Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Second great awakening Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society

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

Great railroad strike

Battle of Bunker hill

New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance

7 years war

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"

Knights of labor

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

Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

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

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

Reservation system

French revolution

XYZ affair

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

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

Progressive's concerns 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

Engel vs. Vitale Prohibited prayers in school

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

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

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

Southern resistance to integration

W.E.B. Dubois

Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening

Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships

7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

Spanish colonization

Plymouth

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

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

Henry Clay's American system Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.

British colonization

The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896

Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

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

Johnathan Edwards Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds

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

Whiskey rebellion 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

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.

He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors

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

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

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

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

Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them

American protective association

Labor unions Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions

Panic of 1819

First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

Gospel of wealth

Counter culture

Free Soil Party

People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening

First great awakening

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

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