Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Spanish-American War

Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war

Mandated fair congressional districts

John Brown

Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.

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

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

Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

Voting rights were expanded to all white males

Decolonization After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars

Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.

Civil rights act of 1866

American federation of labor

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

Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.

A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south

McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law

White supremacy

Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

18th amendment passed

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

Effects of the War of 1812

King Philip's war King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns

Weak national government

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

Anti-Saloon league

Zimmermann telegram 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.

Election of 1828

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

Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.

Second great awakening Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society

Attitudes towards Germany

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

Government support for railroads

End of the federalists

Madison declared war on great Britain

Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

American temperance society

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 Virginia plan The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

Articles of confederation

Louisiana purchase 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.

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

Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement

Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.

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

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

Tallmadge amendment

Roanoke Colony Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded

Red scare

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

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