Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other

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

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

fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)

Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain

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

Indian Removal Act of 1830

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

Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

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

Popham Colony

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.

White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them

GI Bill

Booker T. Washington 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

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

Roger Williams

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

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

NAWSA Worked to secure voting rights for women

Praying towns Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity

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

French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana

American temperance society Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation

Shay’s rebellion Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.

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

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Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Worked to secure voting rights for women

Political machines

White collar workers All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them

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

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

Pequot war

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

Roe v. Wade

alien laws

Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

Reservation system

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

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.

Self-determination Act of 1975 Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

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

A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.

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.

National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers

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

Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

N.A.A.C.P

Townshend Acts

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Crisis in American values

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.

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