America ALL UNITS (i got tired of separating) Flashcards
(118 cards)
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King George II
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The king of salutary neglect, didn’t enforce the Navigation Acts.
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King George III
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Opposite of King George II, his predecessor. He enforced the navigation acts and was responsible for all the micromanagement of the colonies until their independence: sugar + stamp acts, Townshend duties, coercive acts, Quebec act
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George Washington
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Leader of the continental army. First pres. of the US. As pres., he decided to stay neutral w/ france and britain, and his farewell address emphasized the need for unity, neutrality, and no political parties.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Founding father who called for united approach to defeat france. Convinced Britain to repeal stamp act, but that led to the Declaratory Act.
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Chief Pontiac
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When Britain failed to uphold their promise to protect the Ohio Valley from settlement after French-Indian War, he led Pontiac’s Revolt and burned British settlements. Britain retaliated by distributing smallpox-infected blankets and an uneasy truce was reached.
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Crispus Attucks
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Runaway slave who died in the Boston Massacre, the first to lose their life for the revolution
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American Dream
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The dream that any person in the US can achieve a happy, free and independent life, free of artificial barriers
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American Exceptionalism
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The belief that America is a unique historical event and experiment, distinct from other countries. Connected to idea of City on a Hill
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Sermon on a Hill
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While sailing during the Great Migration, Winthrop preached this sermon to the Puritans, declaring his vision of a “City on a Hill” that would be a role model for religious purity, morality, and community for the rest of the world.
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief that American expansion into entire American continent is divinely ordained, inevitable, and justified
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Mayflower Compact
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An agreed-upon charter, where the Puritans declared they would rule themselves with rules made for the best interest of the community, recognizing that the government should be BY the people FOR the people with duty of protecting civil liberties. Some of the first evidence of democratic thought in North America
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Olive Branch Petition
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Last attempt to make peace with George III before revolution. Asked him very politely for relief from taxes and regulations in exchange for unwavering loyalty. George completely ignored it and passed the Conciliatory Resolution instead, secretly saying each colony would get a big reward if they disrupted the unification of all 13
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Declaration of Independence
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Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared why colonies wanted to be independent and the theories of the government that would lead their independence. Controversy arose because of anti-slavery language, which upset the south. Formally declared colonies as separate, even though they weren’t actually free yet.
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Coercive Acts
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4 laws placed on massachussets as punishment for Boston Tea Party
- Boston Port Act, closed said port until compensation for Tea Party paid
- Massachussets government act, no more self government/general assembly made useless
- Administration of Justice act, colonists could be tried for crimes in Britain or another colony
- Quartering acts, colonists must provide food and shelter for British troops in Boston
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1763 Royal Proclamation
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Banned colonies from expanding into Ohio Valley to appease the Indigenous people who had been promised that wouldn’t be developed after the French-Indian war. Everyone ignored this proclamation.
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Navigation Acts
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Enforced British mercantilist model by only allowing colonies to import/export to Britain (or britain as middleman for other countries so Britain could collect taxes)
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Quebec Act
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Passed to ensure loyalty to Protestant King George III after French defeat in 7 years war. Granted Quebec complete religious freedom, free land, and protection of culture. The colonists were like, what the hell man, why are you giving the enemy better treatment than your own colonies?
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Declaratory Act
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After Ben Franklin convinced Britain to repeal Stamp Act, Britain introduced this act to affirm their right to regulate colonial governments, and assured that all British laws were binding overseas as well.
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Continental Congress
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Delegates from all colonies met in Philadelphia. In the first one, they politely wrote to George III and created the Continental Association to organize boycotts. In the second one, after Lexington and Concord, they agreed that Congress would serve as central government and raise Continental Army with Washington as leader, while continuing to seek peaceful resolution.
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Articles of Confederation
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Supposed answers to the issues between colonies. Failed because it made central government too weak - it couldn’t even tax colonies, just control foreign affairs, Indigenous relations, postal service, and interstate settlements. Was set up like this because of Fear of Kings.
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Federalist vs Antifederalist
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Federalists believed a powerful central government was necessary to maintain diversity of opinions and moderate major issues. Antifederalists believed this would undermine the autonomy of states.
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Salutary Neglect
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King George II didn’t enforce the Navigation Acts, allowing colonies to mostly do whatever they wanted
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Roanoke
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The first British settlement, mysteriously disappeared when its founder returned to Britain temporarily
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Jamestown
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The first actual successful New World British settlement, in what became North Carolina
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Loyalist vs Patriot
Patriots supported the revolution, Loyalists favoured the British
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Anaconda Plan
In the Civil War, the Union planned to block Southern ports and the Mississippi River, forcing the south to surrender out of lack of resources
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No Taxation w/o Representation + virtual representation
George III wanted taxes administered by Britain to the colonies. Colonists argued that they shouldn't have to pay taxes to a country they have no power in (no seats in parliament). Britain argued they had virtual representation... arguing, British parliament reflected best interests of colonies so they virtually had representation
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Indentured Servant
People could get free passage to colonies (but particularly Virginia) if they agreed to work as indentured servants for a few years, which were basically slaves. This started with women who could either pay, get married, or be indentured. It led to slavery once they could no longer convince anyone to accept this awful deal.
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John Adams
Second pres. of US. He was the leader of the Federalist party, loved by the wealthy North. He passed the Alien Act and Sedition Act. The former raised the necessary time for being an American citizen, since most of his voters were rich long-time citizens, and the latter made it illegal for the press to criticize the government
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Alexander Hamilton
Wrote Federalist Papers. He had a fiscal program to recover from the revolution-absorb all state debts into one federal debt, and pay off France using taxes from colonies.
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Thomas Jefferson
Third president, Dem-Rep, who had a vision of an Agrarian Republic, a country of non-corrupt farmers unlike John Adams' recent acts. He had an image of being a poor farmer, but was actually a wealthy slave owner.
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Tecumseh
Urged Indigenous people to unite to fight against US westward expansion. He teamed up with the British, who gave them weapons (to the displeasure of the US) in the War of 1812
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Andrew Jackson
Had a strong hatred for British after getting attacked by one of their officers as a kid. He wanted American politics to be adjusted for the Common Man, and acted even poorer and more destitute than Jefferson. He was somewhat dictatorial, vetoing congress like crazy and kicking out Calhoun in the Nullification Crisis. HE PREFERED A STRONG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Became notorious after the Spanish-American war. Became president and ordered the Great White Fleet. He was important for the progressive movement.
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Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America. He argued that secession was consistent with the US Declaration of Independence, since the government required the consent of the governed.
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Robert E. Lee
Refused Lincoln's request to lead the Union Army since his loyalty to Virginia was stronger than to US. He became commander of the Confederate Army instead.
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Abraham Lincoln
President of US during Civil War. Initially proposed just stopping slavery from expanding into any new states, which caused Southern secession because they didn't believe him. He changed his tune to ending slavery once the Civil War reached the battle of Gettysburg.
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Dred Scott
Slave whose master moved to free states and then back to slave states, argued to the Supreme Court that he should therefore be free. Court denied this, saying he was property, which was protected from the government under the bill of rights, and that he couldn't ask the supreme court anyway because he was a slave, not a citizen.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote an anti-slavery book describing a slave stolen from his family. Lincoln credited her with influencing the Civil War.
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Harriet Tubman
Escaped slave who led the underground railroad and brought more than 300 slaves to freedom in North US (or Canada, after fugitive slave act was passed)
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Woodrow Wilson
President who kept US out of WWI and was re-elected on the premise of continuing this, but he ended up joining the war with goal of protecting democracy. He passed the Selective Service Act and his 14 points after the war.
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FDR
Defeated Hoover in an election, promising his New Deal to end the depression. Marked a shift in demographics and ideals of Democratic and Republican Party - their audiences switched, with the Democrats now being the party of the working class
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Harry S. Truman
President for WWII, called for the bombing of Japan after requesting unconditional surrender.
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JFK (and his role in vietnam)
US Pres. during beginning of Vietnam war who wanted to get rid of Diem, end Buddhist oppression, and was a little uncertain about retreating but didn't want a large deployment. Passed Affirmative Action for Civil Rights. Took the blame for the Bay of Pigs incident, but recovered his reputation by handling the Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy's replacement once he got obliterated. Asked congress for power to protect US troops in Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin incident, and thereby got authority to do basically whatever the hell he wanted in Vietnam without needing to officially declare war (Americanization approach to the war) He chose not to run again because of anti-war movement + tet offensive, and was getting unpopular. He also passed the Civil Rights act.
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Richard Nixon (what did he do in Vietnam)
US pres with goal of Vietnamization. He secretly began invasion of Cambodia, claiming Minh trails led there. He eventually reached a peace treaty with Hanoi, to retreat all US troops in exchange for recognizing SV and returning POWs. NV ignored that and finally overtook SV.
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Rosa Parks
Refused to get out of her seat to make way for White passenger in Montgomery Bus system. Led to a boycott of this system, which led to Supreme Court ruling Bus segregation as unconstitutional.
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MLK Jr
Boosted to Civil Rights prominence in Montgomery Bus Boycott, he became the face of civil disobedience and gave important speech in the March on Washington. Assassinated.
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Fidel Castro
Socialist leader of Cuba after Cuban Revolution. He made very positive social reforms, but US wanted him gone because he nationalized formerly American land and was just generally anti-American. US tried to overthrow him with the Bay of Pigs attack but failed, and he was on the other side of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Fulgencio Batista
Elected Cuban president backed by US and US corporations, who allowed US companies to monopolize Cuba. Capitalism!!!
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant. Commander of Union Army. Quite harsh.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Shot JFK
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Jackson Turner
He wrote the Frontier Thesis
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Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam who formed League for the Independence of Vietnam and declared Democratic Republic of Vietnam into existence
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Diem
US-backed anti-communist Pres. of South Government of the Republic of Vietnam. He refused more elections out of fear he would lose, and severely prosecuted Buddhists. Eisenhower aided him, but JFK wanted him gone unless he reformed.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
WWII general and pres. of US throughout the red scare. Presidency marked by consumerism and fear of communism. Was critical of McCarthy but didn't actually go after him until he criticized the military. Supported Diem.
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Ruby Bridges
First black student in all-white William Frantz elementary school in Louisiana. She had to be escorted in.
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Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism
Used hearsay to become a prominent political figure, accusing anyone slightly critical of US as being a communist and trying them in court. In his House of Un-American Activities, you'd be held in contempt of Congress for not pleading guilty. His 1959 Committee of Government Operations investigated communism in Fed. government and got thousands fired. The final straw was when he tried to investigate the military and everyone got mad at him.
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Mao Zedong
Chinese communist who became leader of People's Republic of China after defeating Chiang Kai-shek. The UN refused to recognize him, which led to Soviet Union temporarily walking out of the security council.
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WEB Du Bois
Founded the Niagara Movement which insisted on full and immediate racial equality rather than Booker T Washington's more moderate approach. (Pretty sure Mr. Inglis said we don't need this one but i could have dreamed it)
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John Oliver
A general during the civil war... I can't find any more information.
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Washington's Farewell Address
Given by George Washington as he left office after his second term. Expressed the need to establish some sort of central American identity, avoid dividing and stagnating the government with political parties, and maintain neutrality.
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Missouri Compromise
Abolitionists didn't want to let Missouri become a slave state because it would ruin the perfect 11:11 slave:free balance that existed. Henry Clay developed this compromise, allowing Missouri to be a slave state if Maine joined as a free state, and no slave states from the LOUISIANA PURCHASE could exist above the southern border of missouri, and established the Mason-Dixon line between pennsylvania and maryland, which was the general line dividing slave from free before the civil war.
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1850 Compromise
California wanted to become a state, but it wasn't bound by the Missouri Compromise bc it was not acquired through the Louisiana purchase. California joined as a free state on the condition that the remaining formerly Mexican states could choose how to join. Along with this came the Fugitive Slave Act (own card)
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3/5ths rule
Southern states had huge slave populations, so they wanted these slaves to count as members of their population to increase their voice in the representation-by-population Lower Congress. However, they didn't want to have to pay taxes for them, so they settled that each slave would count as 3/5 of a free citizen.
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Constitutional Convention/Constitution
The articles of constitution were insufficient, so this convention was to write a better version. James Madison came up with the Virginia Plan, which divided the government into Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary branches. The Legislative branch was divided into lower and upper houses, based on population or 2 per state respectively to appease the smaller states who would be disadvantaged by rep by pop.
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Bill of Rights
First 10 amendments to the constitution, written by Madison as a response to anti-federalists. This bill protected individual and state liberties, including the right to bear arms, protection from unfair trials, etc.
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Louisiana Purchase
France occupied land west of the Ohio Valley, but Napoleon was just a little busy fighting basically everyone in Europe, so they sold this massive area to Jefferson for very cheap because France needed money more than land. Sparked debate - how could a supposedly anti-federalist president do such a huge thing singlehandedly?
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13, 14, 15th Amendments
13th abolished slavery, 14th established citizenship for anyone born in US and prohibited gov. from removing right to life, liberty, and property for all citizens without process of law, 15th established right to vote
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Presidential and Republican Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson took over after Lincoln's death and took the presidential approach to reconstruction. He was as friendly as possible to the South and slaveowners, just forbidding the leaders of the rebellion from running for office again. Those who supported Republican reconstruction were harsher, hoping for total equal rights and giving slaveowner land to the slaves.
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Trail of Tears
Jackson sponsored an act that evicted all Native Americans from the east and sent them west. Some went willingly, but others argued the US couldn't affect them because they were another country. This didn't work, and they were forcibly removed. About 1/3 of them died on the last part of the journey, which was on foot, called the trail of tears.
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Embargo Act
Jefferson's order to boycott exporting to Britain in a protest of their policy of impressments. It was a complete failure; Britain could look elsewhere for imports, but America could not look elsewhere for exports.
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Monroe Doctrine
John Quincy Adams' policy on behalf of President Monroe - US would no longer allow European colonization of the Americas and would protect revolutionary movements in preexisting colonies. In exchange, America vowed not to interfere with European continental affairs.
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Fugitive Slave Act
Introduced alongside the Compromise of 1850, allowing slave owners to recapture escaped slaves even in the North, and made it illegal to help escaped slaves. This allowed otherwise free Black people in the north to be captured and sent south without opportunity to defend themselves. Forced the underground railroad to go all the way to Canada.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Declared all slaves to be free. Racism still existed, even in the North, where some maintained that the Civil War was only to maintain the union.
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Underground Railroad
Network of safe houses and secret places for escaped slaves to shelter while running to freedom in North US or, after Fugitive Slave Act, Canada. Harriet Tubman was one of the most famous leaders.
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Impressments
Jefferson wanted to remain neutral toward France and Britain, but Britain kept taking ships, along with their cargo and crew, at British ports, based on ignoring American citizenship and claiming once a brit, always a brit. This led to a soar in anti-British sentiment that led to the War of 1812
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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invention that allowed cotton to be processed much faster than by hand. It boosted the southern economy but allowed more slaves to be hired because they could work faster.
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Policy of Nullification/Nullification crisis
Theory that a state has the right to ignore a law they deem unconstitutional. Jackson's vice president Calhoun told this to South Carolina, telling them they could ignore Jackson's tariff. Jackson was like, absolutely not, apologize and get out of office NOW!!!!!!
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Tet Offensive
Massive NV and Viet Cong attack on what should've been a truce day, the Lunar New Year. It was a massive loss for America and the South, shattering the CREDIBILITY GAP between what American people had been told was going on, and how bad things actually were. It boosted the anti-war movement and led to Lyndon B. Johnson choosing not to run for pres. again.
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Credibility Gap
American people had been told the war in Vietnam was going great, but, especially thanks to the Tet Offensive, it was revealed that they were actually getting obliterated out there. Once they realized, the anti-war movement was boosted
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British Invasion
Increasing popularity of British pop/rock music in 60's America like the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones, et cetera. British lyrics rejected American norms and spoke to a countercultural generation.
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Flower Power/Hippy
People who embraced the most extreme versions of 60s counterculture. They rejected consumerism, embracing peace, free love, and often grew long hair and beards in a nomadic lifestyle contrary to the nuclear family
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Vietnamization
Richard Nixon's policy of transferring responsibility from America to South Vietnam as a way to get US out of the war. Involved equipping and training SV troops, expanding bombardment of NV, begin withdrawing US troops, and continuing peace talks.
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Domino Theory
The belief that if a single country fell to communism, more would follow. Directed US foreign policy choices throughout the Cold War.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled that segregated education facilities were inherently unequal, effectively removing the legal basis for segregation. However, there was no deadline for when segregation should end, so it made little actual progress.
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Spanish-American War - reasons, REAL reasons, and outcome
Cuba was still a Spanish colony in the late 1800s, under marital law with citizens in concentration camps. Members of the revolutionary movement in Cuba were often naturalized American citizens, so they were compared to the Patriots and Spain was compared to the British in the american revolution. The US battleship Maine blew up randomly in a Cuban dock, and it was blamed on Spain. For these three reasons, America declared war on Spain and won quickly. The US's ACTUAL motives were expanding geopolitical influence and economic opportunities. Ended with the Treaty of Paris, putting America in control of large Cuban policy changes and formally giving US the Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Spanish rule in New World was finally gone, and America was now an international power.
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Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the geopolitical divide between the East and West
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JFK's New Frontier
JFK's goals for the 1960s- eradicating poverty, reforming immigration, civil rights, and of beating S.U. in the space race, specifically by landing an American on the moon before the decade ended.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The USSR was setting up nuclear missiles in Cuba under the control of Fidel Castro. They defended this by arguing it was just to prevent another Bay of Pigs situation. JFK sent a naval blockade to prevent them getting any more materials and negotiated a deal - the USSR would withdraw the weapons as long as the US didn't invade Cuba. Secretly, the US also agreed to remove missiles from Turkey.
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Hoovervilles
Impoverished encampments in the Great Depression were nicknamed this after president Herbert Hoover.
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Jim Crow Laws
The formal system of racial segregation that existed in the US south after emancipation but before civil rights. Black and White people were separated in almost every aspect of daily life.
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Black Codes
Right after the civil war, these Codes replaced slavery in all but name. They forbade Black people from voting, interracial marriage, testifying against white people, and sometimes requiring them to work or else be sold.
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14 points + League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson's ideas to prevent another world conflict after WWI. The 14th point described the League of Nations, which would be an international organization that would slowly escalate conflicts from disavowing the aggressor, to embargos, and then warfare, while maintaining diplomacy throughout. It was embraced abroad, but not in the US, since there was fear that it would draw the US into too many foreign conflicts they otherwise could have stayed out of.
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United Nations
Inspired by the failures of the League of Nations, this was basically the same thing except FDR insisted even enemy (read: communist) states should join so that it didn't reignite conflicts and everyone could get along, but wanted the West to still have control over it. There were 5 permanent members of the security council: USA, China, Britain, France, and USSR. These all had vetoing power for any UN activities
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Yalta Conference
A conference between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin after WWII to decide the fate of the world. Stalin wanted to create a buffer zone, which the others allowed on the condition he left them autonomous (he didn't). They divided Germany and Berlin into East and West.
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Truman Doctrine
part of the Policy of Containment - US must provide all aid possible to countries under threat of authoritarianism.
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Marshall Plan
George Marshall's plan to lend money to countries devastated by WWII, on the condition that they would only buy American goods and would pay America back all this money. This is what kicked America into being a world superpower.
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New Deal
FDR's plan for ending the Great Depression. Involved unemployment insurance, minimum wage, and 8hr workday.
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USS Maine
Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain. When this ship exploded in Havana randomly, it was blamed on Spain, and this led to the Spanish-American war.
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Pearl Harbour
Japan launched a surprise attack on this harbour amid peace talks with the US. Thankfully, most of America's aircraft carriers were out at sea, but this was what unanimously convinced the US to join the war.
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Agent Orange
Herbicide that the US dropped on Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Supposedly to clear vegetation to make fighting easier, but it was highly teratogenic, carcinogenic, and toxic, it and destroyed agriculture.
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Bay of Pigs
The US wasn't a fan of Fidel Castro's socialization of formerly American land in Cuba and his general anti-American attitude, so Eisenhower tried to train Cuban exiles to overthrow him. It failed miserably and tanked JFK's reputation, since he had come into office halfway through the incident.
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Island Hopping
US military strategy in the Pacific involving attacking one island at a time to gain strategic and geographic advantage. Examples: Midway, Iwo Jima.
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Manhattan Project
Led by Oppenheimer, the project to develop nuclear weapons for WWII
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NATO and Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was (and is) a group of North Atlantic countries who agreed upon mutual protection - an attack on one required retaliation from all. Joining NATO was voluntary, unlike the Soviet version, the Warsaw pact, where joining was mandatory.
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Baby Boom
Thanks to economic prosperity from the Monroe Doctrine post-WWII, a desire for normalcy after chaos, and conservative traditions of nuclear families, everyone in the US started churning out babies.
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Proxy War
A war where third parties who aren't directly involved give their support to the actual fighting parties to advance their own interests. Example: Korean war, Vietnam war
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Internment Camps (not on the review but it should be if you ask me)
120,000 people of Japanese descent were forced to live in internment camps while US was at war with Japan, even if they were born American or had their citizenships. Although it was obviously steeped in racism, the alleged reason for this was fear that they might be spies or might side with Japan in the event of an invasion.
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Consequences of the American Revolution (beyond America)
Major cause of French Revolution - gov. was on verge of bankruptcy after pouring money into US, and when the king proposed more taxes, the French were inspired by the American Revolution.
New white perspectives on slavery - thanks to sacrifice of Black soldiers, several North states abolished slavery after the war
Loyalist Dilemma - do you stay where your family had been for generations, or are you loyal enough to Britain to move to their colony up north (Canada?) There were so many Loyalists in Southern Canada that it had to be divided into Upper and Lower
Position of British monarch reduced fully to a figurehead, incapable of influencing parliament
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Factors leading to War of 1812
Britain clearly wasn't respecting America's independence. They were attacking Americans at sea, taking their ships, crew, and cargo (see Policy of Impressments) without recognizing American citizenship. Jefferson didn't like being drawn into the war between France and Britain either, since both countries were trying to stop US from trading with the other. US also believed Canada would welcome liberation from Britain
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Outcome of War of 1812
Ironically, nothing. They just agreed to stop fighting and resolve their differences later. However, it did represent a formal British recongition of American independence, and inflated the US's ego after they had held their own, if not defeated, Britain TWICE.
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Origin of the political parties
Federalists formed Federalist party, and the antifederalists became the Democratic-Republican party, which became simply the Democratic party during Jackson's presidency. The Whig party formed out of opposition to Andrew Jackson, and later dissolved into the Republican party.
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French-Indian war
North American theatre of the Seven Years War, Britain vs France. In this theatre, it was essentially Britain + Colonies + Indigenous Allies vs France + Indigenous allies (which they had more of). Britain tried to get more indigenous allies by promising they would stop the colonies from expanding into Ohio Valley (with the Royal Proclamation) but this was ignored PLUS they also promised it to the colonies, leading to Pontiac's Revolt.
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Texan independence
Mexico gained independence from spain and invited Americans to develop Texas, a mexican territory. The americans eventually outnumbered mexicans there and fought a short war to separate Texas. The US wouldn't let Texas join, though, because it would upset the slave:free balance, so Texas remained its own country until eventually joining the Union later.
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Mexican-American War
American troops were ordered to the disputed southern border of Texas to look for trouble, as Mexican-American relationships had deteriorated after Texas joined US. A small conflict occurred due to the disputed border, which led to a very aggressive war that some Americans protested because it was clearly just for territorial expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, US obtaining a huge chunk of Mexico that became California, Nevada, Etc
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Essentially undid the Missouri Compromise, allowing all new states to choose their own slave status
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Korean War - causes, etc
Soviet-led North Korea invaded Democratic south, which scared Truman because of Domino Theory. Thanks to the policy of containment, the US got the UN to defend South Korea, which the USSR would've been able to veto on the security council, but the USSR had backed out earlier because the rest of the UN refused to recognize Zedong as the leader of China. The Korean War never technically ended, they just reached a ceasefire and created a demilitarized zone.
