Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

International migration society

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops

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

Asiento System

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

Convention of 1818 More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon

Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded

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

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)

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

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.

Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights

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

Weak national government

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.

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

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott

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

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

Immigration Quotas

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

Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States

Reservation system Indian nations were assigned land called reservations. However this land was much less than before, and many decided to just keep following buffalo

Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

virginia and kentucky resolutions

sedition act 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

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

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

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

National Grange movement

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

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

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Panic of 1893 A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.

Containment

Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

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

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

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

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

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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.

Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion

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

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

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

American protective association Heavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists

Roanoke Colony Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Ruled that federal law trumps state law

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

Malcom X Advocated countering white violence with black violence

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