Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

End of the federalists The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Election of 1844

Texan independence Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

Black Panthers Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights

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

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

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

Sherman antitrust act Made monopolizing an entire market illegal

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

Sit-in movement

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

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

George Whitefield A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

Townshend Acts

British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

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

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

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

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

Counter culture

The middle ground

Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts

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

Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.

Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical

First political parties

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

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.

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

Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.

Meat inspection act

George Whitefield

There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

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

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.

Engel vs. Vitale

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Philippines

EPA

Spain sells Florida

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

Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

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.

Assimilationist movement

He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

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

Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

Tariff of 1828

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