Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

George Washington's Presidency

Attitudes towards Germany

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.

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

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

Georgia government

1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.

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

republican motherhood

12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon

GI Bill Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)

Thomas Gage

Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

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

Spanish-American War

Muckrakers

Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants

James Oglethorpe Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.

French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana

Ida Tarbell

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

Homestead act

Direct election of senators

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

Progressivism

A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.

John Brown 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

International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

virginia and kentucky resolutions

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

15th amendment Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

XYZ affair French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.

Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

Ghost dance movement

A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

John D. Rockefeller

EPA

Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

White supremacy

American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation

Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Decolonization After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars

A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

Cold war

Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers

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

Navigation Acts

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.

Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them

Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Election of 1797

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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