9409908921 | manifest destiny | the united state's goal to include land all the way from the atlantic to the pacific | 0 | |
9409908922 | monroe doctrine | described the isolationist policy; warned against european meddling in the americas | 1 | |
9409908923 | emancipation proclamation | due to the north's victory, it was issued to declare freedom for all slaves in the united states | 2 | |
9409908925 | mexican war | resisting america's hold and intervention in mexico | 3 | |
9409908926 | spanish american war | started when the U.S. joined spain's last colonies to help them fight for their independence | 4 | |
9409908928 | romanticism | an important movement in arts and literature which emphasized the importance of and tried to reach human emotion | 5 | |
9409908936 | regionalism | identity with a particular region rather than a large area | 6 | |
9409908937 | caudillos | independent military leaders with large personal followers | 7 | |
9409908938 | charles darwin | (for evolution) argued that all living species had evolved from earlier species through time as they adapted to changes in the environment | 8 | |
9409908939 | sigmund freud | viennese physician; greatly altered psychology and related fields with his theories of the irrational, subconscious mind | 9 | |
9409908940 | la reforma | a movement that aimed to limit the power of the military and the church in the name of equality, or "land and liberty" | 10 | |
9409908941 | benito juarez | seized land from the church and other elites to redistribute to commoners | 11 | |
9409908942 | porfirio diaz | promoted the interests of large land owners, wealthy merchants, and foreign investors (mainly U.S. businessmen) | 12 | |
9409955785 | federalist system | powers are shared by the central government and it sub-units | 13 | |
9409960293 | isolationism | ideology adopted by Americans that encouraged staying out of European affairs | 14 | |
9409987048 | Dominion of Canada | the joining of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into one country | 15 | |
9409992440 | Andrew Jackson | Military general known for his ability to inspire devotion from his men and his impatience with civilian authorities. | 16 | |
9410060452 | parliamentary v. presidential system | prime minister instead of a strong president | 17 | |
9410064325 | personalist rulers | charismatic men who led through the force of their personalities | 18 | |
9410106787 | Washington's Farewell Address | Speech laying the ground work for isolationist foreign policy in the U.S. | 19 | |
9410249357 | Juan Manual de Rosas | Caudillo who rose to power from the Pampas in Argentina | 20 |
AP World History: The Americas After Independence Flashcards
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