Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company

Jacob Riis

Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

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

Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade

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

Olive branch petition

Upton Sinclair

Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers

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

Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism

The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

alien laws

the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

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

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

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

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.

Checks and balances

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

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

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

War hawkes Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.

Failures of the articles of confederation France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons

Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

Secret ballot

Jim Crow laws Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

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

Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement

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

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.

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

Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports

the Compromise of 1790

Spanish-American War

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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.

applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government

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

Proclamation of 1763

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

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

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

Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.

Homestead act Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.

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

Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.

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.

Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers

Ida B. Wells

Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers

A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

Popham Colony

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

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