Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.

Jay treaty Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.

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

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

Tenure of Office Act

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!

Hartford Convention

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

Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops

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.

Pendleton Act

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

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

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

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

Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Southern resistance to integration

Split within the Democratic-Republican party Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists

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

Asiento System

Government support for railroads Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants

Nat turners rebellion

Women's Christian Temperance Union

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

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

International migration society

Ghost dance movement nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out.

Lend-Lease Act

Anne Hutchinson

Changes in farming A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living

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

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

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States

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)

Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

Palmer raids

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

Whigs

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Spanish colonization Colo

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

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"

Federalists Strong national government

Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.

Whiskey rebellion

Checks and balances

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

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.

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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