Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops

Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Counter culture A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use

Philadelphia convention

Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women

Interstate commerce act

Sinking of the Lusitania

Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers

Debates over money Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power

Whiskey rebellion

Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana

Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.

Jefferson's presidency He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

Black Panthers Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights

Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them

Declaration of Independence

Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

Zimmermann telegram Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.

EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company

Advocated countering white violence with black violence

Compromise of 1850

Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British

Harlem Renaissance

7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico

Election of 1800 Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist

Spanish colonization Colo

Great society An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act

Roger Williams A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south

Failures of the articles of confederation

Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half

Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other

Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

Dutch Wedge New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance

Counter culture

Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.

Bacons rebellion

Populist party Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday

Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion

Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

XYZ affair

N.O.W. Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement

He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports

Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric

John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

Pure food and drug act

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