Final Flashcards
cite examples of the problems about the issue of slavery for lincoln
•white were not going to risk lives
•doesn’t want to lose the border states
•doesn’t want to alienate the democratic party
list the objectives of the confederacies “defensive strategy”
•stay home and repel invasion
•avoid battles that risk annihilation
•outlast the north
Abraham lincoln’s gettysburg address
•involved the principles of human equality espoused by the declaration of independence
•redefined the civil war as a struggle not merely for the union, but as “a new birth of freedom” that would bring true equality to all of its citizens
•ensure that democracy would remain a viable form of government
16th amendment
allows the federal government to collect income tax
17th amendment
establishes the direct election of united states senators by popular vote
18th amendment
establishes the prohibition of alcoholic beverages
19th amendment
women’s suffrage
economic challenges farmers faced in the 19th century
•falling prices
•rising railroad rates
•insufficient currency (silver)
•credit system dominated by eastern interest
14th amendment
supreme court routinely supported laissez faire and used its power to protect business interests
Defined citizenship
Ensured privileges and immunities
Due process
Equal protection under law
The amendment prohibited states from abridging these 3 rights
reasons for the CPI during WWI and its absurd levels
•”100% american” campaigns
•german taught in schools foreign laungage banned
•german towns changed names
•german toast became french toast, sauerkraut became liberty cabbage
the espionage act of WWI
prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations
why was the versailles treaty rejected
•criticism had been mounting from three ethnic groups
-irish: no independent ireland
-italians: not gained territory they deserved
-germans: ferociously unfair to germany
*irreconcilables- rejected the treaty: isolationism
•no republican wanted to hand wilson and the democrats a foreign policy victory with presidential election a year away
-wilson’s arch enemy Henry cabot lodge congressional war powers
st. valentine’s day massacre
most celebrated act of gangland violence during prohibition
hoovervilles
what makeshift communities on the outskirts of cities became known as
“the new deal” (1st)
•government now has a role in the economic planning and regulation of the american economy
-regulate: stock market (SEC)
-banks (FDIC)
-industrialization (wagner act)
•massive expansion of executive authority and the bureaucracies
Andrew Johnson characteristics
Southerner
Democrat
Racist
15th amendment
Right to vote for all males
13th amendment
Abolishment of slavery
The Compromise of 1877
Dems get
Promised withdraw of federal troops from remaining 3 south states
Substantial federal subsidies for internal improvements
Democratic post master general
2 factors that stimulated the land rush
The Homestead Act of 1862
California Gold Rush
Cornerstone of the 2nd New Deal
Social security
new dealer
-people who supported new deal legislation
