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poorbasil · 8 years ago

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Thank you APUSH mom for the help!! The exam is this Friday, just took the mock today (and there was a question about reagan and Gorbachev on it and I almost screamed in the middle of the test). Dude I'd love it if you could tell me about post-Revolution stuff since I lowkey know nothing about then lmao. And the influence of reaganism and new conservatism because my class barely spent any time on that either since my teacher hates Reagan >_

Holy heck, beingcalled APUSH mom made my day!! You’re too sweet.

Everything is under the cut (it’s kinda long). Let me know if you need further clarification.

Post-Revolution Until Constitution (tell me if you need more info since I stopped at this point):

Last battle: Yorktown, Oct. 1781;

Treaty of Paris 1783 formally ends war, provisions:

· *US recognizedas independent from Britain*

· fishingrights off Canada coast

· US to payback individual debts to Britain

· Boardersfrom Canada to FL to Miss. River

Britain keeps itsforts (is also suspected of aiding Natives w/ weapons)- becomes big issue w/War of 1812

Articles of Confed. had been adopted by Congress Nov. 1777(ratified March 1781)

Issues:

· Noexecutive (no central gov. to regulate economy)

· unicameralCongress

· 1 voteper state regardless of population + size

· canmanage postal service + coin money

· USstruggling to build up weak economy after living under mercantilism but can’tlevy taxes (relied on donations for states which contributed to rising nationaldebt)

o early econ. v. bad b/c states were printingtheir own currency which lead to inflation + states were taxing each other

· can make treaties + trade alliances (US had w/Prussia + Sweden)

· @ thispoint, the US was a Confederacy w/ states maintaining their individual powerand the central government acting as a last resort (v. weak central gov)

Success under AOC:

Northwest Ordinance of 1787: provides that all new territories beincorporated as new states, not added onto existing states (was v. unique +revolutionary)

Social Concerns:

Women:

· “RepublicanMotherhood”- image of the virtuous American woman who is responsible forteaching her children morals + dedication to country

o results in idea that women needed to be morevirtuous than men leading to disenfranchisement as they had to maintain theirvirtue

Religion:

· b/fChurch of England/Anglican Church was main rel. and was state church (publicfunds went to support church )

o gradual disestablishment of church by 1820s

· Statesbecome more lax w/ rel. -remove compulsory attendance laws, etc.

· Formationof new religions: Methodists, Episcopalian, Baptists, etc.

· VA Stateof Freedom (written by TJ) becomesstandard for separation of church and state (an ongoing issue which ppl likeMadison agreed w/ while Patrick Henry disagreed)

African Americans

· Start toinclude themselves in the ideas of the Revolution + natural rights (apply Dec. of Ind. to them)-becomes even more significant after Haitian Rev.

· New AAintellectuals (Phyllis Weatley + Benjamin Banaker)

· Questionsab. slavery arise

o Penn. Abolitionist Society formed 1787

o Decline in slavery in south (looks like it willdisappear b/c it’s not profitable)- this is reversed w/ invention of the cottongin however

· Propertywas a natural right Americans stronglybelieved in- complicating slavery issue as they were seen as property

· Immediateemancipation in New England (never really much slaves there b/c it wasn’t economicbenefit); gradual eman. in middle states

· Somestates abolish slave trade (not domestic trading however) (u may find itsurprising that TJ, as 2nd governor of VA, initiated this act in VA)

General Unrest:

· Shay’s Rebellion: angry debtors in MA., illustrates strugglingeconomy affecting citizens welfare

· NewburghConspiracy (Mar. 1783): attempted coup against Washington (failed b/f it never really took off)

Annapolis Conven. 1786: gathered to discuss“revisions” of AoC but really they end up to scrap the whole thingand convene in a year at the Constitutional Conven. which was technicallyillegal under the AoC

Con. Coven. May 14, 1787

· somefounders refused to come b/c they realized the false pretenses of the conven.

· Madisonis the star here (most of the knowledge we know about this is from his ownnotes b/c the secretary sucked)

· EnterRoger Sherman’s Great Compromise b/w the VA and NJ Plans (bicameral leg w/representatives based on population and senators equal w/ 2 per state)

o also 3/5 compromise

· Create 3branches of gov. + checks and balances (idea taken from Enlightenment)

o @ this time, ppl were afraid of too stronglegislatures

· ElectoralCollege: used to check “rampant democracy” aka mob rule

Constitution ratified Sept. 17, 1787 but debatefor this was v. bitter

· the wholeanti-Federalist vs. Federalist issue emerges

o Anti: Main leaders: Patrick Henry, Sam Adams,Richard Henry Lee (TJ was in Paris during this time and cannot be considered amajor player during this debate- ik many texts say he was an anti-Fed but boiwasn’t even there)

§ believed Con. was encroaching on monarchicalideas

§ was made by elites in secret

§ some parts were considered anti-democratic

§ didn’t like creation of a national capital

§ opposed standing army

§ no mention of God

o Feds: Main Leaders: Madison, Ben Franklin,Hamilton, Washington

§ recall Federalist Papers written to informpublic about Con., and pushing for it to be ratified

o Billof Rights: first 10 amends,included to appease Anti- Feds

This was my question from the APUSH 2015 DBQ:

Explain the reasons why a new conservatism rose to prominence inthe United States between 1960 and 1989.

Main points from the documents in myDBQ:

· States’Rights + Federal government infringement into affairs which they don’t have jurisdictionover

· Failureof government intervention and gov. reforms aimed at helping poor \

· Generalpublic sentiment in working middle class that they’re not receiving any benefitfrom the government while resources are being allocated to help drug addictsand the likes

· Lack of“morality” in youth

· Decreasingdisplay of American strength in foreign affairs

Reagan Conservatism:

· supply-sideand trickledown economics:

§ release the power of American free enterprisefrom regulations, then the inherent free market will make the economy grow andincrease the nation’s GDP and the profits gained from the wealthiestbusinesses, the profit will move down (trickle) to the other classes ofsociety. Stands as an unrestricted form of free enterprise unhindered bygovernment regulations or helped by subsides.

o plan was encouraged by tax cuts across allclasses and especially businesses since those are the ones who hire everyoneelse, businesses can then make more money and invest it in human capital and resources

· peace throughstrength:

o maintaining a very strong military, which, ifthis image is portrayed across the globe, it would basically intimidate anddeter others from attacking the US

o disapprovedof defense cuts

· socially:was a very traditional conservative (if you’re familiar w/ modern politics,think more like Ted Cruz than a John McCain)

#anon #ronald reagan #george washington #thomas jefferson #james madison #american rev #apush

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