Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

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

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

Whiskey rebellion

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

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

Civil rights act of 1866

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

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

Hamilton's financial plan

Containment

Chinese exclusion act

Sinking of the Lusitania

Kansas-Nebraska act

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up

Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British

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

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

Philadelphia convention

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.

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.

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.

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

Tenure of Office Act

Spanish colonization

King Philip's war King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns

1920's economic boom

Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

National Grange movement Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers

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

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

Fugitive slave act

Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Indian Removal Act of 1830 Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.

George Whitefield A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population

Praying towns

Lend-Lease Act

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

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

Marbury vs. Madison

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

Rush-Bagot pact Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.

Southern baptists

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

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

British colonization

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

Panic of 1819 First major recession in the United States

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

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

The Feminine Mystique

Harlem Renaissance

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

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