Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Rush-Bagot pact

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Plymouth

Scopes Monkey trial In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.

Split within the Democratic-Republican party Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists

Declaratory act

Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

Debates over money

Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

virginia and kentucky resolutions drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states

Zimmermann telegram

W.E.B. Dubois

Checks and balances

Election of 1824 The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.

Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.

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

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

Bacons rebellion British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.

Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

First political parties

Whiskey rebellion

Declaration of Independence

Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job

Malcom X Advocated countering white violence with black violence

Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.

National Grange movement

Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

Philippines Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them

Roger Williams

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

Niagra movement

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

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

Failures of the articles of confederation France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

Haymarket square riot Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical

Hola Hello

Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Praying towns

Bleeding Kansas

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger

Johnathan Edwards Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds

Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal

Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.

Stamp act congress

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.

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