Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Brown v. Board of education

Philippines

French revolution

A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.

The Feminine Mystique

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.

Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.

Anne Hutchinson

Prohibited prayers in school

Andrew Carnegie

Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

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

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

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

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

Decolonization After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars

Popham Colony

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

President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.

Southern baptists Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists

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.

18th amendment passed

The Albany conference

Upton Sinclair

Containment

Cult of domesticity A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.

Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon

Expansion of democracy

Pullman strike After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed

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

Popham Colony Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left

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

Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

Black codes Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people

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

Democratic Republicans

Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans

Great railroad strike

1920's politics

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Pendleton Act Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job

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

EPA Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

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

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

Populist party 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

18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

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

Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half

Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.

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

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

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

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