alexander hamilton
Alexander Hamilton- Founding Father and first US Secretary of Treasury.
washington era
James madison
James Madison (1809-1817)
Want strong federal government, founded democrat-republican party,
led US into War of 1812
4th pres(before monroe)
monroe doctrine
Monroe Doctrine (1823): America opposed European colonization in Latin American countries, created by James Monroe
LED TO ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
Clay
Henry Clay- Secretary of State of Andrew Jackson, goal: US self sufficient economy
Coined the American System
andrew jaCkson
General of War of 1812 (America vs Britain)
Trail of Tears
sand creek massacre
Sand Creek Massacre (1864): US army led by Colonel John Chivington attacked Cheyenne village and massacred them. made during plains wars, under lincoln
andrew joHnson
Pardoned many confederate soldiers, and did not support reconstruction measures. Impeached on February 24 1868. First president to be impeached, however was not convicted by senate.
pres during reconstruction after american rev
freedmans bureau
reconstruction after american rev, help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War
16th amend
american rev reconstruction, INCOME TAXXX
progressive era
better working conditions 3)
WEB DUBOIS:
Nativism and focus on americanization
Anti-Labor Reform
Eugenics and Social Darwinism
american imperialism
Sherman Anti Trust Act (1890): trusts became illegal, but it was hard to enforce; later made stronger by the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1906
Yellow Journalism (1890s): exaggerated / fake news, clickbait; used by William Hearst. One cause of U.S. entry into
ended spanish american war
treaty of paris, under Mckinley
USS maine sinks
during spanish american war
mckinley assassinated
roosevelt becomes pres
teddy roosevelt
Big Stick Diplomacy: Teddy Roosevelt's diplomacy; there's always a force behind peace negotiations. Great White Fleet
PANAMA
Roosevelt Corollary: america not afraid to use force to keep control over latin american countries; added onto the monroe doctrine
17th amend
during taft, ppl vote for senate yay
dollar diplomacy
made by taft, foreign policy where us gives loans to foreign country bc they go in debt and us is in control of them now mwuah hah hah
moral diplomacy
woodrow wilson broooo, says us aint gotta acknowledge any oppressively ruling latin american government, only gotta give credit to countries with moralll governments
18 amendment
no more alcohol for you, wilson presidency
coolidge
irrelevent but was pres during roaring 20s and sorta caused great depression
EDGAR hoover
fbi/ red scare right after ww1
immigration act 1924
limits immigrants comin in in us
long term causes of great depression
ovrproduction means prices decrease, banks foreclose loans after stock market crash boom band, banks aint got no money bc aint nobody boutta buy a farm,
short term gd
black tuesday, 0ct 29 1929,rock withdraws investments
hawley smoooot
gd, made under hoover the idiot, raises tarifs super high and world trade goes superrr low and now everyone is poor and sad and im tired
ccc
civilian conservation corps, 18-25, ppl live there and get housing and food and clothes and wages which they give to fam, built public things
wpa
workers progress admin, artists make art
pwa
public works admin, built schools and other public buildings
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agriculture adjustment sact, pays farmers to make less food so production price increases, people mad bc meanwhile people starving
fdic banking program
closes banks for a hot minute just to restore pples trust back in em
sec
stock market reforms
wagner act
legal to form labor unionsss
the 3 lovely R's
relief-4 poor
reform- not againnn
recovery-economic
emergency bank relief act
k people lets close banks super fast make sure they dont suck, ppl will see they dont suck so theyll put moneys back into bank and boom there we go now ppl trust banks
fdr 2 bigggg probs
farmers, work projects
court packing
literally pack the court, like with people, 6 new supreme court justices