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382884995Puritan motivebuild a city on a hill
382884996Motive of those settling Virginiaseek profit
382884997First Great AwakeningIvy League colleges founded by New Lights
382884998Deism...
382884999Albany Congress 1754Franklin makes the first attempt to unite the colonies - fails
382885000Legal rights of women (Colonial Era)...
382885001Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress...
382885002Slavery in pre-independence times...
382885003Indentured servants...
382885004Proclamation of 1763...
382885005Articles of Confederation...
382885006Bill of Rightsprotect individual liberties, gave states powers not directly given to federal gov't
382885007Attitude of Founding Fathers towards political partieseveryone's everything
382885008Hamilton's Economic Plans...
382885009Shay's Rebellion...
382885010XYZ Affair...
382885011Marbury vs. Madison...
382885012Louisiana Purchasewe want control of Mississippi River mouth
382885013Hartford Convention...
382885014Eli Whitneyinterchangeable parts to rifle, cotton gin
382885015Henry Clay's American Systemhigh tarriffs, Bank of US, federal funding of internal improvements
382885016Monroe DoctrineUSA will police Western Hemisphere, Europe will not extend itself over here
382885017Andrew JacksonIndian removal, veto Congress, opposes nullification, opposes Bank of US, supports Westward expansion
382885018Trail of Tearsforced Indian relocation to western territory from the south
382885019Nullification, John C. Calhoun, Tariff of Abominations (1828)...
382885020Transcendalists...
382885021Ralph Waldo Emersonindividuality, self-reliance
382885022William Lloyd GarrisonThe Liberator, called for immediate abolition and emancipation
382885023Harriet TubmanUnderground Railroad
382885024Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)slave is not a citizen, is property, Missouri Compromise deemed unconstitutional
382885025Popular Sovereignty...
382885026Kansas-Nebraska Act...
382885027Douglas' Freeport Doctrinepopular sovereignty can exclude slavery anywhere
382885028Causes of Civil Warmaintain Union, fight over slaves
382885029Emancipation Proclamation (1863)gave North moral high ground, calculated to win support of Britain and France
382885030Radical Reconstruction...
382885031Compromise of 1877ends Reconstruction in the South
382885032Knights of Labor...
382885033Dawes Act (1887)assimilate Indians into mainstream America, kill tribal identity
382885034Social Gospelphilathropy to where rich people want
382885035Populistsfarmers' party, wanted "free silver"
382885036Yellow Presscalled for war with Spain, Remember the Maine, Hearst & Pulitzer
382885037New Immigrationfrom southeastern Europe after Civil War (Gilded Age)
382885038Open Door Polibcyopen access to China for American investment
382885039Du Bois & Booker T. Washington...
382885040MuckrakersSinclair Lewis, Mother Jones
382885041Germany's unrestricted submarine warfaremain reason for US joining WWI
382885042Wilson's 14 PointsWilson lost vote in Senate because he wouldn't compromise on wording. Senate didn't want USA totally tied to L of N charter
382885043Bonus Army (1932)give us our bonus, now!
382885044100 Day Congress and New Deal...
382885045Civilian Conservation Corps...
382885046Cuban Missile Crisis...
382885047Brown v. Board of Edoverturned Plessy v. Ferguson, deemed separate wasn't actually equal
382885048Sputnik (1957)arms/space race, education gets emphasized in US
382885049Sit-Ins (1960)Greensboro, NC seeking integration of public facilities
382885050Civil Rights Act (1960, 1964)...
382885051Malcom "X"...
382885052Gulf of Tonkin Incidentgave LBJ a free hand to escalate Vietnam War
382885053WatergateNixon's impeachment
382885054Tet Offensive (1968)Americans no longer happy with Vietnam War
382885055Camp David AccordsCarter, Begin, and Sadat, peace in Middle East

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