Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

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.

George Washington's Presidency

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric

Election of 1844

Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

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

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

Compromise of 1850 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

Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

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.

Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas

virginia and kentucky resolutions drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states

Roanoke Colony Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded

Roe v. Wade Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Lend-Lease Act

Mass culture

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Spanish colonization Colo

The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy

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

Upton Sinclair

British colonization

Direct election of senators

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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"

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

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!

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

End of the federalists

Georgia government Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.

Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

Spanish-American War

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

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

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

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

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

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

Election of 1824 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.

Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

French colonization

Election of 1800

White supremacy White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)

Tenure of Office Act

Election of 1828

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

British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Sit-in movement

Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

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

Thomas Gage

Roger Williams 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

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

Gave WW2 veterans the opportunity to go to college for free (paid by the Government)

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