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AP US History Chapter 16 Flashcards

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12021036955William SewardSecretary of state from 1861 to 1869 under Lincoln and Johnson; believed that U.S. must increase its participation in world, including the Western Hemisphere, Hawaii, and the Philippines.0
12021036956Emmeline WellsWomen's right advocate. Served as president of Mormon church.1
12021036957John Wesley PowellExplorer and geologist who warned that traditional agriculture could not succeed in the West.2
12021036958Chief JosephLeader of the Nez Perce nation who tried to help them escape their homeland in Oregon for Canada in 1877.3
12021036959Sitting BullThe leader of the Sioux, who, with, killed General George A. Custer and his entire 210 man army. He was defending land in the Dakota Territory, which had been reserved for his people but was still being settled by whites. leader of Lakota Sioux on northern plains refused to go to a reservation Repeatedly crossed into cananda4
12021036960George Armstrong CusterFormer General during the Civil War, he set out in 1874 with his Seventh Cavalry to return the Plains Indians to the Sioux reservation. Defeated by an army that outnumbered his men 10 to 1. A brash self promoter Graduated last in his class at West Point Led expedition into South Dakota's Black Hill - and proclaimed the discovery of gold5
12021036961GeronimoApache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909).6
12021036962OhiyesaAn Indian student who grew up to be a doctor and advocate for his people.7
12021036963Buffalo Bill CodyPopular Wild West show traveling throughout US and Europe. Exploited fame and romanticized life of cowboy through reenactments of Indian battles and displays of horsemanship/riflery. Confirmed popular image of the west as romantic/glamourous (kept image alive) in his traveling Wild West performance, enacted a revenge killing of a Chynnne man named Yellow Hand - scalped him "first scalp for Custer" - thought it a win for white civilization8
12021036964Frederick Jackson TurnerAmerican historian in the early 20th century best known for his essay *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History"* in which he argued that the spirit and success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion.9
12021036965transcontinental railroadCompleted in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west, A railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast. It made it so that it was easier to for mail and goods to travel faster and cheaper.10
12021036966protective tariffA tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods.11
12021036967Treaty of Kanagawaa treaty signed between the U.S. and Japan allowing Japan to open two ports to the U.S.12
12021036968Burlingame TreatyAn 1868 treaty that guaranteed the rights of U.S. missionaries in China and set official terms for the emigration of Chinese laborers to work in the United States.13
12021036969Munn v. IllinoisAllowed states to regulate certain businesses within their borders, including railroads and grain elevators, serving the public good.14
12021036970gold standardThe practice of backing a country's currency with gold.15
12021036971Crime of 1783A term used by those critical of an 1873 law directing the US treasury to cease minting silver dollars, retire greenbacks and replace with notes backed by the gold standard from an expanded system of national banks.16
12021036972Homestead ActPassed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any applicant who occupied and improved the property. This policy led to the rapid development of the American West after the Civil War.17
12021036973Morrill ActThe 1862 act that gave 160 million acres of land that states could sell to raise money for public universities.18
12021036974land-grant collegesPublic universities founded to broaden educational opportunities and foster technical and scientific expertise.19
12021036975Comstock LodeWas a major silver deposit in Nevada. All of the silver mining in this area created the town of Virginia City, which gained much culture and brought it to the area. This area eventually became a ghost town, like others in the area. After a mining boom was over, people would leave the area and move to another one, leaving everything behind.20
12021036976Long DriveFacilitated by the completion of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1865, a system by which cowboys herded cattle hundreds of miles north from Texas to Dodge City and the other cow towns of Kansas.21
12021036977"rain follows the plow"An unfounded theory that settlement of the Great Plains caused an increase in rainfall.22
12021036978ExodustersThe African Americans migrating to the Great Plains state (ie: Kansas & Oklahoma) in 1879 to escape conditions in the South. who were a group of blacks headed toward the west , participated (6k of em) in the exodus of Kansas There was the largest concentrations of blacks (40k) other than TX23
12021036979Yellowstone National ParkEstablished in 1872 by Congress, Yellowstone was the United States's first national park.24
12021036980U.S. Fisheries CommissionA federal bureau established in 1871 that made recommendations to stem the decline in wild fish. Its creation was an important step toward wildlife conservation and management.25
12021036981Sand Creek MassacreThe November 29, 1864, massacre of more than a hundred Cheyennes, largely women and children, by John M. Chivington's Colorado militia.26
12021036982Fetterman MassacreA massacre in December 1866 in which 1,500 Sioux warriors lured Captain William Fetterman and 80 soldiers from a Wyoming fort and attacked them. With the Fetterman massacre the Sioux succeeded in closing the Bozeman Trail, the main route into Montana. December 1866, 1500 Sioux lured Captain William Fetterman and his 80 soldiers from a Wyoming fort and wiped them out - allowed the Sioux to close the Bozeman Trail - a private road under army protection that serves as the main route into Montana27
12021036983Lone Wolfe v. HitchcockA 1903 Supreme Court ruling that Congress could make whatever Indian policies it chose, ignoring all existing treaties.28
12021036984Dawes Severalty ActThe 1887 law that gave Native Americans individual ownership of land by dividing reservations into homesteads. The law was a disaster ;and reservation lands ended up being sold to non-Indian.29
12021036985Battle of Little Big HornThe 1876 battle begun when American cavalry under George Armstrong Custer attacked an encampment of Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians who resisted removal to a reservation. Custer's force was annihilated, but with whites calling for U.S. soldiers to retaliate, the Native American military victory was short-lived.30
12021036986Ghost Dance movementReligion of the late 1880s and early 1890s that combined elements of Christianity and traditional Native American religion. It fostered PLains Indians' hope that they could, through sacred dances, resurrect the great bison herds and call up a storm to drive whites back across the Atlantic31
12021036987Wounded KneeThe 1890 massacre of Sioux Indians by American cavalry Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Sent to suppress the Ghost Dance, soldiers caught up with fleeing Lakotas and killed as many as 300.32

AP Biology Cell Membrane Flashcards

Cell membrane structure and functions

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13666565594Selective PermeabilityAllows some substances to cross more easily than others0
13666565595Amphipathicmolecule that has both a hydrophillic region and a hydrophobic region such as a phosopholipid1
13666565596phospholipid bilayera double layer of phospholipids that makes up plasma membranes2
13666565597Integral ProteinsProteins that extend through the phospholipid bilayer.3
13666565598Peripheral ProteinsA protein loosely attached to the surface of a membrane4
13666565599Glycoproteinsproteins that have carbohydrates covalently bonded to them5
13666565600cholesterolsteroid present in the plasma membranes of animal cells. A large amount of this in a phospholipid bilayer at High Temperatures reduces membrane fluidity, but at Lower Temperature prevents the membrane from solidifying.6
13666565601Concentration Gradienta difference in the concentration of a substance across a space7
13666565602Diffusionthe movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, so that they spread out evenly reaching equilibrium8
13666565603OsmosisThe diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane9
13666565604Transport Proteinsproteins that help to transport substances across cell membranes10
13666565605AquaporinsChannel proteins that help massive amount of water pass through the membrane; a lot in our kidneys11
13666565606Passive Transportmovement of materials through a cell membrane without using energy12
13666565607Isotonica solution whose solute concentration equals that inside a cell; the cell will not change13
13666565608Hypertonicthe solution with the greater concentration of solutes than that inside the cell; the cell will lose water to its environment--> Cell will shrivel up14
13666565609Hypotonicthe solution with the lower concentration of solutes than that inside the cell; water will enter the cell -> Cell will swell and burst15
13666565611TurgidVery firm (healthy state), especially for plant cells16
13666565612PlasmolysisAs a plant cell shrivels its plasma membrane pulls away from the wall17
13666565613Facilitated Diffusionpassive transport of ions or polar molecules across a plasma membrane by transport proteins18
13666565614Active Transporttransport of a substance through a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires energy19
13666565615Sodium-Potassium Pumpa carrier protein that uses ATP to actively transport sodium ions out of a cell and potassium ions into the cell20
13666565616Exocytosisprocess by which a cell releases large amounts of material by vesicles21
13666565617Endocytosisthe movement of a substance into a cell by a vesicle22
13666565618Phagocytosisa type of endocytosis in which microbes are taken in by immune cells of animals (mainly by macrophages)23
13666565619Pinocytosiscellular drinking24

AP Bio Cells Flashcards

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16045042603OsmosisDiffusion of water across a membrane through the lipid bilayer0
16045042604HypertonicHaving greater concentration of solute inside than the solution outside. Cell shrinks.1
16045042605HypotonicHaving a lower concentration of solute inside than the solution outside. Cell Expands.2
16045042606IsotonicHaving an equal solute concentration inside and outside the cell. Ideal (perfect) conditions. Cell remains normal.3
16045042662VacuoleStorage vesicle for water, food, wastes other substances. 1 large vacuole in plants, many small vacuoles in animals.4
16045042663NucleusControls all cell activities and protein production. Contains the DNA and nucleolus.5
16045042664Cytoplasm/CytosolCell liquid in which chemical reactions occur. Holds and cushions the organelles.6
16045042665MitochondriaConverts glucose into ATP (energy a cell can use) in the process of cellular respiration.7
16045042666Cell/Plasma/Lipid MembraneA double-layered lipid membrane that surrounds the cell. Regulates what enters and leaves the cell.8
16045042667Cell WallRigid external layer of a plant cell (cellulose), bacteria (glycoproteins), or fungi (chitin) that is outside the cell membrane.9
16045042668ChloroplastConverts light energy into glucose in the process of photosynthesis. Contains chlorophyll giving plants their green color.10
16045042607Endoplasmic ReticulumPassageways where compounds are manufactured, processed, and transported.11
16045042608Golgi Apparatus/Body/ComplexCollects, modifies, and packages proteins and lipids made by the E.R.12
16045042609ProkaryoteUnicellular. Lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles. Has ribosomes.13
16045042610EukaryoteUnicellular or multicellular. Contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles. Has ribosomes.14
16045042611DiffusionThe movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.15
16045042612Equilibrium / HomeostasisA state of balance in which there is little or no total change.16
16045042613LysosomeContains digestive enzymes to breakdown food and wastes. Involved in apoptosis.17
16045042614NucleolusSynthesizes ribosomes. Found in the nucleus.18
16045042615VesicleSmall package of nutrients, proteins, wastes, or water created by the golgi.19
16045042669CellThe basic unit of all living things. The smallest unit of life.20
16045042670OrganismA complete living thing21
16045042671RibosomeSynthesizes proteins. Mostly found on the rough E.R. but can also be in the cytoplasm.22
16045042672TissueA collection of similar cells that perform a specific job.23
16045042673UnicellularMade of a single cell24
16045042674Multi-cellularMade of more than one cell.25
16045042616Nuclear membrane/envelopeSurrounds the nucleolus and DNA. Controls what enters and leaves the nucleus.26
16045042617Smooth Endoplasmic ReticulumSynthesizes lipids for use in the cell membrane and other parts of the cell.27
16045042618Rough Endoplasmic ReticulumContains most of the cells ribosomes which synthesize proteins.28
16045042619Organelle"Little organs" that make up the cell working together for the survival and function of the cell.29
16045042620UnicellularMade of 1 cell.30
16045042621CiliaSmall hairs on a cells surface that wave back and forth allowing the cell to move.31
16045042622FlagellaA whip-like structure on a cell that 'whips' back and forth allowing the cell to move (e.g. sperm cell).32
16045042623Active TransportMovement of particles from low to high concentration across the membrane that requires energy (ATP).33
16045042624Passive TransportMovement of particles from high to low concentration across the membrane (no energy needed).34
16045042625Facilitated DiffusionPassive transport through the membrane with the use of protein channels. Some channels are specific while others are not.35
16045042626CentrioleHelps align chromosomes during cell division (animal cells only).36
16045042627Microtubules/MicrofilamentsSmall, thin proteins that help support and give structure to a cell. A cells cytoskeleton.37
16045042628Cyto-Prefix meaning cell.38
16045042629Phospholipid MembraneCell membrane composed of phospholipids, proteins (transport), cholesterol, and aquaporins..39
16045042630PoreA small opening (hole) to allow materials to pass in and out of an area.40
16045042631PassiveNo energy needed to allow material passage.41
16045042632AquaporinProtein channels in the cell membrane that allow for quick water passage.42
16045042633HydrophilicAttracted to water.43
16045042634HydrophobicRepelled by water.44
16045042635Plant Cell1 large vacuole. Chloroplasts Cell wall (cellulose)45
16045042636Animal CellMany small vacuoles Cell membrane only Centrioles Lysosomes46
16045042637PhospholipidMakes up the cell membrane. Composed of a phosphate 'head' (hydrophilic) and 2 fatty acid 'tails' (hydrophobic).47
16045042638Semi-permeableAllows some materials (not all) to pass through.48
16045042639Selective permeabilityThe ability to decide which particles enter and leave a cell.49
16045042640CholesterolStiff sterol lipid in the cell membrane that provides strength and rigidity.50
16045042641ConcentrationThe amount of dissolved solute in a solvent. Usually expressed as a percent.51
16045042642SolutionSolute + solvent52
16045042643SoluteParticles dissolved in a liquid (solvent)53
16045042644SolventA liquid particles (solute) are dissolved in54
16045042645PermeabilityHow well a substance can pass through something.55
16045042646[cyto]LysisCell bursting (exploding)56
16045042647PlasmolysisCell shrinking57
16045042648EndocytosisTaking things in from the surrounding environment by creating a vesicle.58
16045042649ExocytosisGetting rid of wastes into the surrounding environment by expelling a vesicle.59
16045042650PinocytosisTaking in water from the environment via endocytosis. Cell drinking.60
16045042651PhagocytosisTaking in food from the environment via endocytosis. Cell eating.61
16045042652Osmotic solutionThe solution outside a cell.62
16045042653Hyper-Above, over, a lot63
16045042654Hypo-Under, low, a few, a little64
16045042655Iso-Even, equal65
16045042656What can pass through the cell membrane?Non-polar & uncharged molecules because of the hydrophobic tails.66
16045042657What cannot pass through the cell membrane?Polar & charged molecules/ions. Water, sugars, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and ions67
16045042658sodium-potassium pumpA transport protein in the plasma membrane of animal cells that actively transports sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell.68
16045042659How do polar and charged molecules cross the membrane?Through transport proteins!69
16045042660endosymbiotic theorytheory that eukaryotic cells formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms70
16045042661endosymbiotic theory evidence-Mitochondria and chloroplast have 2 membranes -Mitochondria have their own circular DNA, similar to bacteria -Mitochondria are close to the same size as bacteria71

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 13 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 13 The Union in Peril, 1848-1861

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13441730232free-soil movementThis movement did not oppose slavery in the South, but they did not want the Western states to allow slavery. (p. 247)0
13441730260Free-Soil partyIn 1848, Northerns organized this party to advocate that the new Western states not allow slavery and provide free homesteads. Their slogan was, "free soil, free labor, free men". (p. 248)1
13441730233bleeding KansasAfter 1854, the conflicts between antislavery and proslavery forces exploded in the Kansas Territory. (p. 252)2
13441730234Pottawatomie CreekIn 1856 Kansas, abolitionist John Brown and his sons attacked this proslavery farm settlement and killed five settlers. (p. 253)3
13441730235Lecompton constitutionIn 1857, President James Buchanan asked that Congress accept this document and admit Kansas as a slave state. Congress did not accept it. (p. 255)4
13441730236popular sovereigntyAround 1850, this term referred to the idea that each new territory could determine by vote whether or not to allow slavery would be allowed in that region. (p. 248)5
13441730237Lewis CassThis Democratic senator from Michigan, proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to the slavery question in the territories. (p. 248)6
13441730261Henry ClayHe proposed the Compromise of 1850. (p. 249)7
13441730238Zachary TaylorThe twelfth president of the United States from 1849 to 1850. He was a general and hero in the Mexican War. He was elected to the presidency in 1848, representing the Whig party. He died suddenly in 1850 and Millard Fillmore became the president. (p 248, 249)8
13441730239Compromise of 1850Henry Clay proposed and it was signed into law by President Millard Fillmore. It proposed: * Admit California to the Union as a free state * Divide the remainder of the Mexican Cession into New Mexico and Utah (popular sovereignty) * Ban slave trade in D. C., but permit slaveholding * New Fugitive Slave Law to be enforced (p. 249)9
13441730240Stephen A. DouglasIn 1854, he devised the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which in effect overturned the Missouri Compromise, and allowed the South the opportunity to expand slavery. In 1858, he debated Abraham Lincoln in a famous series of seven debates in the campaign for the Illinois senate seat. He won the campaign for reelection to the Senate, but he alienated Southern Democrats. In 1860, he won the Democratic presidential nomination, but Southern Democrats nominated their own candidate, John Breckinridge. He was easily defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election that year. (p. 252, 256, 258)10
13441730241Millard FillmoreThe thirteenth president of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the second Vice President to become president upon the death of a sitting President, when he succeeded Zachary Taylor. As vice president he helped pass the Compromise of 1850. (p. 249, 255)11
13441730242Kansas-Nebraska ActThis 1854 act, sponsored by Senator Stephen A Douglas, would build a transcontinental railroad through the central United States. In order gain approval in the South, it would divide the Nebraska territory into Nebraska and Kansas and allow voting to decide whether to allow slavery. This increased regional tensions because it effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had already determined that this area would not allow slavery. (p. 252)12
13441730243Crittenden compromiseIn the winter of 1860-1861, Senator John Crittenden proposed a constitutional amendment to appease the South. He proposed that slavery would be allowed in all areas south of the 36 30 line. The Republicans rejected the proposal because it would allow extension of slavery into the new territories. (p. 260)13
13441730244Franklin PierceThe fourteenth President of the United States from 1853 to 1857. A Democrat from New Hampshire, he was acceptable to Southern Democrats because he supported the Fugitive Slave Law. (p. 252)14
13441730245Know-Nothing partyThis political party started in the mid-1850s. Also known as the American party, they were mostly native-born Protestant Americans. Their core issue was opposition to Catholics and immigrants who were entering Northern cities in large numbers. (p. 254)15
13441730246Republican partyThis political party formed in 1854, in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It was composed of a coalition of Free-Soilers, antislavery Whigs, and Democrats. Although not abolitionist, it sought to block the spread of slavery in the territories. (p. 254)16
13441730247John C. FremontIn the presidential election of 1856, this California senator was the Republican nominee. The Republican platform called for no expansion of slavery, free homesteads, and a probusiness protective tariff. He lost the election to James Buchanan, but won 11 of the 16 free states, which foreshadowed the emergence of a powerful Republican party. (p. 255)17
13441730248James BuchananThe fifteenth President of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South, and he was unable to forestall the secession of South Carolina to December 20, 1860. During his term: "Bleeding Kansas" (1856), Caning of Senator Sumner (1856), Lecompton Constitution (1857), Dred Scott case (1857) (p. 255)18
13441730249election of 1860In this presidential election, the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln won. Lincoln won all the northern states, while John C. Breckinridge, a South Democrat, won all the southern states. The South felt like it no longer had a voice in national politics and a number of states soon seceded from the Union. (p. 258)19
13441730262secessionThe election of Abraham Lincoln was the final event that caused the southern states to leave the Union. In December 1860, South Carolina voted unanimously to secede. Within the next six weeks Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas had all seceded. In February 1861, representatives of seven states met in Montgomery, Alabama to create the Confederate States of America. (p. 259)20
13441730250Fugitive Slave LawCongress passed a second version of this law in 1850. The law's chief purpose was to track down runaway slaves who had escaped to a Northern state, capture them, and return them to their Southern owners. Enforcement of the law in the North was sometimes opposed even though there were penalties for hiding a runaway slave or obstructing enforcement of the law. (p. 250)21
13441730251Underground RailroadA network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places. (p. 250)22
13441730252Harriet TubmanBorn a slave, she escaped to the North and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom. (p. 250)23
13441730253Dred Scott v. SandfordAn 1857 Supreme Court case, in which Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that African Americans (free or slave), were not citizens of the United States, that Congress could not exclude slavery from any federal territory, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. The ruling delighted Southern Democrats and infuriated Northern Republicans. (p. 255)24
13441730263Roger TaneyHe was a Southern Democrat and chief justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. (p. 255)25
13441730264Abraham LincolnHe was elected president of the United States in 1860. He was a Republican, who ran on a platform that appealed to those in the North and the West. It called for the exclusion of slavery in the new territories, a protective tariff for industry, free land for homesteaders, and a railroad to the Pacific. (p. 258)26
13441730254Lincoln-Douglas debatesIn 1858, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln had seven debates in the campaign for the Illinois senate seat. Lincoln was not an abolitionist, but he attacked Douglas's seeming indifference to slavery as a moral issue. Although Lincoln lost the election to Douglas, he emerged as a national figure and leading contender for the Republican nomination for president. (p. 256)27
13441730255house-divided speechThe speech given by Abraham Lincoln when accepting the Republican nomination for the Illinois senate seat. He said, "This government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free". (p. 256)28
13441730256Freeport DoctrineDoctrine developed by Stephen Douglas that said slavery could not exist in a community if the local citizens did not pass laws (slave codes) maintaining it. This angered Southern Democrats. (p. 257)29
13441730257Sumner-Brooks incidentThis incident took place in 1856, when Congressman Preston Brooks severely beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. The attack occurred in the Senate chamber, after Sumner gave a vitriolic speech, "The Crime Against Kansas". (p. 254)30
13441730265John BrownHe led his four sons and some former slaves, in an attack on the federal arsenal, called the Harpers Ferry raid. (p. 257)31
13441730258Harpers Ferry raidIn October 1859, John Brown led his four sons and some former slaves, in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His impractical plan was to obtain guns to arm Virginia's slaves, whom he hoped would rise up in a general revolt. He and six of his followers were captured and hanged. Southern whites saw the raid as proof of the north's true intentions - to use slave revolts to destroy the South. (p. 257)32
13441730259Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's CabinIn 1852, she wrote this influential book about the conflict between a slave named Tom, and a brutal white slave owner, Simon Legree. It caused a generation of Northerners and many Europeans to regard all slave owners as cruel and inhuman. Southerners believed it to be proof of Northern prejudice against the Southern way of life. (p. 250)33

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