Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

Proclamation of 1763

Interstate commerce act Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

Brown v. Board of education

Black Panthers

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

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.

Railroads

Texan independence Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

virginia and kentucky resolutions 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

Whigs

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

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

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

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.

Dutch Wedge

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

Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them

Women's Christian Temperance Union Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

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

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts

Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

Cash and Carry 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

Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

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

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

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

Zimmermann telegram 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.

Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

Fries rebellion

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

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

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

A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

French revolution Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.

Dutch Wedge

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

New American identity Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language

Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.

Debates over money

Engel vs. Vitale

Bleeding Kansas Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.

French colonization Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana

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

The New Jersey plan The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.

The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

Phyllis Schlafly

Election of 1824

Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

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

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Tallmadge amendment Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union

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