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A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.
The Era of Good Feelings
Native American removal
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
The Corrupt Bargain
Indian removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river; most emigrated reluctantly or were killed
The Era of Good Feelings
Native American removal
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
The Corrupt Bargain
Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included 3 main points: support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy.
The Era of Good Feelings
Native American removal
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
The Corrupt Bargain
an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
The Era of Good Feelings
Native American removal
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
The Corrupt Bargain
Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson, in a supposedly corrupt exchange of favors.
The Era of Good Feelings
Native American removal
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
The Corrupt Bargain
An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats, stood for modernization, protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements
The Whig party
Tariff of 1828
Native American group that Sued the US government under the Indian Removal Act
Panic of 1837
The development of Railroads
A protective tariff passed by the U.S. Congress that came to be known as the "Tariff of Abominations" to its Southern opponents because of the effects it had on the Southern economy; it was the highest tariff in U.S. peacetime and its goal was to protect industry in the northern United States from competing European goods by increasing the prices of European products.
The Whig party
Tariff of 1828
Native American group that Sued the US government under the Indian Removal Act
Panic of 1837
The development of Railroads
Native American group that Sued the US government under the Indian Removal Act
The Whig party
Tariff of 1828
The Cherokee
Panic of 1837
The development of Railroads
A financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression, was spurred by the Collapse of the 2nd Bank of the US
The Whig party
Tariff of 1828
The Cherokee
Panic of 1837
The development of Railroads
Cut travel time considerably, moved large amounts of goods and people, resulted in establishment of time zones
The Whig party
Tariff of 1828
The Cherokee
Panic of 1837
The development of Railroads
A boat that moves by the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to travel upstream
The Steamboat
Panic of 1819
President JQ Adams
Spoils system
Nullification
economic recession marked by failed banks, foreclosure on homes, falling prices in agriculture, and widespread unemployment
The Steamboat
Panic of 1819
President JQ Adams
Spoils system
Nullification
Known as an intelligent but mostly ineffective president, but he did have some noteworthy events.
The Steamboat
Panic of 1819
President JQ Adams
Spoils system
Nullification
A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends, replaced thousands of government workers with Jackson's own people
The Steamboat
Panic of 1819
President JQ Adams
Spoils system
Nullification
claims that a state could nullify any federal laws that went against its interests
The Steamboat
Panic of 1819
President JQ Adams
Spoils system
Nullification
forced removal of Native Americans from the East, marked by the Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act
Second Bank of the United States
Disenfranchisement
Abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
Jackson vetoed the Bank's 1832 recharter by Congress and withdrew U.S. funds in 1833
Indian Removal Act
Second Bank of the United States
Disenfranchisement
Abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
New, expanded voting rights did not extend to women, Native Americans, or free African Americans in the North or South
Indian Removal Act
Second Bank of the United States
Disenfranchisement
Abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
did not support the expansion of slavery out to the West
Indian Removal Act
Second Bank of the United States
Disenfranchisement
Abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
decided that Missouri was a slave state, and Maine was a free state; and divided the remainder of the Louisiana Territory into slave and free lands
Indian Removal Act
Second Bank of the United States
Disenfranchisement
Abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
also known as the Cumberland Road
National Road
Canals
American System, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine
Slavery
Slave state vs Free state
used to connect two bodies of water
National Road
Canals
American System, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine
Slavery
Slave state vs Free state
The Legacies of President James Monroe
National Road
Canals
American System, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine
Slavery
Slave state vs Free state
most divisive issue in USA during 1800s
National Road
Canals
American System, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine
Slavery
Slave state vs Free state
most important political issue for Westward expansion during mid-1800s/prior to the Civil War
National Road
Canals
American System, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine
Slavery
Slave state vs Free state
most northernmost slave state of the Louisiana Territory
Missouri
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
New York State
Mexico gave up Colorado, Utah and Nevada to the USA
Missouri
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
New York State
Concept which used to determine whether new states would enter as "slave" or "free".
Missouri
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
New York State
A fight over whether Kansas would be a slave or free state
Missouri
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
New York State
Only state where it was possible to vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Missouri
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
New York State
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina
Southern US States, pro-slavery
Why was Lincoln not able to run in the south?
ballot
Charleston, SC
Shots rang out
The southern states refused to put his name on the ballot.
Southern US States, pro-slavery
Why was Lincoln not able to run in the south?
ballot
Charleston, SC
Shots rang out
the list of candidates on which you cast your vote
Southern US States, pro-slavery
Why was Lincoln not able to run in the south?
ballot
Charleston, SC
Shots rang out
Civil War began there on April 12, 1861, when shots rang out.
Southern US States, pro-slavery
Why was Lincoln not able to run in the south?
ballot
Charleston, SC
Shots rang out
means the first gunshots of the war
Southern US States, pro-slavery
Why was Lincoln not able to run in the south?
ballot
Charleston, SC
Shots rang out
A disaster relief organization founded in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881 by Clara Barton to aid US military and conduct peace time relief work.
American Red Cross
Border state soldiers made their decision to fight based
The 10% plan of Pres. Lincoln
How Could Southern States get into the Union after the Civil War?
Pardon Plan
The diet and army pay. Pay was better fighting for the North.
American Red Cross
Border state soldiers made their decision to fight based on
The 10% plan of Pres. Lincoln
How Could Southern States get into the Union after the Civil War?
Pardon Plan
The proportion of the population that had to agree slavery illegal; southerners had to swear loyalty to the US.
American Red Cross
Border state soldiers made their decision to fight based on
The 10% plan of Pres. Lincoln
How Could Southern States get into the Union after the Civil War?
Pardon Plan
There were conditions for Southern states to gain amnesty and be readmitted to the United States
American Red Cross
Border state soldiers made their decision to fight based on
The 10% plan of Pres. Lincoln
How Could Southern States get into the Union after the Civil War?
Pardon Plan
Under President's Johnson's reunification plan, a wealthy landowner could obtain a presidential pardon.
American Red Cross
Border state soldiers made their decision to fight based on
The 10% plan of Pres. Lincoln
How Could Southern States get into the Union after the Civil War?
Pardon Plan
Laws that limited the freedom of African Americans
The Black Codes
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment (1870)
Freedmen's Bureau
Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-owners
The Black Codes
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment (1870)
Freedmen's Bureau
1) Citizenship for African Americans, and all persons born in the US.
The Black Codes
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment (1870)
Freedmen's Bureau
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, previous servitude or creed (religion).
The Black Codes
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment (1870)
Freedmen's Bureau
Organization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War
The Black Codes
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment (1870)
Freedmen's Bureau
Certain white northerners who migrated to the south were known as 'carpetbaggers' because they sneakily and greedily took chances to better themselves financially; they got the largest share of republican offices, and often took advantage of others. While scalawags, usually Yeoman farmers, non-slave owners, or mountain men, worked/sided with republicans to improve their education and opportunities.
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
What happened at the end of Reconstruction in the South?
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Rockefeller Oil and horizontal integration
A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
What happened at the end of Reconstruction in the South?
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Rockefeller Oil and horizontal integration
African Americans faced increasing restrictions on their civil rights.
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
What happened at the end of Reconstruction in the South?
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Rockefeller Oil and horizontal integration
owned all factors of production to ensure a quality product
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
What happened at the end of Reconstruction in the South?
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Rockefeller Oil and horizontal integration
merged with other oil companies or drive competition out of the market by underpricing product and paying employees low wages.
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
What happened at the end of Reconstruction in the South?
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Rockefeller Oil and horizontal integration
businesses will survive, thrive, or die without government intervention
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire
Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890
Assembly line
Agricultural concerns
Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire
Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890
Assembly line
Agricultural concerns
First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire
Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890
Assembly line
Agricultural concerns
Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks, popularized by Henry Ford for use in automobile manufacturing, a method allowing for mass production
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire
Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890
Assembly line
Agricultural concerns
The Grange, Munn vs. Illinois, Munn v. Illinois, 1877 (Supreme Court Case), Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, Panic of 1893, Populist Party
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire
Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890
Assembly line
Agricultural concerns
Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor (AFL), Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), United Mine Workers of America
Industrial concerns
In 1870, the United States was
Flash forward fifty years, the United States underwent a major
As railroads served as the big business in the West, the steel and
Efforts to combat unfair conditions were created in both rural and
primarily an agricultural nation.
Industrial concerns
In 1870, the United States was
Flash forward fifty years, the United States underwent a major
As railroads served as the big business in the West, the steel and
Efforts to combat unfair conditions were created in both rural and
transformation as more Americans left farming in search of industrial jobs in cities
Industrial concerns
In 1870, the United States was
Flash forward fifty years, the United States underwent a major
As railroads served as the big business in the West, the steel and
Efforts to combat unfair conditions were created in both rural and
oil industries began to take off in the East.
Industrial concerns
In 1870, the United States was
Flash forward fifty years, the United States underwent a major
As railroads served as the big business in the West, the steel and
Efforts to combat unfair conditions were created in both rural and
urban settings to make life better for ordinary Americans.
Industrial concerns
In 1870, the United States was
Flash forward fifty years, the United States underwent a major
As railroads served as the big business in the West, the steel and
Efforts to combat unfair conditions were created in both rural and
an era of rapid industrial and economic growth, especially in the North and West.
The Gilded Age (circa 1867 to 1896)
Nativism
Challenges of urban life led to
Political machine
Society had changed dramatically as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. The nation began to struggle with
gave rise to anti-immigration groups and a demand for immigration restrictions
The Gilded Age (circa 1867 to 1896)
Nativism
Challenges of urban life led to
Political machine
Society had changed dramatically as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. The nation began to struggle with
Innovations for it!
The Gilded Age (circa 1867 to 1896)
Nativism
Challenges of urban life led to
Political machine
Society had changed dramatically as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. The nation began to struggle with
an organization that works to get its members elected into political positions
The Gilded Age (circa 1867 to 1896)
Nativism
Challenges of urban life led to
Political machine
Society had changed dramatically as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. The nation began to struggle with
with issues of unemployment, dangerous working conditions, and political corruption. Interested individuals started calling for reforms.
The Gilded Age (circa 1867 to 1896)
Nativism
Challenges of urban life led to
Political machine
Society had changed dramatically as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. The nation began to struggle
Protect Social Welfare, Protect Moral Improvement, Creating Economic Reform, and Fostering Efficiency
Four primary goals of the Progressive Movement
Reform of Local Government
Reform at the State Level
Reform at the National Level
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
developed a council:manager form of government, whose members were elected by voters to make laws
Four primary goals of the Progressive Movement
Reform of Local Government
Reform at the State Level
Reform at the National Level
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
banned child labor and set maximum works for hours, secret ballot, referendum, intiative, and recall
Four primary goals of the Progressive Movement
Reform of Local Government
Reform at the State Level
Reform at the National Level
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
Included 4 Progressive Amendments
Four primary goals of the Progressive Movement
Reform of Local Government
Reform at the State Level
Reform at the National Level
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
The So:called Progressive Amendments
Four primary goals of the Progressive Movement
Reform of Local Government
Reform at the State Level
Reform at the National Level
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income.
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment (1920)
Alaska
Direct election of senators
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment (1920)
Alaska
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment (1920)
Alaska
Gave women the right to vote
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment (1920)
Alaska
purchased from Russia; provide the United States with fish, furs, and coaling stations for merchant ships in the Pacific
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment (1920)
Alaska
became republic after Queen Liliuokalani was forced to surrender her throne by American forces; annexed in 1898;
Hawaii
Hawaii a vital port for whaling and merchant ships
Spanish-American War
Yellow journalism and propaganda
Treaty of Paris (1898)
as well as provided a strategic military base in the Pacific
Hawaii
Hawaii a vital port for whaling and merchant ships
Spanish-American War
Yellow journalism and propaganda
Treaty of Paris (1898)
USS Maine (a U.S. navy ship) exploded in Havana Harbor and DeLome Letter contributed to conflict
Hawaii
Hawaii a vital port for whaling and merchant ships
Spanish-American War
Yellow journalism and propaganda
Treaty of Paris (1898)
news outlets printed wildly exaggerated stories and urged for the declaration of war
Hawaii
Hawaii a vital port for whaling and merchant ships
Spanish-American War
Yellow journalism and propaganda
Treaty of Paris (1898)
three main points including US gaining territories and the establishment of Guantanamo Bay
Hawaii
Hawaii a vital port for whaling and merchant ships
Spanish-American War
Yellow journalism and propaganda
Treaty of Paris (1898)
all nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China's territorial integrity would not be compromised
China Open-Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Panama Canal was needed for
Presidents who launched foreign policies that would expanded American Imperialism into Latin America.
China Open-Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Panama Canal was needed for
Big Stick Policy turned out to be military intervention.
China Open-Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Panama Canal was needed for
Roosevelt's philosophy: In international affairs, ask first but bring along a big army to help convince them. Threaten to use force, act as international policemen
China Open-Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Panama Canal was needed for
trade purposes, and well as providing the US Navy a way to move its fleet between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans faster.
China Open-Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Panama Canal was needed for
the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations as an "international police power".
Roosevelt Corollary stated that
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Example of Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy was a plan to "substitute dollars for bullets", such as in Nicaragua.
Roosevelt Corollary stated that
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Example of Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy was a system where support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are similar to that of the United States,
Roosevelt Corollary stated that
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Example of Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
US involvement in the Mexican Revolution, especially between 1913-1917.
Roosevelt Corollary stated that
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Example of Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
The US would use its financial power to influence other nations (instead of using military means).
Roosevelt Corollary stated that
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Example of Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
