Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

Lexington and Concorde

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

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

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

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

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Flappers

Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude

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

Scopes Monkey trial In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.

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

The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

Debates over money

He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

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

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

Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Puritan culture Family seen as foundation of social fabric

7 years war

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.

Charles Finney

Spanish colonization

the Compromise of 1790

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

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.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

2nd Continental Congress

Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

Democratic Republicans

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

King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns

N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia

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

They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

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

Tenure of Office Act Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)

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

Louisiana purchase Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.

Debates over money Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles

Square deal

System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.

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.

Southern resistance to integration

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

Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.

Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

The Feminine Mystique

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