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APUSH (AP US History)
Midterm TERMS
2012-2013

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614229671Beringiathe frozen land bridge across the Bering Strait between Siberia (Asia) and Alaska (N. America) that the nomads migrated across following protein (mammoths, sloths, etc...)0
614229672Proprietary v. Royal/Charter ColonyProprietary: Colonies that are controlled/governed by a groups of people appointed by the king Royal/Charter: Colonies that are directly ruled/governed by the king1
614229673Great Migration v. Indentured ServantsGreat Migration: When the Puritans and their families arrive to New England, and they flock in region. Indentured Servants: Even though there was a lot of Puritans in New England, "indentured servants" (usually convicts, orphans, lazy/worthless men) were used instead of laborers2
614229674John Winthrop...3
614229675General Court...4
614229676Geographic Determinism"Where you live determines what you do for a living" New England - tied to the Ocean --> fishing, shipping, town ports Middle Colonies - commerce (middlemen) PA --> bread belt w/ Philadelphia as the key ctr Southern Colonies - agriculture (tobacco, rice, indigo) --> few rivers, few cities5
614229677Restoration ColoniesEnglish and the Reformation: When Charles II is "restored" to the English throne and grants "proprietary" charters to pay for his gambling debts. "Restoration colonies" was land Charles didn't own but land Dutch had lost and gives to various proprietors6
614229678Labor Shortages/Slave Codes...7
614229679Quaker...8
614229680Bacon's Rebellion...9
614229681Navigation Acts/Mercantilism"Navigation Acts" were set up by Parliament to reinforce "mercantilism". They're made to drive Dutch and other countries to be restricted to trade w/ only Brits Mercantilism: An econ system that operated before the Am. Civil War in which countries seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amts. of gold/silver and selling more goods than they buy in effort to amass these large amts. of specie (money in the form of coins instead of notes).10
614229682Half-Way Covenant...11
614229683Dominion of New England...12
614229684Leisler's Rebellion...13
614229685Enlightenment...14
614229686Great Awakening...15
614229687Salutary Neglect...16
614229688Albany Congress...17
614229689French and Indian War...18
614229690Writs of Assistance...19
614229691Stamp Act...20
614229692Townshend Acts...21
614229693Tea Act...22
614229694Coercive/Quebec Act(s)...23
614229695"Common Sense"...24
614229696Second Continental Congress...25
614229697Saratoga (and France)...26
614229698Treaty of Paris of 1783...27
614229699Articles of Confederation...28
614229700Newburgh Conspiracy...29
614229701Northwest Ordinance...30
614229702Shay's Rebellion...31
614229703Constitutional Convention...32
614229704Federalist Papers...33
614229705Anti-Federalists...34
614229706Bill of Rights...35
614229707Judiciary Act of 1789...36
614229708Federal Naturalization Law of 1790...37
614229709Hamilton's Reports...38
614229710Jay's Treaty with Britain (1794)...39
614229711Pinckney's Treaty...40
614229712Whiskey Rebellion (1794)...41
614229713XYZ Affair...42
614229714Election of 1800...43
614229715Alien and Sedition Acts...44
614229716Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions...45
614229717Marbury vs. Madison...46
614229718Louisiana Purchase...47
614229719Lewis and Clark Expedition...48
614229720Yazoo Claims...49
614229721Chesapeake-Leopard Affair...50
614229722Embargo of 1807...51
614229723Tecumseh...52
614229724Treaty of Ghent...53
614229725"American System"...54
614229726Hartford Convention...55
614229727Rush-Bagot Treaty...56
614229728Barbary Wars...57
614229729Adams-Onis Treaty...58
614229730Monroe Doctrine...59
614229731Panic of 1819...60
614229732Dartmouth College vs. Woodward...61
614229733McCulloch vs. Maryland...62
614229734Gibbons vs. Ogden...63
614229735Missouri Compromise (1820)...64
614229736The Cotton Culture...65
614229737Samuel Slater...66
614229738Lowell System...67
614229739Second Great Awakening...68
614229740"Corrupt Bargain"...69
614229741Tariff of Abominations...70
614229742Kitchen Cabinent...71
614229743Maysville Road...72
614229744Worchester vs. Georgia...73
614229745The Webster-Hayne Debate (1830)...74
614229746Force Bill...75
614229747Nicholas Biddle...76
614229748Specie Circular...77
614229749Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"...78
614229750The Liberator...79
614229751Horace Mann...80
614229752McGuffey Readers...81
614229753Manifest Destiny...82
614229754Wilmot Proviso...83
614229755Compromise of 1850...84
614229756Free Soil Party...85
614229757Commodore Matthew Perry...86
614229758"The American Scholar"/R. W. Emerson...87
614229759Seneca Falls Declaration...88
614229760Hudson River School...89
614229761Minstrel Shows...90
614229762"Uncle Tom's Cabin"...91
614229763Kansas-Nebraska Act...92
614229764Bleeding Kansas...93
614229765Dred-Scott Decision...94
614229766Yeoman Farmers...95
614229767Hinton R. Helper...96
614229768Know Nothing Party...97
614229769Ostend Manifesto...98
614229770Freeport Doctrine...99
614229771John Brown...100
614229772First Battle of Bull Run...101
614229773Homestead Act...102
614229774"King Cotton"...103
614229775Battle of Antietam (and the Emancipation Proclamation)...104
614229776Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction...105
614229777Wade-Davis Bill...106
614229778Gettysburg Address...107
614229779Trent Affair...108
614229780Military Reconstruction Act...109
614229781Freedmen's Bureau (1865)When the US Congress created a bureau (at the time called the "Bureau of Refugees") to deal w/ hundreds of thousands of homeless and starving S refugees (whites and blacks). However whites (b/c of their southern white pride) refused to accept services that blacks (exslaves/freedmen) would also receive, so it became "Freedman's Bureau"110
614229782Tenure of Office Act...111
61422978314th AmendmentEstablished to protect blacks' rights b/c they were kept for labor and production. Corporations ("individual entities" that weren't regulated by govt.) were the sole benefactors of this amendment112
614229784Compromise of 1877Hayes and Tilden polled nearly an equal # of popular votes. 3 Southern States experienced disputed returns owing to widespread voter fraud (when votes are not counted purposely, or counted twice deliberately). Congress had to appoint a special committee to break the deadlock by hammering out, by a vote of 7-6, the "Compromise of 1877" And so Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as prez, and reconstruction was over113
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