Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Massachusetts Bay Colony Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Pure food and drug act

Shay’s rebellion Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.

Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel

Virtual representation

Great depression

British beliefs after 7 years war

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

Tammany Hall

Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.

Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas

The Feminine Mystique Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.

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

Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon

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

He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors

Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

Sioux wars Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.

Anaconda plan Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river

Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Knights of labor National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts

Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain

Homestead act

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up

Voting rights were expanded to all white males

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up

Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

Reservation system

Federalism

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

George Whitefield A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population

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.

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

Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism

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

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

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

French revolution

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

Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.

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

Treaty of New Echota Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.

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

Booker T. Washington former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights

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

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Labor unions

7 years war

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