Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

Espionage Act of 1917

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

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

Rush-Bagot pact Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.

Bessemer process

Watts Riots of 1965

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

Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.

2nd Continental Congress

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

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.

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

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

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

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

King Philip's war

Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.

Plymouth Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.

Red scare House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

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

Connecticut compromise

Effects of the War of 1812

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

The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Decolonization

Madison declared war on great Britain

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

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

Fugitive slave act

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

Debates over money Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

Roger Williams

Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters

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

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896

Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.

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.

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

7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job

Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

Ruled that federal law trumps state law

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

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

Election of 1828

Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening

Federalists Strong national government

Roanoke Colony

Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

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