Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

Panic of 1893 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.

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

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

Ghost dance movement

Jefferson's presidency He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

French revolution

Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

Mexican-American war

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

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.

Great depression

Johnson impeached

Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical

Dred Scott case A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.

American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.

Southern resistance to integration

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

Crisis in American values

civic virtue

Marshall plan The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy

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

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

Charles Finney

Texan independence

James Oglethorpe

Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

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

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.

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

Secret ballot

End of the federalists The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.

Cesar Chavez Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers

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

Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas

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

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

New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding

American protective association

civic virtue

British colonization

Scopes Monkey trial 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.

Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

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

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

Battle of Vicksburg

Voting rights were expanded to all white males

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

Andrew Carnegie Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

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

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

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

Fugitive slave act Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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

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