Heimler's History APUSH Review duel

Compromise of 1820 Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Sherman antitrust act

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

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

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

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.

Boston massacre

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

Indentured Servants

The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.

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

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

Rush-Bagot pact

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.

Tenure of Office Act

Red Scare

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.

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

Anti-Saloon league Worked to close down saloons

The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

White collar workers

republican motherhood

Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

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

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

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

Fur trade and other economic reasons

British colonization Economic and religious liberty

Texan independence Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

Jay treaty

Haymarket square riot

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

Spanish-American War

Square deal

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

N.O.W. Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement

18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect

Asiento System

Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Tallmadge amendment

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

James Oglethorpe

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.

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.

A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.

Political machines Corrupt political bosses and their followers

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters

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

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