Founder of the colony of Pennsylvania
William Penn
Unrestricted use of both gold and silver to support the economy and paper money
Bimetallism
The first race specific anti-immigrant law
Chinese Exclusion Act
European disease that wiped out the largest portion of indigenous peoples
Small Pox
Government tax on imports and exports
Tariffs
First impeached american president ever
Andrew Jackson
Most violent union strike
Homestead Stike
American born peoples sentiment against immigration and immigrants
Nativists
Cause of the trail of tears
Indian Removal Act
Who allied with the US during the Revolutionary War
During the forming of the american government who proposed the national bank
Alexander Hamilton
Movement to ban/restrict alcohol consumption
Temperance Movement
Why was there increased irish immigration after 1845
Potato Famine
Took away indian children and was essentially cultural genocide
Indian Boarding Schools
Scandal involving President Adams and foreign diplomats
XYZ Affair
Fought for indigenous peoples rights and believed they should be considered people
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Religious revival that encouraged people to have individualized thoughts on religion andstudy religion independently
The First Great Awakening
Why did immigration from Europe to the US increase post- 1815
End of the Napoleonic Wars
Act attempted to assimilate natives to the American way of life and protect the white Americans from Natives
Dawes Act 1887
Stated european powers should no longer involve themselves the western hemisphere's affairs
The Monroe Doctrine