Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Roger Williams

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

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

N.O.W.

Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.

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

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

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

Watts Riots of 1965

Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas

Phyllis Schlafly

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

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

Tenure of Office Act 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)

Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.

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

British impressment

Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

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.

Railroads

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

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

British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company

Federalists Strong national government

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

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

Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.

Harlem Renaissance

Containment Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism

Gospel of wealth Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

The Feminine Mystique Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.

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

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

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

Debates over money 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

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

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.

Self-determination Act of 1975

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

1920's economic boom

Whiskey rebellion violent tax protest from 1791-1794. the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore

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

Anti-Saloon league

Dawes act Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

Jefferson's presidency He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation

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

Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused

McCulloch vs Maryland Ruled that federal law trumps state law

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.

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

Democratic Republicans

Red Scare

Henry Clay's American system

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