Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.

National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers

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

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

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

Secret ballot

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth

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

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

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

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

Election of 1844

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!

Manifest destiny

Spanish colonization Colo

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

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.

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.

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

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

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Virtual representation

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

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

Philippines

American federation of labor Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Espionage Act of 1917

Gold rush

Panic of 1819

Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

Market revolution

Puritan culture

Bacons rebellion

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

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

Jefferson's presidency

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

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

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

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

Whiskey rebellion violent tax protest from 1791-1794. the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore

Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river

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

joint-stock company

Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery

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

Booker T. Washington former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights

Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists

New deal

Engel vs. Vitale Prohibited prayers in school

Effects of the War of 1812 Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.

18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect

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

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.

Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law

Assembly line

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

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