Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico

Effects of the War of 1812 Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.

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

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.

Red scare

Federalism

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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.

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

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

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

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

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

Boston massacre

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

republican motherhood

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

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

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.

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

Cold war A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other

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

Declaratory act

Hartford Convention

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

Assimilationist movement

Haymarket square riot

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

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

Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

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

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.

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

Nat turners rebellion A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people

Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

French colonization

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

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

The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms which was created by advances in agriculture, industry, communication, and transportation

Laissez-faire economics There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

First great awakening A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.

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

Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

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

Mass culture

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

Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters

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

Changes in farming 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

Proclamation of 1763

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

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

Watts Riots of 1965

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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