Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river

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

British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.

Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

Expansion of democracy

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

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

Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Stamp act congress

Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

Checks and balances

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

Changes in farming

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Fugitive slave act

Spanish colonization Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

March on Washington Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech

Labor unions

Phyllis Schlafly Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

Charles Finney New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

Praying towns 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

Colonial attitude towards independence

Positions on expansion of slavery Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

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

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

The embargo

Spanish colonization

Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

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

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy

Sedition act of 1918

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

Black Panthers Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights

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.

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

Effects of the War of 1812 Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.

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

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

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.

Tariff of 1828 Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports

Election of 1844

1920's economic boom

George Washington's Presidency

Views on immigration Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers

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

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

15th amendment

Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

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

Battle of Bunker hill

Increased nativism

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

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

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