Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Whiskey rebellion violent tax protest from 1791-1794. the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore

Radical Republicans

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.

Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.

Family seen as foundation of social fabric

Spanish colonization Colo

NAWSA

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.

Shay’s rebellion

Weak national government

Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.

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

nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.

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

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

Federalists Strong national government

Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

Convention of 1818

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

White supremacy White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

International migration society Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

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

Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women

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

Bacons rebellion

Bleeding Kansas Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

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

Hamilton's financial plan

Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government

By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.

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

the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

Spanish colonization Colo

Federalists Strong national government

Anne Hutchinson 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.

Ghost dance movement nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.

Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.

Market revolution

Texan independence Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"

Positions on expansion of slavery Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

Assembly line

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

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

Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade

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