key elections
Who won the election in 1824
John Quincy Adams (Whig)
What did the Whigs believe in?
- Strong federal government (similar to the Federalist Party)
- Thought Jackson was tyrannical
-More conservative group
- taxation without representation
- Boston massacre
- States got used to solitary neglect
nonintercourse act
-ended the United States embargo from England and France
-replaced Jeffersons embargo act
Lodge corollary
-Forbade and forgein power to acquire any sufficient type of territory in the Western hemisphere
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
What did the Dixiecrats believe in?
- opposed racial integration and wanted a Jim Crow south
- a very short lived political party
Causes of the war of 1812
- British impressment of US sailors
- America wanted to expand into British territory in Canada
- French revolutionary war
Specie Circular
- issued by Jackson
- required payment for purchases of land to be made exclusively in gold and silver
Good neighbor policy
-Established by FDR
-Ensure friendly relationships between the US and Latin America
Who was the president in 1900?
William McKinley (republican)
What did the know-nothings believe in?
- blamed immigrants for most of Americas issues and wanted little to no native influence
Causes of the Spanish-American War
- Cuba's struggles for independence/protecting US business interests
- USS maine sinking
- yellow journalism
Tariff of 1816
-First tariff passed by congress with explicit functions for protecting US manufactured items from over seas competition
Dollar Diplomacy
-To ensure financial stability in Latin American and East Asian countries while also expanding US commercial interests in those regions
-Under Taft
Who was the president in 1968?
Richard Nixon (Republican)
What did the populists believe in?
- big government regulation
- supported women's suffrage
- fair pay equal labor
Causes of the Korean War
- Japanese occupation of Korea
Medicare Act
Health insurance program for elderly and with limited income
Unconditional Surrender
-Where surrendering party is not guaranteed anything
-ex. Why Japan was bombed (HAHA)
Who was the president in 1980?
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
What did the progressives/bull-moose believe in?
- branch of the Republican Party under TR
- TRs attempt at creating his own political party because he lost the election
- agriculture
- labor rights
Causes of the Vietnam war
- spread of communism
- European imperialism
Wagner Act
-Obligated employers to bargain collectively with unions
Stimson Doctrine
-The US would not recognize any agreements between Japanese and Chinese that limited free commercial intercourse in the region