Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half

Puritan culture

Hartford Convention

Attitudes towards Germany Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused

The new south Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Age of passion Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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

New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language

Harlem Renaissance

Stamp act

Tenure of Office Act

Philippines 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

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

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

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

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.

Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott

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

virginia and kentucky resolutions

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

Knights of labor

Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army.

Election of 1844

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Chinese exclusion act

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

Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

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.

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

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

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

Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports

Black codes Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people

John Brown Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

W.E.B. Dubois

Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.

Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas

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

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

Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S. Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Debates over money Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

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.

Tenure of Office Act Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)

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