Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Navigation Acts Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.

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

1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

Spanish colonization

Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth

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

Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

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

Henry Clay's American system

French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tammany Hall The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

Growth of immigration

Fries rebellion Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.

Bessemer process Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel

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

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal

Hartford Convention Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.

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

Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.

Popham Colony

Chinese exclusion act Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

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

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

Spanish colonization Colo

Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them

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

Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed

Election of 1800 Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist

Compromise of 1850 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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Praying towns

Plymouth Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.

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

James Oglethorpe Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.

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

N.A.A.C.P

pinckney's treaty

Charles Finney

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

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

First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

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

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

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

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

Counter culture

Texan independence

Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

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