Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Reservation system Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo

EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

The new south

Indian appropriation act

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"

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

John Brown

Spanish-American War

First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

March on Washington Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech

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.

Counter culture A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use

Checks and balances

Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

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

Fugitive slave act

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

Spanish colonization

Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language

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

Madison declared war on great Britain

Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana

The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

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.

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.

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

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

Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports

Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

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

Marbury vs. Madison

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

Marshall plan

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

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.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal

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

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.

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.

Sinking of the Lusitania

N.A.A.C.P

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

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

All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Election of 1844

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

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

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

Decolonization

The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist

Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

Attitudes towards Germany Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused

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

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

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