Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Palmer raids

George Washington's Presidency Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms

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

Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women

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.

Sit-in movement Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed

Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.

Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

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

Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

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

Great railroad strike

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

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

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"

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

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

Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

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

15th amendment

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Railroads

Roger Williams 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

Growth of immigration 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities

Compromise of 1850

Spain sells Florida

Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

The Albany conference

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

British impressment

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

Election of 1828

Effects of the War of 1812

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.

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

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

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.

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

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.

drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states

Assimilationist movement

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

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

Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds

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

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

Brown v. Board of education

End of the federalists

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

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

Dred Scott case

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

Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

Whigs New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power

System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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