Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15th amendment

British beliefs after 7 years war

sedition act

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.

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

Stamp act

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

the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

Decolonization

Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)

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

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

Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.

Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity

Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system

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.

Compromise of 1820

Market revolution

White supremacy

alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

Spanish-American War

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

Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

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

Bessemer process

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

Settlement houses Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women

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

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

Indentured Servants Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

National Grange movement

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

fourteen points

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

Monroe doctrine Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.

Big stick diplomacy

Great railroad strike

Railroads Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

18th amendment passed

The new south

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

Hello

Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.

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.

Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

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

Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors

Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.

Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.

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