Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Anaconda plan

XYZ affair

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Election of 1800

Marbury vs. Madison On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo

Immigration Quotas

Election of 1860 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

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

joint-stock company 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 idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.

Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

Great depression

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

Federalists

EPA

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

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

Weak national government

Madison declared war on great Britain Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"

There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

Colo

Flappers

Cold war

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

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

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

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

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

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

2nd Continental Congress

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

American federation of labor

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

Election of 1828

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

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

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

Indian appropriation act congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

Malcom X Advocated countering white violence with black violence

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

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

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

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

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

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

Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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