitutionality
1840 president that went "rogue" and caused his entire cabinet to resign
John Tyler
Grange Movement
Initial goal was to enhance farmers' isolated lives by organizing social activities. Shifted goals to improvement of the farmers' collective plight.
Salutary neglect
When Britain left the colonies alone which led to a feeling of Independence
Muller V. Oregon
Accepted the constitutionality of laws protecting women workers by presenting evidence of the harmful effects of factory labor on women’s weaker bodies
Mccullock v. Maryland
defends loose construction of Constitution and implied power of government
After Webster-Ashburton Treaty
settled northern border disputes with Canada, Tyler made Texas a priority
15th amendment
Black male suffrage
Jamestown
Est. 1607 and was first successful and permanent colony
The Square Deal 3 C's
control corporations, consumer protection and conservation
Louisiana Purchase
doubled the size of the US for $15 million
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854
Proposed popular sovereignty (advocated by Lewis Cass) to determine slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories
John D. Rockefeller
Part of the 1% richest in the nation and controlled all oil companies
Virginia House of Burgesses
The first elected legislative assembly in the colonies
Clayton Antitrust Act
Widened the scope of business practices considered objectionable
Embargo Act (1807)
“peaceful coercion” hurts US economy more than it hurt Britain or France
Dred Scott Decision Significance
Essentially overturned previous compromises and limits on the extension of slavery into territories
Populists
The "People's party" which wanted equality for both the wealthiest and the poorest
1763 Peace of Paris
Ends French and Indian War