Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

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.

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

Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Engel vs. Vitale Prohibited prayers in school

Dutch Wedge

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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.

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

Hartford Convention

Self-determination Act of 1975 Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.

Praying towns

A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other

Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions

Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

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

Compromise of 1850 California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act

Roe v. Wade

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.

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

Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.

Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company

Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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.

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

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.

Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade

Booker T. Washington

Populist party 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

Split within the Democratic-Republican party Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists

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.

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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.

Tallmadge amendment

Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

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

Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

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.

Whigs

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.

John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

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

N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

National Grange movement

Government support for railroads

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

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.

Fugitive slave act

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