Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

Jacob Riis

Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans

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

15th amendment

Louisiana purchase

Nat turners rebellion A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people

Failures of the articles of confederation France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Rush-Bagot pact

republican motherhood

Spain sells Florida U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million

British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude

Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.

Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

Political machines

Stamp act

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

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

Mexican-American war

Election of 1828

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

George Whitefield

Boston massacre

Election of 1824

Bacons rebellion British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.

House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)

7 years war

Wilmot Proviso 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.

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

Haymarket square riot

Ghost dance movement

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

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

Whiskey rebellion

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.

Populist party

Asiento System 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.

How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

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.

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

Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

Federalists Strong national government

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

The embargo President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.

Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.

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

Anne Hutchinson A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

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

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

Marshall plan

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

Shay’s rebellion

Malcom X

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