AP US History Dates Flashcards
key dates in american history
13739551721 | 1607 | Jamestown founded | 0 | |
13739551739 | 1620 | Mayflower Compact | 1 | |
13739551740 | 1675 | King Philip's War | 2 | |
13739551741 | 1676 | Bacon's Rebellion | 3 | |
13739551722 | 1692-1693 | Salem Witch Trials | 4 | |
13739551742 | 1739-1744 | FIrst Great Awakening | 5 | |
13739551743 | 1756-1763 | French and Indian War (Seven Year's War) | 6 | |
13739551744 | 1763 | Pontiac's Rebellion | 7 | |
13739551745 | 1765 | Stamp Act | 8 | |
13739551746 | 1766 | Declaratory Act | 9 | |
13739551747 | 1770 | Boston Massacre | 10 | |
13739551748 | 1773 | Boston Tea Party | 11 | |
13739551749 | 1774 | Coercive/Intolerable/Repressive Acts | 12 | |
13739551750 | 1775-1783 | Revolutionary War | 13 | |
13739551751 | 1776 | Declaration of Independence | 14 | |
13739551752 | 1781 | Battle of Yorktown, end of Revolutionary fighting | 15 | |
13739551753 | 1781-1788 | Articles of Confederation | 16 | |
13739551754 | 1786-1787 | Shay's Rebellion | 17 | |
13739551755 | 1787 | Constitutional Convention | 18 | |
13739551723 | 1788 | Constitution ratified | 19 | |
13739551756 | 1788 | Ratification of the Constitution | 20 | |
13739551724 | 1789 | Washington sworn in as President | 21 | |
13739551757 | 1789 | Judiciary Act | 22 | |
13739551758 | 1791 | Bill of RIghts | 23 | |
13739551759 | 1793 | Cotton Gin invented | 24 | |
13739551760 | 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion | 25 | |
13739551761 | 1798 | Alien and Sedition Acts | 26 | |
13739551762 | 1800-1840 | Second Great Awakening | 27 | |
13739551763 | 1801-1805 | Tripolitan War | 28 | |
13739551764 | 1803 | Louisana Purchase | 29 | |
13739551765 | 1804-1806 | Lewis and Clark expedition | 30 | |
13739551766 | 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | 31 | |
13739551767 | 1814 | Hartford Convention | 32 | |
13739551768 | 1817-1824 | Era of Good Feelings | 33 | |
13739551769 | 1819 | Adams-Onis Treaty | 34 | |
13739551770 | 1820 | Missouri Compromise | 35 | |
13739551771 | 1823 | Monroe Doctrine | 36 | |
13739551772 | 1825 | Corrupt Bargain | 37 | |
13739551773 | 1831 | Nat Turner Rebellion | 38 | |
13739551774 | 1832 | Nullification Crisis | 39 | |
13739551775 | 1835-1836 | Texas War of Independence | 40 | |
13739551776 | 1838-1839 | Trail of Tears | 41 | |
13739551777 | 1830s-1840s | Transcendentalism | 42 | |
13739551778 | 1846-1848 | Mexican-American War | 43 | |
13739551779 | 1848 | Seneca Falls Convention | 44 | |
13739551780 | 1850s | Transportation Revolution | 45 | |
13739551781 | 1854 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | 46 | |
13739551782 | 1856 | Dred Scott case | 47 | |
13739551783 | 1859 | Harper's Ferry (John Brown's Raid) | 48 | |
13739551784 | 1861 | Fort Sumter- Civil War begins | 49 | |
13739551785 | 1862 | Emancipation Proclamation | 50 | |
13739551725 | 1862 | Homestead Act | 51 | |
13739551726 | 1865 | Pacific Railway Act | 52 | |
13739551786 | 1863 | Vicksburg and Gettysburg | 53 | |
13739551787 | 1865 | Assassination of Lincoln | 54 | |
13739551788 | 1867 | Reconstruction Acts | 55 | |
13739551727 | 1867 | Alaska Purchase | 56 | |
13739551789 | 1873 | Credit Mobilier scandal | 57 | |
13739551790 | 1874 | Barbed Wire Invented | 58 | |
13739551791 | 1876 | Telephone Invented | 59 | |
13739551792 | 1876 | Battle of Little BIg Horn/ Custer's Last Stand | 60 | |
13739551728 | 1881 | Helen Hunt Jackson's "A Century of Dishonor" published | 61 | |
13739551729 | 1882 | Chinese Exclusion Act | 62 | |
13739551793 | 1886 | Haymarket Riot | 63 | |
13739551730 | 1887 | Dawes Severalty Act | 64 | |
13739551731 | 1887 | Interstate Commerce Act | 65 | |
13739551794 | 1890 | Sherman Anti-Trust Act | 66 | |
13739551795 | 1890 | Battle of Wounded Knee | 67 | |
13739551796 | 1894 | Pullman Strike | 68 | |
13739551732 | 1896 | Plessy v. Ferguson | 69 | |
13739551797 | 1898 | Spanish American War | 70 | |
13739551798 | 1898 | Annexation of Hawaii | 71 | |
13739551733 | 1903 | Wright Brothers- first in flight | 72 | |
13739551799 | 1913 | Model-T released | 73 | |
13739551800 | 1917 | US declares war against Germany- WWI | 74 | |
13739551801 | 1919 | First Red Scare | 75 | |
13739551802 | 1919 | 18th Amendment (Prohibition) | 76 | |
13739551803 | 1920s | Harlem Renaissance | 77 | |
13739551804 | 1920 | 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) | 78 | |
13739551805 | 1929 | Stock Market Crash | 79 | |
13739551806 | 1933 | 21st Amendment (ends Prohibiton) | 80 | |
13739551807 | 1933 | Hundred Days | 81 | |
13739551808 | 1941-1945 | WWII | 82 | |
13739551734 | 1944 | D-Day invasion at Normandy | 83 | |
13739551735 | 1945 | U.S. uses nuclear bombs against Japan | 84 | |
13739551809 | 1950-1953 | Korean War | 85 | |
13739551810 | 1954 | Brown v. Board of Ed | 86 | |
13739551811 | 1955-1956 | Montgomery Bus Boycott | 87 | |
13739551812 | 1961 | Berlin Wall built | 88 | |
13739551813 | 1961 | Bay of Pigs invasion | 89 | |
13739551814 | 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | 90 | |
13739551815 | 1963 | March on Washington-"I have a dream" speech | 91 | |
13739551816 | 1963 | JFK assassinated | 92 | |
13739551817 | 1964-1975 | Vietnam War | 93 | |
13739551818 | 1964 | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 94 | |
13739551736 | 1964 | LBJ's Civil Rights Act | 95 | |
13739551737 | 1965 | Voting Rights Act passed | 96 | |
13739551819 | 1968 | MLK Jr. assassinated | 97 | |
13739551820 | 1968 | My Lai Massacre | 98 | |
13739551821 | 1968 | Democratic Convention riot in Chicago | 99 | |
13739551738 | 1968 | Tet Offensive in Vietnam | 100 | |
13739551822 | 1969 | Neil Armstrong lands on the moon | 101 | |
13739551823 | 1972 | Watergate | 102 | |
13739551824 | 1972 | Nixon to China | 103 | |
13739551825 | 1973 | War Powers Act | 104 | |
13739551826 | 1973 | Paris Accord to end involvement in Vietnam | 105 | |
13739551827 | 1973 | Oil Embargo | 106 | |
13739551828 | 1978-1981 | Iranian Hostage Crisis | 107 | |
13739551829 | 1986-1987 | Iran Contra affair | 108 | |
13739551830 | 1989 | Berlin Wall falls | 109 | |
13739551831 | 1991 | USSR dissolves | 110 | |
13739551832 | 1991 | Persian Gulf War | 111 | |
13739551833 | 1994 | Newt Gingrich's Contract with America | 112 | |
13739551834 | 1991 | LA Riots (Rodney King) | 113 | |
13739551835 | 1995 | Oklahoma City Bombing | 114 | |
13739551836 | 1998 | Clinton Impeached | 115 | |
13739551837 | 1999 | NATO to Bosnia | 116 | |
13739551838 | 2001 | September 11th Attacks | 117 | |
13739551839 | 2003 | Invasion of Iraq | 118 |
Flashcards
Flashcards
AP US History Period 4 Flashcards
AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Period 4: 1800 - 1848 Chapter 7 - 11
16289830833 | Second Great Awakening | Religious movement that began in the early decades of the 19th century. Reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. In the northern states it touched off social reform. | ![]() | 0 |
16289830879 | market revolution | Starting in the early 19th century, produced vast economic growth, mass produced goods. | ![]() | 1 |
16289830880 | Thomas Jefferson | Washington's first secretary of state. A Democrat-Republican, he was the nation's third president from 1801 to 1809. | ![]() | 2 |
16289830881 | Battle of New Orleans | General Andrew Jackson won this in 1815. The War of 1812 had officially ended two weeks earlier, but word had not yet reached the United States. | ![]() | 3 |
16289830882 | Era of Good Feelings | Term to describe James Monroe's period as president (1817-1825). Political infighting ends and Democratic-Republicans party dominated politics. | ![]() | 4 |
16289830834 | Jacksonian Democracy | The time period 1829 to 1837, also known as the Age of the Common Man. | ![]() | 5 |
16289830883 | Indian Removal Act | President Andrew Jackson supported this. By 1835 most of the eastern tribes had reluctantly moved to an area in today's Oklahoma. | ![]() | 6 |
16289830884 | Romanticism in art and literature | Evoked the wonder of the nation's landscape. The Hudson River School of painters were the most prominent. | ![]() | 7 |
16289830885 | Nullification Crisis | In 1832, South Carolina passed a resolution forbidding the collection of tariffs in the state. Jackson threatened use of federal troops against South Carolina. | ![]() | 8 |
16289830886 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | A women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. | ![]() | 9 |
16289830887 | cotton gin | This machine was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from plant fibers. It expanded the institution of slavery | ![]() | 10 |
16289830888 | War Hawks | Led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun; argued that war with Britain was the only way to defend American honor, gain Canada, and destroy American Indian resistance on the frontier. | 11 | |
16289830835 | William Lloyd Garrison | Advocated the immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation to their owners. He was also the writer of the "Liberator." | 12 | |
16289830836 | Lucretia Mott | Early feminist who advocated for women's rights and against slavery. | 13 | |
16289830889 | Republican Motherhood/Cult of Domesticity | After industrialization occurred women became the moral leaders in the home and educators of children. Men were responsible for economic and political affairs. | ![]() | 14 |
16289830837 | Sectionalism: The North | Largely urban population that worked in factories. | 15 | |
16289830838 | Sectionalism: The South | Largely agricultural, mostly cotton from 1830-1850. | 16 | |
16289830839 | Sectionalism: The West | Largely trapping and hunting, citizens lived a secluded life away from others. | 17 | |
16289830840 | Whigs | Favored the wealthy and educated, strong central government, supported the National Bank and Internal Improvements, limited immigration, slow/against westward expansion; above all else HATED Andrew Jackson. | 18 | |
16289830841 | Impressment | Practice of the British navy of stealing Americans and forcing them into service in the British Navy. | 19 | |
16289830842 | Treaty of Ghent | Ended the War of 1812, establish status quo antebellum. | 20 | |
16289830843 | Frances Scott Key | Wrote the Star Spangled banner at the Battle of Fort McHenry. | 21 | |
16289830890 | Monroe Doctrine | Warned European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories/interfering in the Americas. | ![]() | 22 |
16289830891 | Missouri Compromise | An 1820 compromise crafted by Henry Clay; prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 30. Admitted Missouri (slave) and Maine (free) as states. | ![]() | 23 |
16289830844 | King Andrew | Nickname given to President Andrew Jackson when his opponents did not like his use of the veto power. | ![]() | 24 |
16289830845 | Marbury v. Madison | Established the Supreme Court's policy of judicial review. | ![]() | 25 |
16289830892 | American System | Henry Clay proposed this to advance the nation's economy. It consisted of: * Protective Tariffs * National Bank * Internal Improvements | ![]() | 26 |
16289830893 | The Lowell Mill Factory | The system that recruited young farm women to work in the textile mills. They were housed in company dormitories near the mills. | ![]() | 27 |
16289830894 | Seneca Falls Convention | In 1848 women's rights movement wrote a "Declaration of Sentiments", which declared all men and women equal and listed grievances. | ![]() | 28 |
16289830895 | Transcendentalists | They questioned the doctrines of established churches and business practices of the merchant class. Mystical and intuitive way of thinking to discover inner self and look for essence of God in nature. | ![]() | 29 |
16289830896 | Trail of Tears | In 1838 the U.S. Army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia and move to Oklahoma. 4,000 Cherokees died on the march. | ![]() | 30 |
16289830897 | Hartford Convention (1814) | A meeting was held due to opposition to the the War of 1812; some radical Federalist in the Northeast want to secede from the United States, but that it was rejected. | ![]() | 31 |
16289830846 | Panic 1837 | Was a result of Jackson's defeat of the National Bank. | 32 | |
16289830847 | Martin Van Buren | Became President after Andrew Jackson, won the election because of Jackson's popularity. Was faced with economic troubles. | 33 | |
16289830848 | Tippecanoe and Tyler Too! | William Henry Harrison's campaign slogan. | 34 | |
16289830849 | Tecumseh | He said, "They have pushed us from the seas to the lakes, we can go no further." Advocated fighting Americans to stop westward progression and renew British alliances. | 35 | |
16289830850 | The Embargo Act of 1807 | Cut off all US trade with the world, attempting to maintain American neutrality. | 36 | |
16289830851 | Macon's Bill no. 2 | Allowed the US to trade with either Great Britain or France depending on who recognized American sovereignty and neutrality first. | 37 | |
16289830852 | Adams-Onis Treaty | Grave the United States Florida in exchange for taking on Spain's $5 million debt to American citizens. | 38 | |
16289830853 | Old Hickory | Nickname for Andrew Jackson gained from the Battle of New Orleans. | ![]() | 39 |
16289830854 | Treaty of 1818 | Granted the United States join occupation of Oregon with Great Britain. | 40 | |
16289830855 | Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case regarding Cherokee rights to land in the United States. | 41 | |
16289830856 | John Q. Adams | Elected in 1824 as a result of a bargain struck by Henry Clay. | 42 | |
16289830857 | The Tariff of 1828 | Increased taxes on imported goods to almost 50%; which positively effected American manufacturing but hurt the south. | 43 | |
16289830858 | Force Bill | Permitted Andrew Jackson to organize troops to prevent South Carolina from secession. | 44 | |
16289830859 | Increased Voter Turnout | -elimination of landownership, -increased news circulation, -increased education/literacy -changes to candidate selection | 45 | |
16289830860 | Henry Clay | Created the Tariff of 1833 to solve the Nullification Crisis, developed the American System, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State under JQA, Whig leaders, leader of the War Hawks. | 46 | |
16289830861 | Results of the War of 1812 | -American Nationalism -War Heroes -Death of the Federalist Party | 47 | |
16289830862 | Revolution of 1800 | Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution." It was the first peaceful transition of power between political parties | 48 | |
16289830863 | Midnight Appointments | After 1800, the only branch left in the Federalists' hands was the Judiciary. On John Adam's last night as president he made last minute appointments for Federalists to judgeships. He did so in an attempt to maintain Federalist control of judiciary branch. | 49 | |
16289830864 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law. Essentially, states cannot tax a federal entity. | 50 | |
16289830865 | Gibbons v. Ogden | Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government, specifically Congress | 51 | |
16289830866 | Corrupt Bargain | Refers to the claim from the supporters of Andrew Jackson that John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay had worked out a deal to ensure that Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives in 1824. | 52 | |
16289830867 | Bank War | Jackson believed the Bank of US had too much power and was too rich. Vetoed the 2nd Bank charter and withdrew gov't money from the US Banks and put it into "pet banks". This resulted in the Panic of 1837. | 53 | |
16289830868 | Spoils System | A system of public employment (government offices) based on rewarding party loyalists and friends. | 54 | |
16289830869 | sewing machine | made in 1846 by Elias Howe; made making clothing faster and cheaper. Resulted in the ramping up of the textile industry. | 55 | |
16289830870 | Transportation Revolution | A period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation. | 56 | |
16289830871 | Communication Revolution | New technologies that helped spur and contribute to the westward expansion and Industrial Revolution. | 57 | |
16289830872 | Transcendentalism | A nineteenth-century movement in the Romantic tradition, which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reason and sensory experience. | 58 | |
16289830873 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement. He prompted the growth of American artists and culture. | 59 | |
16289830874 | Horace Mann | Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education; "Father of the public school system"; a prominent proponent of public school reform, & set the standard for public schools throughout the nation; lengthened academic year; pro training & higher salaries to teachers | 60 | |
16289830875 | Lyman Beecher | Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader and a leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States. He did not approve of women preachers. | 61 | |
16289830876 | Charles Finney | One of the most important leaders of the Second Great Awakening. He was against alcohol and supported women's involvement including preaching. | 62 | |
16289830877 | Temperance Movement | A social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. | 63 | |
16289830878 | Joseph Smith | Founded Mormonism in New York in 1830 with the guidance of an angel. 1843, Smith's announcement that God sanctioned polygamy split the Mormons and let to an uprising against Mormons in 1844; translated the Book of Mormon. He was murdered by an angry mob who was persecuting him for his beliefs. | 64 |
AP World History- Chinese Dynasties Flashcards
13989757249 | Shang Dynasty | The 1st Chinese Dynasty. Ruled from 1766 to 1122 BCE. The development of the written Chinese. Oracle bones were used to write questions or predictions about the future. | 0 | |
13989757250 | Zhou Dynasty | The 2nd Chinese Dynasty. Mandate of Heaven Placed great emphasis on Ancestor Veneration Strong elite ruling class Lost control of empire- Warring States Period | 1 | |
13989757251 | Qin Dynasty | Ended the Warring States Period. Centralized Bureaucracy. Legalist. | 2 | |
13989757252 | Han Dynasty | Centralized Bureaucracy. Built roads and canals. Confucianism Civil Service Exam Foreign Expansion Tributary System | 3 | |
13989757253 | Sui Dynasty | After fall of Han, they reunited China Buddhism and Confucian Civil Service Exam Construction of the Grand Canal | 4 | |
13989757254 | Tang Dynasty | Expanded to Tibet and Korea Completed the Grand Canal Buddhism (until anti-Buddhist movement), Daoism, and Confucianism Civil Service Exam Declined as higher taxation created tensions | 5 | |
13989757255 | Song Dynasty | Reestablished centralized rule. Reestablished the Tribute System. Most powerful navy in the world- magnetic compasses. Foot-binding Military threats and nomadic invasions led to fall. | 6 | |
13989757256 | Yuan Dynasty | First time China was under foreign rule. Strong Centralized government. Foreigners were employed in the bureaucracy No civil service exam Chinese separated from the Mongols Welcomed merchants and foreigners (increased trade) | 7 | |
13989757257 | Ming Dynasty | Reestablished authority over China after foreign rule Refurbished navy Age of Exploration. Expeditions led by Zheng He Taken over by peasant army | 8 | |
13989757258 | Qing Dynasty | Under rule of foreigners for the 2nd time (the Manchus). Created a large army Expanded their rule through military conquest. Effort to mimic Chinese culture Used civil service exam Forbade intermarriage Forced Chinese men to wear the queue, or a braid Wars and Rebellions weakened empire | 9 |
AP US History, Chapter 15 Flashcards
15438775486 | Deism | - emphasized reasoned moral behavior and the scientific pursuit of knowledge - God created but does no interfere | 0 | |
15438775487 | Second Great Awakening | (early nineteenth century) Religious revival characterized by emotional mass "camp meetings" and widespread conversion. Brought about a democratization of religion as a multiplicity of denominations vied for members. | 1 | |
15438775488 | Burned-Over District | Popular name for western New York, a region particularly swept up in the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening. | 2 | |
15438775489 | Mormons | - Joseph Smith, who founded a communal, oligarchic religious order in the 1830s - officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., - facing deep hostility from their non-Mormon neighbors - settlement in the Utah desert. | 3 | |
15438775490 | Lyceum | (From the Greek name for the ancient Athenian school where Aristotle taught) Public lecture hall that hosted speakers on topics ranging from science to moral philosophy. Part of a broader flourishing of higher education in the mid-nineteenth century. | 4 | |
15438775491 | American Temperance Society | Founded in Boston in 1826 as part of a growing effort of nineteenth-century reformers to limit alcohol consumption. | 5 | |
15438775492 | Maine Law of 1851 | Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. A dozen other states followed Maine's lead, though most statutes proved ineffective and were repealed within a decade. | 6 | |
15438775493 | Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls | (1848) Gathering of feminist activists in Seneca Falls, New York where Elizabeth Lady Stanton read her "Declaration of Sentiments," stating that "all men and women are created equal". | 7 | |
15438775494 | New Harmony(1825-1827) | - around one thousand members, established in New Harmony, Indiana, by Robert Owen - kindergarten, free schools and library | 8 | |
15438775495 | Brook Farm (1841-1846) | - transcendental commune founded by a group of intellectuals - plain living, high thinking - communal home burned to the ground in 1846. | 9 | |
15438775496 | Oneida Community | One of the more radical utopian communities established in the nineteenth century, it advocated "free love", birth control, and eugenics. Utopian communities reflected the reformist spirit of the age. | 10 | |
15438775497 | Shakers | - communistic in nature - celibate - recruited members from orphanages | 11 | |
15438775500 | Hudson River School | (mid-nineteenth century) American artistic movement that produced romantic renditions of local landscapes. | 12 | |
15438775502 | Romanticism | Early nineteenth-century movement in European and American literature and the arts that, in reaction to the hyper-rational Enlightenment, emphasized imagination over reason, nature over civilization, intuition over calculation, and the self over society. | 13 | |
15438775503 | Transcendentalism | (mid-nineteenth century) Literacy and intellectual movement that emphasized individualism and self-reliance, predicted upon a belief that each person possesses an "inner light" that can point the way to truth and direct contact with God. | 14 | |
15438775505 | Peter Cartwright | Methodist revivalist who traversed the frontier from Tennessee to Illinois in the first decades of the nineteenth century, preaching against slavery and alcohol, and calling on sinners to repent. | 15 | |
15438775506 | Charles Grandison Finney | One of the leading revival preachers during the Second Great Awakening, he presided over mass camp meetings throughout New York state, championing temperance and abolition, and urging women to play a greater role in religious life. | 16 | |
15438775507 | Joseph Smith | Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), he gained a following after an angel directed him to a set of golden plates which, when deciphered, became the Book of Mormon. His communal, authoritarian church and his advocacy of plural marriage antagonized his neighbors in Ohio, Missouri and finally Illinois, where he was murdered by a mob in 1844. | 17 | |
15438775508 | Brigham Young | Second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he led his Mormon followers to Salt Lake City, Utah after Joseph Smith's death. Under his discipline and guidance, the Utah settlement prospered, and the church expanded to include over 100,000 members by his death in 1877. | 18 | |
15438775509 | Horace Mann | Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education and a champion of public education, advocating more and better school houses, longer terms, better pay for teachers and an expanded curriculum. | 19 | |
15438775510 | Dorothea Dix | New England teacher-author and champion of mental health reform, she assembled damning reports on insane asylums and petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to improve conditions. | 20 | |
15438775511 | Neal S. Dow | Nineteenth century temperance activist, dubbed the "Father of Prohibition" for his sponsorship of the Main Law of 1851, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the state. | 21 | |
15438775512 | Lucretia Mott | Prominent Quaker and abolitionist, she became a champion for women's rights after she and her fellow female delegates were not seated at the London antislavery convention of 1840. She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, held the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. | 22 | |
15438775513 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | - abolitionist and woman suffragist - organized the first Woman's Rights Convention near her home in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. - she urged Congress to include women in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments - founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to lobby for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote (with Susan B. Anthony) | 23 | |
15438775514 | Susan B. Anthony | - reformer and woman suffragist - advocated for temperance and women's rights in New York State - established the abolitionist Women's Loyal League - founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 | 24 | |
15438775515 | Lucy Stone | - abolitionist and women's rights activist - kept her maiden name after marriage, inspiring other women to follow her example - founded the American Woman Suffrage Association, which lobbied for suffrage primarily at the state level. | 25 | |
15438775517 | Robert Owen | Scottish-born textile manufacturer and founder of New Harmony, a short-lived communal society of about a thousand people in Indiana. | 26 | |
15438798010 | John Audubon | French-American naturalist who was known for his paintings of wild birds in their natural surroundings, best known for his work Birds of America. | 27 | |
15438775519 | Stephen C. Foster | Popular American folk composer who popularized minstrel songs, which fused African rhythms with nostalgic melodies. | 28 | |
15438775520 | James Fenimore Cooper | American novelist and a member of New York's Knickerbocker Group, he wrote adventure tales, including The Last of the Mohicans, which won acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. | 29 | |
15438775521 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Boston-born scholar and leading American transcendentalist, whose essays, most notably "Self- Reliance" stressed individualism, self-improvement, optimism and freedom. | 30 | |
15438775522 | Henry David Thoreau | American transcendentalist and author of Walden: Or Life in the Woods. A committed idealist and abolitionist, he advocated civil disobedience, spending a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax to a government that supported slave | 31 | |
15438775523 | Walt Whitman | Brooklyn-born poet and author of Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems, written largely in free verse, which exuberantly celebrated America's democratic spirit. | 32 | |
15438775526 | Emily Dickinson | Massachusetts born poet who, despite spending her life as a recluse, created a vivid inner world through her poetry, exploring themes of nature, love, death and immortality. Refusing to publish during her lifetime, she left behind nearly two thousand poems, which were published after her death. | 33 | |
15438775527 | Edgar Allan Poe | American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic who is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. | 34 |
Flashcards
AP Literature: Fiction Flashcards
10696465636 | Allegory | A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth. | 0 | |
10696481378 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 1 | |
10696485295 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 2 | |
10696487424 | comedy | A humorous work of drama | 3 | |
10696487425 | drama | a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience | 4 | |
10696490779 | fable | A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 5 | |
10696493098 | farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. | 6 | |
10696495407 | folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally. | 7 | |
10696495408 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 8 | |
10696497634 | myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. | 9 | |
10696499984 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 10 | |
10696499985 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 11 | |
10696502733 | Protagonist | main character | 12 | |
10696502734 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 13 | |
10696505690 | tall tale | an outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable | 14 | |
10696505691 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 15 |
AP Literature- Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
9056748636 | Populace | The common people, as opened to the higher class | 0 | |
9056753409 | Dissentient | Difference in sentiment or opinion | 1 | |
9056761957 | Propagate | To spread; to increase in amount | 2 | |
9056767075 | Fastidious | Hard to please; requiring excessive care | 3 | |
9056771779 | Acuity | Sharpness; keenness | 4 | |
9056774862 | Trivial | Of very little importance | 5 | |
9056777448 | Humility | A modest opinion of one's own importance or rank | 6 | |
9056782093 | Irascible | Easily provoked to anger | 7 | |
9056784492 | Countenance | Appearance, especially the look or the expression on the face | 8 |
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