| compromise of 1850 | Forestalled the Civil War by instating the Fugitive Slave Act , banning slave trade in DC, admitting California as a free state, splitting up the Texas territory, and instating popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession |
| crittenden compromise | slavery in territory prohibited 36-30 but south of that line given federal protection ------future sates north and south 36-30 could come into union w/wo slavery |
| dred scott decision | A former slave is still a slave no matter where located |
| fugitive slave law | escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners |
| kansas-nebraska act | western states decided if they would be slave states by popular sovriegnty |
| missouri compromise | Set up Maine and Missouri as respective free and slave states, instituted 36 30 as the line |
| ostend manifesto | secret plan to take Cuba from Spain |
| wilmont proviso | bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the war with mexico |
| emancipation proclamation | declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free |
| 13th amendment | abolishes slavery in the U.S. |
| 14th amendment | Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws |
| 15th amendment | citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude |
| compromise of 1877 | Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction |
| plessy vs. ferguson | SEPARATE BUT EQUAL |
| reconstruction act of 1867 | This Act was passed by Congress which was vetoed by President Johnson. This Act invalidated the state govn’ts formed under the Lincoln & Johnson plans and all the legal decisions made by those govn’ts. |
| tenure of office act | required Senate to approve the president's removal of any government offical who was approved by the Senate |
| chinese exclusion act | Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate. |
| dawes act | Allotted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land, and 40 acres allotted for children; remaining land sold to settlers to go to a trust for Natives; plan failed |
| gentlemen's agreement | Agreement when Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the US and in exchange Roosevelt agreed to allow the wives of the Japenese men already living in the US to join them |
| pendleton act | a law that created the Civil Service Commission |
| sherman anti-trust act | this was a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trust that restrained free trade |
| interstate commerce act | a law that made a federal Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate unfair railroad practices |
| wabash case | "ruled that Congress, not States, could regulate railroads" |
| 18th amendment | banned the manufacturing of alcohol |
| 19th amendment | Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections. |
| 21st amendment | ended prohibition |
| federal reserve act | created a central fund from which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during a financial panic |
| foraker act | law which ended military rule in Puerto Rico |
| platt amendment | provisions in the cuban consition that gave the u.s. broad rights in that country |
| teller amendment | Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war |