Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Economic and religious liberty

Colonial attitude towards independence

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

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

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

Expansion of democracy Voting rights were expanded to all white males

Johnson impeached

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

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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

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

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

American protective association

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

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

Election of 1860 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

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

Second great awakening 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

Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships

Lend-Lease Act

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

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

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

7 years war

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

GI Bill

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

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

Southern resistance to integration Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

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

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

Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.

NAWSA

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

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

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

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

Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.

Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

American federation of labor

There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

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

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.

Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect

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

Jefferson's presidency

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

John D. Rockefeller Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

George Washington's Presidency Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms

Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Anne Hutchinson 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.

Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

7 years war

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

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

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

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Ida B. Wells Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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