Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

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

Hartford Convention

Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.

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

Dutch Wedge

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.

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

Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union

Knights of labor

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

Dutch colonization

1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

Watts Riots of 1965 After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles

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

Railroads

Meat inspection act

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

Black codes

French revolution Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.

An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts

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

Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.

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.

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

sedition act 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

Baker vs. Carr Mandated fair congressional districts

Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers

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

British colonization

The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster

Roe v. Wade

Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons

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

Black Panthers

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

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.

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth

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

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.

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

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

Haymarket square riot

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.

French revolution

Fur trade and other economic reasons

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

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