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AP US History: Reconstruction Flashcards

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8452255022black codesLaws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War Any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.0
8452255023black reconstructionBlacks could vote and had rights, but black codes kept them virtually enslaved. They did get more political power, however.1
8452255024John Wilkes Booth..., was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.2
8452255025carpetbaggersA derogatory term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes by buying up land from desperate Southerners and by manipulating new black voters to obtain lucrative government contracts.3
8452255026Civil Rights Act of 18661964; banned discrimination in public acomodations, prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, outlawed discrimination in most employment; enlarged federal powers to protect voting rights and to speed school desegregation; this and the voting rights act helped to give African-Americans equality on paper, and more federally-protected power so that social equality was a more realistic goal4
8452255027compromise of 1877-Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river; as long as Hayes became the president5
8452255028copperheadsA group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.6
8452255029Jefferson DavisAn American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865.7
8452255030election of 1866Johnson took to the road and used his infamous, "swing around the circle" speeches to attack Congressional opponents; appealed to racial prejudices of whites; Republicans accused Johnson of being a drunkard and a traitor and used antisouthern prejudices by employing a campaign tactic known as "waving the bloody shirt"-inflaming the hatreds of northern voters by reminding them of the hardships of war; Johnson won but Republicans owned both House and Senate8
8452255031election of 1876Ended reconstruction because neither canidate had an electorial majority. Hayes was elected, and then ended reconstruction as he secretly promised9
8452255032Force Acts of 1870-71Restricted Ku Klux Klan. Banned and sometimes arrested KKK members.10
845225503313th AmendmentAbolish slavery11
845225503414th Amendment1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5 Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts12
845225503515th amendmentAmendment that extended suffrage to all races.13
8452255036freedmen1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs14
8452255037Freedmen's BureauOrganization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War15
8452255038impeachmentA formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official, famously used against Andrew Johnson after he disobeyed the Tenure of Office Act.16
8452255039Andrew Johnson17th President of the United States17
8452255040Ku Klux KlanA secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.18
8452255041Military Reconstruction Act of 18671867; divided the South into five districts and placed them under military rule; required Southern States to ratify the 14th amendment; guaranteed freedmen the right to vote in convention to write new state constitutions19
8452255042radical republicansAfter the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.20
8452255043redeemer governmentsConservative white democrats many of them planters or businessmen who reclaimed control of South following the end of reconstruction21
8452255044sharecropperA person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops. You usually go into debt and cant come out.22
8452255045state-suicide theoryThe Southern states had relinquished their rights when they seceded. This, in effect, was suicide.23
8452255046Thaddeus StevensA Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress.24
8452255047Charles SumnerA leader of the Radical republicans along with Thaddeus Stevens. He was from Massachusetts and was in the senate. His two main goals were breaking the power of wealthy planters and ensuring that freedmen could vote25
8452255048Tenure of Office Act of 1867Radical attempt to further diminish Andrew Johnson's authority by providing that the president could not remove any civilian official without Senate approval; Johnson violated the law by removing Edwin Stanton as secretary of war, and the House of Representatives impeached him over his actions26

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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8373989598Free-soil MovementMovement did not oppose slavery in the South, but did not want the Western states to allow slavery.0
8373989599Free-Soil party1848-Northerners organized this party to advocate that new Western states not allow slavery and provide free homesteads. Slogan was, "free soil, free labor, free men".1
8373989600Conscience WhigsWhigs that opposed slavery.2
8373989601BarnburnersAntislavery Democrats, whose defection threatened to destroy the the Democratic party.3
8373989602New England Emigrant Aid CompanyNorthern abolitionists and Free-Soilers set up this company to pay for the transportation of antislavery settlers to the Kansas Territory. They did this to shift the balance of power against slavery in this new territory.4
8373989603Bleeding KansasAfter 1854, conflicts between antislavery and proslavery forces exploded in the Kansas Territory.5
8373989604Pottawatomie Creek1856-abolitionist John Brown and his sons attacked this proslavery farm settlement and killed five settlers.6
8373989605Lecompton Constitution1857-President James Buchanan asked that Congress accept this document and admit Kansas as a slave state. Congress did not accept it.7
8373989606Popular SovereigntyAround 1850, this referred to the idea that each new territory could determine by vote whether or not to allow slavery in that region.8
8373989607Lewis CassDemocratic senator from Michigan-proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to the slavery question in the territories.9
8373989608Henry ClayHe proposed the Compromise of 1850.10
8373989609Zachary Taylor12th president of the U.S. from 1849 to 1850. Was a general and hero in the Mexican War. Elected to the presidency in 1848, representing the Whig party. Died suddenly in 1850 and Millard Fillmore became the president.11
8373989610Compromise of 1850Henry Clay proposed and it was signed into law by President Millard Fillmore. It proposed: * Admit California to Union as free state * Divide remainder of the Mexican Cession into New Mexico and Utah (popular sovereignty) * Give land in dispute between Texas and New Mexico to federal government in return for paying Texas' public debt of 10 million * Ban slave trade in D. C., but permit slaveholding * New Fugitive Slave Law to be enforced12
8373989611Stephen A. Douglas1854-devised Kansas-Nebraska Act, which in effect overturned the Missouri Compromise, allowed South the opportunity to expand slavery. 1858-debated Abraham Lincoln in a famous series of seven debates in the campaign for the Illinois senate seat. Won the campaign for reelection to the Senate, but alienated Southern Democrats. 1860-won the Democratic presidential nomination, but Southern Democrats nominated their own candidate, John Breckinridge. Easily defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election that year.13
8373989612Millard Fillmore13th president of the U.S., serving from 1850-1853, last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. 2nd 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 1850.14
8373989613Kansas-Nebraska Act1854 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.15
8373989614Crittenden compromiseWinter 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)16
8373989615Franklin Pierce14th President of the United States from 1853-1857. Democrat from New Hampshire, he was acceptable to Southern Democrats b/c he supported the Fugitive Slave Law.17
8373989616Know-Nothing partyPolitical party started in the mid-1850s. Also known as American party, mostly native-born Protestant Americans. Core issue was opposition to Catholics and immigrants who were entering Northern cities in large numbers.18
8373989617Republican partyPolitical party formed in 1854, in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Composed of a coalition of Free-Soilers, antislavery Whigs, and Democrats. Although not abolitionist, sought to block the spread of slavery in the territories.19
8373989618John C. FremontIn the presidential election of 1856, this California senator was the Republican nominee. Republican platform called for no expansion of slavery, free homesteads, and a probusiness protective tariff. Lost election to James Buchanan, but won 11 of the 16 free states, which foreshadowed the emergence of a powerful Republican party.20
8373989619James Buchanan15th President of the U.S. from 1857 to 1861. Tried to maintain balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South, 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).21
8373989620Election 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 southern states. South felt like it no longer had a voice in national politics and a number of states soon seceded from the Union.22
8373989621SucessionElection of Abraham Lincoln was 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.23
8373989622Fugitive Slave LawCongress passed a second version of this law in 1850. 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.24
8373989623Underground RailroadNetwork of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places.25
8373989624Harriet 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.26
8373989625Dred Scott v. Sandford1857 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.27
8373989626Roger TaneySouthern Democrat and chief justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.28
8373989627Abraham LincolnElected president of the U.S. 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.29
8373989628Lincoln-Douglas debates1858-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.30
8373989629House-divided SpeechSpeech 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".31
8373989630Freeport 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.32
8373989631Sumner-Brooks incidentIncident 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".33
8373989632John BrownLed his four sons and some former slaves, in an attack on the federal arsenal, called the Harpers Ferry raid.34
8373989633Harpers Ferry raidOctober 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.35
8373989634Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin1852-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.36
8373989635Hinton R. Helper, Impending Crisis of the South1857-he wrote this nonfiction book, that attacked slavery using statistics to demonstrate to fellow Southerners that slavery weakened the South's economy. Southern states banned the book, but it was widely read in the North.37
8373989636George Fitzhugh, Sociology of the South1854-he wrote this proslavery book which argued that slavery was a positive good for slave and master alike. He was the boldest and most well known of proslavery authors. He questioned the principle of equal rights for unequal men and attacked the capitalist wage system as worse than slavery.38

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 25 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 25 Diplomacy and World War II, 1929-1945

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8825788290Good Neighbor PolicyPresident Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America by using economic influence rather than military force in the region. (p. 523)0
8825788291Pan-American conferencesIn 1933, the United States attended a conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, in which we pledged to never again intervene in the internal affairs of any Latin American country. At a second conference in 1936, the U.S. agreed to the cooperation between the U.S. and Latin American countries to defend the Western Hemisphere against foreign invasion. (p. 523)1
8825788292Soviet Union recognizedThe Republican presidents of the 1920's had refused to grant diplomatic recognition to the Communist regime that ruled the Soviet Union. President Franklin Roosevelt promptly changed this policy by granting recognition in 1933. (p. 524)2
8825788293Independence for PhilippinesIn 1934, President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass the Tydings-McDuffie Act which provided independence for the Philippines by 1946. (p. 524)3
8825788294reciprocal trade agreementsIn 1934, Congress enacted a plan that would reduce tariffs for nations that reciprocated with comparable reductions for U.S. imports. (p. 524)4
8825788295Japan takes ManchuriaIn September 1931, Japanese troops invaded Manchuria, on China's eastern seaboard. The League of Nations passed a resolution condemning the action but did not take action. (p. 521)5
8825788296Stimson DoctrineIn 1932, Secretary of State Henry Stimson said the United States would not recognize territorial changes resulting from Japan's invasion of Manchuria. (p. 522)6
8825788297fascismA political system in which people glorify their nation and their race through an aggressive show of force. Economic hardships led to the rise of military dictatorships, first in Italy, then in Japan and Germany. (p. 524)7
8825788298Italian Fascist partyIn 1922, they seized power in Italy. They attracted dissatisfied war veterans, nationalists, and those afraid of rising communism. They marched on Rome and installed Mussolini in power. (p. 524)8
8825788299Benito MussoliniHe founded the Italian Fascist Party, and sided with Hitler and Germany in World War II. In 1945, he was overthrown and assassinated by the Italian Resistance. (p. 524)9
8825788300EthiopiaIn 1935, fascist Italy invaded this African nation. (p. 526)10
8825788301German Nazi partyThis party arose in 1920's Germany in reaction to deplorable economic conditions after war and national resentments over the Treaty of Versailles. By 1933, the party under leader Adolph Hitler, had gained control of the German legislature. (p. 524)11
8825788302Adolf HitlerAustrian-born founder of the German Nazi Party and chancellor of the Third Reich (1933-1945). His fascist philosophy, embodied in the book Mein Kampf attracted widespread support, and after 1934 he ruled as an absolute dictator. Hitler's pursuit of aggressive nationalist policies resulted in the invasion of Poland (1939) and the subsequent outbreak of World War II. His regime was infamous for the extermination of millions of people, especially European Jews. He committed suicide in 1945, when the collapse of the Third Reich was imminent. (p. 524)12
8825788303Axis PowersAlliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.13
8825788304Spanish Civil WarIn 1936, a rebellion erupted in Spain after a coalition of Republicans, Socialists, and Communists was elected. General Francisco Franco led the rebellion. The revolt quickly became a civil war, by 1939 Franco had established a military dictatorship. (p. 525)14
8825788305Francisco FrancoIn 1936, he plunged Spain into a Civil War. By 1939, Franco's Fascist had established a military dictatorship. (p. 525)15
8825788306RhinelandIn 1936, Adolf Hitler invaded this region. This was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles which had declared the area a demilitarized zone. (p. 526)16
8825788307SudetenlandIn 1938, Hitler insisted Germany had the right to take over an area in western Czechoslovakia. (p. 526)17
8825788308MunichA 1938 conference, at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that he would not expand Germany's territory any further. (p. 526)18
8825788309appeasementA policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. In the years 1935 to 1938, a series of military actions by Fascist dictatorships made Britain, France, and the United States nervous, but they did nothing to stop the actions. * 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia * 1936 - German troops invade the Rhineland * 1937 - Japan invades China * 1938 - Germany takes the Sudetenland (p. 526)19
8825788310Poland; blitzkriegOn September 1, 1939, Germany invaded this country using overwhelming air power and fast-moving tanks, a term of warfare called lightning war. Britain and France then declared war against Germany. (p. 528)20
8825788311isolationismA policy of non-participation in international economic and political relations. A 1934 committee led by Senator Gerald Nye concluded the main reason for participation in World War I was because of the bankers and arm manufacturers greed. This caused the U.S. public to be against any involvement in the early stages of World War II. (p.. 525)21
8825788312Nye CommitteeIn 1934, a Senate committee led by South Dakota Senator Gerald Nye to investigate why America became involved in World War I. They concluded that bankers and arm manufacturers pushed the U.S. into the war so they could profit from selling military arms. This committee's work pushed America toward isolationism for the following years. (p. 525)22
8825788313Neutrality ActsLaws passed by isolationists in the late 1930s, that were designed to keep the United States out of international wars. (p. 525)23
8825788314America First CommitteeIn 1940, after World War II had begun in Asia and Europe, isolationists became alarmed by President Roosevelt's support for Britain. To mobilize American public opinion against the war, they formed this committee. Charles A. Lindbergh was one of it spokesmen. (p. 525)24
8825788315Charles LindberghIn 1927, this U.S. aviator thrilled the world, by making the first nonstop flight from Long Island to Paris. In 1940, he was a speaker for the isolationist America First Committee. (p. 480, 525)25
8825788316Quarantine speechIn 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made this speech after Japan invaded China. He proposed that democracies act together to "quarantine" Japan. Public reaction to the speech by the American public was negative, and the idea was abandoned. (p. 526)26
8825788317cash and carryPolicy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality, while aiding Great Britain. Great Britain could buy U.S. military arms if it paid in full and used its own ships to transport them. (p. 528)27
8825788318Selective Training and Service ActIn 1940, Roosevelt passed this law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service. (p. 528)28
8825788319destroyers-for-bases dealIn September 1940, Roosevelt cleverly arranged a trade that would help Great Britain. The United States gave Britain fifty older but still serviceable US destroyers, in exchange the U.S. was given the right to build military bases on British Islands in the Caribbean. (p. 528)29
8825788320FDR, third termIn the 1940 presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term in office. (p. 529)30
8825788321Wendell WillkieFranklin Roosevelt's Republican opponent in the 1940 Presidential election. (p. 529)31
8825788322Four Freedoms speechA speech by President Franklin Roosevelt on January 6, 1941 that proposed lending money to Britain for the purchase of U.S. military weapons. He argued that the U.S. must help other nations defend "four freedoms" (freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear). (p. 529)32
8825788323Lend-Lease ActIn March 1941, this act permitted Britain to obtain all U.S. arms they needed on credit during World War II. (p. 529)33
8825788324Atlantic CharterIn August 1941, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill met aboard a ship off the coast of Newfoundland. They created this agreement which outlined the principles for peace after the war. (p. 530)34
8825788325escort convoysIn July 1941, the U.S. began to provide protection for British ship carrying U.S. arms being transported to Britain. (p. 530)35
8825788326oil and steel embargoIn September 1940, Japan joined the Axis powers. The United States responded by prohibiting export of steel and scrap iron to Japan and other countries. In July 1941, when Japan invaded French Indochina, the U.S. cut off Japanese access to many vital materials, including U.S. oil. (p. 530)36
8825788327Pearl HarborOn December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy, this U.S. naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii was bombed by Japanese planes. 2,400 Americans were killed and 20 warships were sunk or severely damaged. The next day, the United States declared war on Japan. (p. 531)37
8825788328War Production BoardDuring World War II, President Roosevelt established this agency to allocated scarce materials, limit or stop the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among competing manufacturers. (p. 531)38
8825788329Office of Price AdministrationThis World War II federal agency regulated most aspects of civilian lives by freezing prices, wages, and rents and rationing commodities in order to control inflation. (p. 532)39
8825788330government spending, debtDuring World War II federal spending increased 1000 percent between 1939 and 1945, and the gross national product grew by 15 percent or more each year. By the war's end, the national debt was $250 billion, five times what it had been in 1941. (p. 532)40
8825788331role of large corporationsDuring World War II, the 100 largest corporations accounted for 70 percent of wartime manufacturing. (p. 532)41
8825788332research and developmentThe United States government worked closely with industrial companies, universities, and research labs to create and improve technologies that could be used to defeat the enemy. (p. 532)42
8825788333Manhattan ProjectCode name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II. (p. 532)43
8825788334Office of War InformationEstablished by the government to promote patriotism and help keep Americans united behind the World War II effort. (p. 533)44
8825788335the Good WarThe term for the unity of Americans supporting the democratic ideals in fighting World War II. (p. 533)45
8825788336wartime migrationDuring World War II, over 1.5 million African-Americans migrated from the South to job opportunities in the North and the West. (p. 533)46
8825788337civil rights, Double VDuring World War II civil rights leaders encouraged African Americans to adopt the Double V slogan - one for victory, one for equality. (p 533)47
8825788338executive order on jobsDuring World War II, President Roosevelt issued an executive order to prohibit discrimination in government and in businesses that received federal contracts. (p. 533)48
8825788339Smith v. AllwrightThis Supreme Court case in 1944 ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny membership in political parties to African Americans as a way of excluding them from voting in primaries. (p. 533)49
8825788340Braceros programA program the American and Mexican governments agreed to, in which contract laborers would be admitted to the United States for a limited time as migrant farm workers (p. 533)50
8825788341Japanese internmentIn 1942, over 100,000 Japanese Americans living on the United States West coast were rounded up and put in internment camps. (p. 534)51
8825788342Korematsu v. U.S.A 1944 Supreme Court case which upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay financial compensation to each survivor. (p. 534)52
8825788343Rosie the RiveterA propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in industrial jobs in the shipyards and defense plants during World War II. (p. 534)53
8825788344wartime solidarityThe New Deal helped immigrant groups feel more included, and serving together in combat or working together in defense plants helped to reduce prejudices. (p. 534)54
8825788345election of 1944In this presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt replaced his vice president with Harry S. Truman, as they ran against Republican Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term, but he died within three months. (p. 534)55
8825788346Harry S. TrumanHe became president on April 12, 1945, when President Franklin Roosevelt died suddenly. In August 1945, he order an atomic bomb be dropped on Hiroshima then on Nagasaki, to end the war with Japan. Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. (p. 537, 538)56
8825788347Battle of the AtlanticThe protracted naval war to control the shipping lanes in the North Atlantic. (p. 535)57
8825788348strategic bombingUnited States bomber carried out daylight bombing raids on military targets in Europe, but the lines between military and civilian targets became blurred as war went on. (p. 535)58
8825788349Dwight EisenhowerThe United States general who commanded the invasion of Normandy (D-Day), Casablanca and the defeat of Nazi Germany. (p. 536)59
8825788350D-DayOn June 6, 1944 the Allies landed in northern France with the largest invasion by sea in history. By the end of August Paris was liberated from the Nazis, and by September Allied troops had crossed the German border. (p. 536)60
8825788351HolocaustA methodical plan, orchestrated by Germany's Adolph Hitler to eliminate Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled. Six million Jews and several million non-Jews would be murdered by the Nazis. (p. 536)61
8825788352island-hoppingThe United States strategy in the Pacific, which called for capturing Japanese-held islands in the Pacific and moving on to others to bring the American military closer and closer to Japan itself. (p. 536)62
8825788353Battle of MidwayOn June 4-7, 1942, the U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet at Midway Island. The Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. The battle marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific. (p. 536)63
8825788354Douglas MacArthurUnited States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II. (p. 537)64
8825788355kamikaze attacksJapanese pilots would deliberately crash their planes into American ships, killing themselves, but also inflicting severe damage to the ships. (p. 537)65
8825788356J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist and professor of physics. He led the top-secret Manhattan Project, which built the world's first atomic bomb. (p. 537)66
8825788357atomic bombA nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission. (p. 537)67
8825788358Hiroshima; NagasakiOn August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Then on August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. About 250,000 Japanese died as a result. Within a week after the second bomb was dropped, Japan agreed to surrender. (p. 537)68
8825788359Big ThreeThe leaders of the Allies during World War II included: Soviet Union - Joseph Stalin, Great Britain - Winston Churchill, United States - Franklin Roosevelt. (p. 537)69
8825788360Casablanca ConferenceThe conference attended by Roosevelt and Churchill in January 1943, to discuss the strategy to win World War II. The plan called for the invasion of Sicily and Italy by British and American troops. They resolved to accept nothing less than unconditional surrender of Axis powers. (p. 537)70
8825788361unconditional surrenderA surrender with any demands or requests. (p. 538)71
8825788362Tehran, Yalta, PotsdamThe three cities that held conferences for the leaders of the Allied powers, United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union during World War II. (p. 538)72
8825788363United NationsOn October 24, 1945, this international organization formed after World War II to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. (p. 539)73

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 11 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 11 Society, Culture, and Reform, 1820-1860

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5312475895utopian communitiesOver one hundred of these experimental communities were started in this period. (p. 210)0
5312475896ShakersThis religious communal movement held property in common and and separated men and women. (p. 210)1
5312475897Amana ColoniesThis German religious communal movement in Ohio emphasized simple living. (p. 210)2
5312475898Robert Owen3
5312475899New HarmonyNonreligious experiment founded to solve problems of inequity and alienation caused by the Industrial Revolution. (p. 210)4
5312475900Joseph Humphrey NoyesHe started a cooperative community in Oneida, New York. They prospered by manufacturing silverware. (p. 210)5
5312475901Oneida CommunityCommunity started in 1848 dedicated to social and economic equality. They shared property and spouses. (p. 210)6
5312475902Charles Fourier phalanxesFrench socialist who advocated that people share working and living arrangements in communities. Wanted to solve problems of competitive society but Americans were too individualistic. (p. 210)7
5312475903Horace MannHe was the leading advocate of the public school movement. (p. 213)8
5312475904temperanceReformers targeted alcohol as the cause of social ills. shift from moral exhortation to political action in reform. Business leader and politicians supported it because it improved productivity of industrial workers. (p. 212)9
5312475905American Temperance SocietyFounded in 1826 by Protestant ministers and others, they encouraged total alcohol abstinence. (p. 212)10
5312475906WashingtoniansA temperance movement which argued that alcoholism was a disease that need practical helpful treatment. (p. 212)11
5312475907Women's Christian Temperance UnionThis organization was dedicated to the idea of the 18th Amendment - the Amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol. (p. 212)12
5312475908asylum movementIn the 1820s and 1830s this movement for public asylums: wanted inmates cured of antisocial behavior by putting them in a good environment. included mental hospitals, schools for the blind and deaf, and penitentiaries. (p. 212)13
5312475909Dorothea DixA reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. (p. 212)14
5312475910Thomas GallaudetStarted a school for the deaf. (p. 213)15
5312475911Samuel Gridley HoweHe started a school for the blind. (p. 213)16
5312475912penitentiariesBuilding of new prisons to take the place of crude jails. Reflected a major doctrine, structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)17
5312475913Auburn systemA prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)18
5312475914public school movementFree public schools for children of all classes. (p. 213)19
5312475915McGuffey readersElementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work, punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)20
5312475916American Peace SocietyA pacifist society founded on the principles of William Ladd. Merged societies from New Hampshire, New York, Maine, and Massachusetts.21
5312475917American Colonization SocietyIn 1817 this organization transported free slaves to African colony. This appealed to moderates, racists, and politicians. Only 12,000 people were settled in Africa. (p. 215)22
5312475918abolitionismThe Second Great Awakening led many Christians to view slavery as a sin. There were a wide range of views in the movement from gradual abolition to immediate abolition. (p. 214)23
5312475919American Antislavery SocietyThe organization founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and others. The advocate the immediate abolition of all slavery. (p. 215)24
5312475920William Lloyd Garrison; The LiberatorAn abolitionist who in 1831 started a publication, "The Liberator". He attacked everything from slave holding, to moderate abolitionists. (p. 215)25
5312475921Liberty partyIn 1840 this political party was formed In reaction the the radical abolitionists. They pledged to bring an end to slavery by political and legal means. (p. 215)26
5312475922Frederick Douglass; The North StarA former slave, in 1847 he started the antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)27
5312475923Harriet TubmanFamous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)28
5312475924David RugglesAn anti-slavery activist who was active in the New York Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad. He claimed to have led over six hundred people, including friend and fellow abolitionist Frederick Douglass, to freedom in the North. (p. 215)29
5312475925Sojourner TruthUnited States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women. (p. 215)30
5312475926William StillAfrican American abolitionist and author, he "The Underground Railroad" which chronicles how he helped 649 slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. (p. 215)31
5312475927David WalkerHe was a black abolitionist who called for the immediate emancipation of slaves. He wrote the "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World." It called for a bloody end to white supremacy. He believed that the only way to end slavery was for slaves to physically revolt. (p. 215)32
5312475928Henry Highland GarnetA radical abolitionist, who with David Walker, advocated the most radical solution to the slavery question. They argued that slaves should take action themselves by rising up in revolt against their "masters" (p. 215)33
5312475929Nat TurnerIn 1831 he led a slave rebellion in Virginia. This was the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were killed. (p. 215)34
5312475930antebellum periodThe period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)35
5312475931romantic movementIn early 19th century Europe, art and literature emphasized intuition and feelings, individual acts of heroism, and the study of nature. In America, similar themes were expressed by transcendentalists.36
5312475932transcendentalistsThey 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. Artistic expression was more important than pursuit of wealth. They valued individualism and supported the antislavery movement. (p. 209)37
5312475933Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The American Scholar"Best known transcendentalist, his essays and lectures expressed the individualistic and nationalistic spirit of Americans. He urged self-reliance, and independent thinking. (p. 209)38
5312475934Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"Pioneer ecologist and conservationist. Advocate of nonviolent protest against unjust laws. (p. 209)39
5312475935Brook Farm; George RipleyAttempted communal experiment by Protestant minister George Ripley under transcendentalist ideals. Combination of intellectual and manual labor. (p. 207)40
5312475936feministsAdvocates of women's rights. (p. 214)41
5312475937Margaret FullerSocial reformer, leader in women's movement and a transcendentalist. Edited "The Dial" which was the publication of the transcendentalists.42
5312475938Theodore ParkerA theologian and radical reformer. (p. 210)43
5312475939George Caleb BinghamAn American realist artist, whose paintings depicted life on the frontier. (p. 211)44
5312475940William S. MountContemporary of the Hudson River school; began as a history painter but moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. (p. 211)45
5312475941Thomas ColeFounder of the Hudson River school, famous for his landscape paintings. (p. 211)46
5312475942Hudson River schoolFounded by Thomas Cole, first native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition, painted many scenes of New York's Hudson River. Romantic treatment of American landscape47
5312475943Frederick ChurchCentral figure in the Hudson River School, pupil of Thomas Cole, known for his landscapes and for painting colossal views of exotic places. (p. 211)48
5312475944Washington IrvingAuthor, diplomat, wrote The Sketch Book, which included "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the first American to be recognized in England (and elsewhere) as a writer49
5312475945James Fenimore CooperUnited States novelist noted for his stories of indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)50
5312475946Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor of "The Scarlet Letter", originally a transcendentalist but later became a leading anti-transcendentalist.51
5312475947Sylvester Grahaman American dietary reformer who was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. He is notable for his emphasis on vegrtarianism and the Temperance Movement.52
5312475948Amelia Bloomera leader in the temperance and women's suffrage movements, remembered especially for her failed attempt to revolutionize women's clothing through the use of modified trousers under slightly shorter skirts53
5312475949Second Great AwakeningA religious movement that occurred during the antebellum period. A reaction against rationalism (belief in human reason) that offered opportunity of salvation to all. (p. 207)54
5312475950Timothy DwightPresident of Yale College, he helped initiate the Second Great Awakening. His campus revivals inspired many young men to become evangelical preachers. (p. 207)55
5312475951revivalism; revival camp meetingsReligious revivals that were a reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. A populist movement that was part of the Second Great Awakening. (p. 207)56
5312475952millennialismA popular belief of the time that the world was about to end with the second coming of Jesus Christ. (p. 208)57
5312475953Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; MormonsFounded by Joseph Smith in 1830. It was based on the Book of Mormon which traced a connection between the American Indians and the lost tribes of Israel. After Joseph Smith was murdered, Brigham Young led the group to establish the New Zion on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)58
5312475954Joseph SmithFounded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints in New York in 1830. The church moved to Ohio, Missouri, then Illinois. (p. 208)59
5312475955Brigham YoungAfter Joseph Smith was killed, he led the church to Utah. (p. 208)60
5312475956New ZionThis was the religious community established by the Mormons on the banks of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)61
5312475957women's rights movementWomen reformers resent the men for regulating their secondary roles in reform movements62
5312475958cult of domesticityAfter industrialization occurred women became the moral leaders in the home and educators of children. Men were responsible for economic and political affairs. (p. 214)63
5312475959Sarah Grimke, Angelina GrimkeTwo sisters, born in South Carolina, they joined the abolitionist movement and fought for women's rights. (p. 214)64
5312475960Letter of the Condition of Women and the Equality of the SexesWritten by Angelina and Sarah Grimke, it protested males opposition to their abolitionist work. (p. 214)65
5312475961Lucretia MottA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)66
5312475962Elizabeth Cady StantonA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)67
5312475963Seneca Falls ConventionIn 1848 it was the first women's rights convention in U.S. history. Wrote "declaration of sentiments" which declared all men and women equal and listed grievances. the frame of argument echoed the Declaration of Independence. Complained about property and voting rights. (p. 214)68
5312475964Susan B. AnthonySocial reformer who campaigned for womens rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist. She helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association. (p. 214)69

AP US HISTORY 1 Flashcards

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8680693142The Inca, Iroquois, Maya, AztecWhat are the Pre-Columbian Native American societies?0
8680693143The Canon, Astrolabe, Compass, and improved mapsWhat technology did the Portuguese use in their voyages of exploration?1
8680831768Bartholomeu DiasWho was the Portuguese sailor who was first to sail around Africa's southern tip at the Cape of Good Hope2
8680831769The discovery of nearly identical species of fish in long-separated freshwater lakes throughout the worldWhat proved the once existence of a single original continent (Pangea)3
8680831770The Appalachian MountainsWhich mountain range was probably created before the continental separation (about 350 million years ago)4
8680831771People who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North AmericaWho were likely the first Americans5
868083177254 MillionIn 1492, when Europeans arrived in the Americas, the total of the two continents' populations was probably what?6
8680831773Establish large, elaborate, bustling cities; make strikingly accurate astronomical observations; study mathematics; carry on commerceWhat did the more advanced Native American cultures do?7
8680831774CornWhat was the crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America?8
8680831775North AmericaWhere was Native American civilization least highly developed?9
8680831776The production of a rich diet that led to a relatively high populationWhat did the development of "3 sister" farming lead to?10
8680831777In small, scattered, and impermanent settlementsBefore the arrival of Europeans, where did most natives in North America live?11
8680831778Military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skillHow was the Iroquois Confederacy able to menace its Native Americans and European neighbors?12
8680898496Hunting, gathering fuel, clearing fields for planting, and fishingWhat tasks did men in more settled agricultural groups in North America preform?13
8680898497No nation-state that yearned to expand supported their venturedWhy did the early voyages of the Scandinavian seafarers not result in permanent settlements in North America?14
8680898498They brought back news of valuable Far Eastern spices, drugs, and silkWhy were Christian Crusaders indirectly responsible of the discovery of America?15
8680898499The Arabs and AfricansWhat group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?16
8682177213The Portuguese Slave SystemWhere can the origins of the modern plantation system be found?17
8682177214Portugal controlled the African CoastWhy did Spain look westward in order to reach the Indies?18
8682177215Maize, Potatoes, beans, and tomatoesWhat New World plants revolutionized the international economy?19
868217721690%Within a century of Columbus' landfall in the new world, how much had the native population dropped?20
8682177217The growth of CapitalismWhat did the flood of precious metals into Europe from the New World result in?21
8682177218European governments to give Native Americans to colonists if they promised to Christianize themWhat did the encomienda system allow?22
8682177219To gain God's favor by spreading Christianity; To escape dubious (criminal) pasts; to seek adventure; to satisfy their desire for goldWhy did men become Conquistadors23
8682177220They had a century head start of exploration over the English; they were genuine Empire builders; they were cultural innovators in the new world; their settlements were bigger and richer compared to Anglo-Saxon onesWhat true about Spain and their exploration24
8682177221It guaranteed toleration to all ChristiansWhat did Maryland's Act of Toleration (1649) do?25
8682177222Because it could be produced easily and quicklyWhy was tobacco considered a poor man's crop?26
8682177223It had to be planted extensively; required the clearing of a lot of land; required an elaborate refining process; was a capital-intensive processWhy was sugar considered an Rich Man's crop?27
8682177224SugarWhat was the main export crop of the British Caribbean?28
8682177225BarbadosWhere did the statues governing slavery in North America originate?29
8682177226Rice and Native American slavesWhat were the two major exports of the Carolinas30
8682177227HostileWhat were Carolinians attitude towards Native Americans?31
8682177228Create a haven for people imprisoned for debtWhat were Georgia's founders determined to do?32
8682177229They were economically dependent on the export of a staple cropHow were Virgina, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia similar?33
8682177230Based their economies on the export of staple crops; practiced slavery; provided tax support towards the Church of England; had few large citiesBy 1750, what did all the Southern plantation caolines do/have?34
8682177231Anglican ChurchWhat did King Henry VIII establish following the Protestant Reformation35
8682177232Violent and UnjustHow would you describe the treatment of the Irish under the reign of Elizabeth I36
8682177233Francis Drake"Sea Dog" who plundered the treasure ships of the Spanish Main37
8682177234Walter Raleighcourtier whose colony at Roanoke Island was mysteriously abandoned in the 1580s38
8682177235Humphrey Gilbertadventurer who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland39
8682177236The Defeat of the Spanish ArmadaWhat caused Spanish dreams of building and empire to fade?40
8682177237It helped to ensure England's Naval dominance in the North AtlanticWhat did England's defeat of the Spanish Armada do?41
8683380532A unified nation state, measure of religious unity, a sense of nationalism, and a popular monarchWhat did England posses on the eve of its colonization venture?42
8683380533A large population boom; enclosing of crop lands, thus forcing farmers off their land; increased unemployment; an economic depressionWhat happened in England as the 17th Century opened up?43
8683380534A joint-stock companyWho provided the financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America?44
8683380535Unemployment, thirst for adventure, desire for markets, desire for religious freedomWhat were some motives for English colonization?45
8683380536The foundation for American LibertyThe guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the "rights of Englishmen" became what?46
8683380537To impress Smith with his power and show the Indians desire for peaceWhy did Chief Powhatan have Captain John Smith kidnapped?47
8683380538He imposed a harsh military regime in the colonyWhat did Lord De La Warr do when he took control of Jamestown in 161048
8683380539NonexistentWhat was the social order in Virginia and other southern colonies like?49
8683380540DiseaseWhat was the biggest disrupter of Native American life?50
868338054114%By 1700, what percentage of Virginia's population was black slaves51
8683380542To be financially profitable and create a refuge for the CatholicsWhat was the colony of Maryland founded?52
8683639492Patterns if settlement; economies; political systems; valuesColonists in both the North and South established differently in what ways?53
8683639493German; protested against the Catholic doctrines at Wittenberg in 1517; denounced the authority of priests and popes; declared that the Bible was the only source of God's wordWho was Martin Luther ?54
8683639494Fines; floggings; banishment; deathWhat were the punishments for people who flouted the authority of the Puritan Liturgy in the Massachusetts Bay Area55
8683639495Breaking away from the Church of England; condemning and taking Native American land; denying the authority of civil governments; challenging the legality if the Massachusetts Bay CharterWhat were Roger William's beliefs?56
8683639496Individualists and independent attitudesWhat was the colony of Rhode Island known for?57
8683639497It established a regime democratically controlled by the "substantial" citizensSettlers fo the Connecticut River Colony developed a document known as the Fundamental orders which did what?58
8683639498Intertribal unity against the EnglishWhat was the New England Native Americans' only hope for resisting the English?59
8683639499The lasting defeat of New England's IndiansWhat did King Philips war result in?60
8683639500The power of town meetings was curbed; officials tried to enforce the navigation laws; taxes were levied unfairly; smuggling was repressedWhat were the results of Sir Edmond Andros' rule?61
8683639501The DutchWho originally founded New York?62
8683639502For quick profit off of fur tradingWhy was the Dutch colony New Netherland (later NY) founded?63
8683639503The autocratic spirit survivedWhat happened when the English gained control over New Netherland?64
8683639504The monopolistic land policies of the aristocratsWhy was the physical growth of English New York slowed?65
8683639505PennsylvaniaWhat was the best advertised colony?66
8683639506profitable very quicklyWhat was the economy of Pennsylvania like67
8683639507Slave labor in the southWhat became the main regional difference?68
8683639508Scarcity of WomenWhat was the population of the Chesapeake colony notable for throughout the first half of te 17th century69
8683639509The Chesapeake coloniesDue to high death rates, families were both few and fragile where?70
8683639510VirginiaBy 1700, what was the most populated colony?71
8683639511Captured by African coastal tribesMany of the slaves who reached North America were what?72
8683639512Middle PassageThe gruesome ocean voyage to america, particularly for African American slaves73
8683639513South CarolinaWhere were the worst social and physical conditions for slaves?74
8683639514Jazz, the banjo, a variety of words, and bongosWhat did African Americans contribute to American culture75
8683639515racial discriminationAlthough slavery was started for economic reasons, slavery also was influenced by what?76
8683639516SlavesWho was at the bottom of the Social class in the south?77
8683639517Marry early and have several childrenIt was common for colonial New England adults to do what?78
8683639518OrderlyHow was expansion of New England society?79
8683639519Democracy in political governmentWhat did the Puritan system of congressional church government lead to?80
8683639520Fishing, ship building, and commerceWhat did the New England economy heavily depend on?81
8683639521Energy, stubbornness, self-reliance, resourcefulnessThe combination of Calvinism., soil, and climate in New England resulted in the people there possessing what qualities82
8683639522Extremely importantHow important was New England's impact on the rest of the nation83
8691582570Every world war since 1688Beginning in the 17th Century, what had America been involved in?84
8691582571Popularly elected assembliesWhat did English colonies have that New France did not?85
8691582572BeaversWhat was one valuable resource in New France?86
8691582573Fur TrappingWhat was the primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France87
8691582574They explored and acted as geographersWhat did the Jesuit priests do other then failing at gaining converts?88
8691582575Decades of salutary neglectWhat did Britain provide during the generation of peace following the 1713 treaty of Utrecht?89
8691582576Fighting over control of The ohio river valleyWhat did the clash between Britain and France for control of North America stem from?90
8691582577He was defeated at fort necessity but was allowed to retreatWhat happened in George Washington's first military command in the French and Indian War?91
8691582578To achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threatWhat was the long ranged purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754?92
8691582579He focused his military strategy on the Quebec-Montreal areaWhat happened when William Pitt became prime minister during the 7 Years War?93
8691582580A very important battleWhat was the battle of Quebec 1759?94
8691582581A new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappearedWhat happened once the Americans and British won the 7 Years War?95
8691582582Stabilize Indian-white relationsWhat did the British decide to do after defeating Chief Pontiac and his alliance?96
8691582583To work out a fair trade settlement of the Indian problemWhat was the Proclamation of 1763 designed to do?97
8691582584It prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian MountainsWhat did the Proclamation of 1763 do?98
8691582585Rapidly growing populationsWhat was one feature that all the rebellious colonies had?99
8691582586The natural fertility of AmericansWhat can the population growth of the American Colonies by 1775 be attributed to?100
8691582587New York, Charlestown, Philadelphia, BostonWhat communities could be considered a city in Colonial America by 1775?101
8691582588Pugnacious, lawless, and individualisticHow could you describe the Scots-Irish102
8691849796Very little considering the amount in EnglandHow many poor people were in the American Colonies by the mid 1700s103
8691849797The ministryWhat was the most honored profession in early colonial society104
8691849798Cattle and GrainBy the 18th century, what did the northern colonies rely on?105
8691849799TobaccoBy the 18th century, what did the Chesapeake colonies rely on?106
8691849800Rice and IndigoBy the 18th century, what did the southern colonies rely on?107
869184980190%What percentage of people were farmers in the colonies?108
8691849802AgricultureWhat was the leading industry in the American colonies109
8691849803The trading of manufactured goods for slavesWhat did the triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry involve?110
8691849804Rum, Beaver Hats, Lumber, IronAlthough manufacturing in the colonies was of second importance, what did the Americans produce111
8691849805Slow by any means availableWhat was transportation in colonial america like112
8691849806A cradle for democracy; hotbeds for agitation for the Revolutionary movement; important in crystallizing public opinion; places providing amusementWhat were Colonial American taverns?113
8691849807Congregational and AnglicanWhat were the only 2 established (tax supported) churches in 1775 Colonial America?114
8691849808undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies; split the colonial churches into several competing denominations; led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutger colleges; was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American PeopleWhat did the great awakening do?115
8692743063Parliament passed the tax, not the colonistsWhy did the colonists object the Stamp Act116
8692743064That every member of British Parliament represented all British subjectsWhat did virtual representation mean?117
8692743065It kept the idea of parliament taxation aliveWhy was the tax on tea retained when the Townshend acts were repealed118
8692743066Not the only protestWas the Boston Tea Party an only protest?119
8692743067It granted Quebec a religious tolerance and trail by juryWhat did the Quebec act do?120
8692743068To consider ways of redressing colonial grievancesWhy was the First Continental Congress called?121
8692743069Second-rate officers; the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in case of trouble; long supply lines; brutal treatment of their soldiersWhat were some weaknesses of the British Army?122
8692743070Both the Americans and the BritishWho did the African American fight for during the revolutionary war?123
8692743071Compelling the American Colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empireWhat change in colonial policy by the British government helped precipitate the American Revolution124
8692743072A willingness to subordinate private interests to the common goodWhat did American colonial exponents of Republicanism argue that a just society depended on?125
8692743073Greeks and RomansWhat models did republicans look to as examples of a just society126
8692743074The arbitrary power of the monarchyWhat did the radical whigs fear?127
8692743075A country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount gold and sliver in its treasuryWhat did mercantilists believe128
8692743076Supply Britain with raw materials not available there; furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy; provide a market for British Manufactured goods; refrain from exporting woolen clothWhat were Americans expected to do under Mercantilist doctrine129
8692743077They were loosely enforcedBefore 1763, the navigation laws were what?130
8692743078The stifled economic initiativeWhy were the Navigation Laws a burden to certain colonists?131
8692743079To raise money to support a new military force needed for colonial defenseWhy did the British Parlament pass the Stamp Act132
8692743080They convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic libertyWhat did the passage of the Sugar Act and Stamp Act do?133
8704905213Courage, sense of justice, moral force, patienceWhat qualities did George Washington exhibit as the commander of America's Revolutionary Army134
8704905214Political reasonsWhy was George Washington chose to lead the colonial army135
8704905215A shortage fo gunpowderWhy did the colonial army eventually lose the Battle of Bunker Hill136
8704905216After the battle of bunker hillWhen did King George III officially declare the colonies in rebellion?137
8704905217It professed American loyalty to the crownWhy did the Olive Branch petition do?138
8704905218The Battle of QuebecAfter what battle did the colonists abandon efforts to capture Canada139
8704905219To explain to the rest of the world why the colonies had revoltedWhat was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence140
8704905220The peopleWhere does the power come from in a republic?141
8704905221It called for American Independence and the creation of a democratic republicWhat did Thomas Paine's Common Sense call for?142
8704905222The Battle of Long Island, Camden, Quebec, & the Seige of CahrlestonWhat were some of the British victories143
8704905223Offer the British one last chance at reconciliationWhat did the Declaration of Independence *NOT* do?144
8704905224A minority movementLike many movements, the American Revolution was what?145
8704905225New EnglandWhere were supporters of the English Crown least likely to be from?146
8704905226Saratoga & WashingtonWhat battles revealed Washington at his military best?147
8704905227It brought the colonists into the much needed alliance with FranceWhy was the battle of Saratoga a key victory for the Americans?148
8705748783They wanted to get revenge against the BritishWhy did France come to America's aid in the revolution?149
8705748784Joseph BrantThe Indian Chief who fought for the British in New York and Pennsylvania150
8705748785Cheap land was easily available and America had few landed AristocratsWhy did American avoid the frightful excesses of the French Revolution151
8705748786Little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited powerWhat was the Second Continental Congress152
8705748787Enforce tax-collecting programsWhat could the Articles of Confederation leave congress unable to do?153
8705748788Prohibit slavery in the old northwestWhat was one farsighted provision in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?154
8705748789Money from land sales towards the national debt; surveys of the land; division into townships by 6 mile squares; money from every 16th section towards educationWhat did the Land Ordinance of 1785 provide?155
8705748790Foreclosures on the mortgages of backcountry farmersWhat provoked Shay's Rebellion156
8705748791A stronger central governmentWhat did Shay's rebellion create a need for in America?157
8705748792A stronger central government was needed?What did the relationship between the 13 states under the Articles of the Confederation create a need for?158
8705748793AntifederalistsThose who opposed ratifying the New Constitution were known as...159
8705846132To preserve the union, forestall anarchy, ensure the security of life and property, curb unrestrained democracyWhat were the motives of the delegates at the 1787 Constitutional convention in Philadelphia160
8705947450Apportioning congressional representationWhat did the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention work out an acceptable scheme for?161
8705947451Government by the consent of the governed; checks and balances; the sanctity of private property; a strong central governmentThe delegates to the Constitutional convention manifested their common beliefs in what?162
8705947452The consent of the governedThe new constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on what?163
8705947453State conventionsThe delegates at the Constitutional Convention stipulated that the new constitution be ratified by who?164

AP US History: Chapter 4 Terms Flashcards

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4798406215indentured servantsmigrants who, in exchange for transatlantic passage, bound themselves to a colonial employer for a term of service. Migration addressed chronic labor shortage in colonies and facilitated settlement.0
4798406216headright systememployed in the tobacco colonies to encourage importation of indentured servants; allowed individual to acquire fifty acres of land if he paid for labor's passage to colony.1
4798406760William Berkeleyroyal governor of Virginia; adopted policies that favored large planters and neglected needs of recent settlers in backcountry; shortcomings led to Bacon's Rebellion2
4798407250Bacon's Rebellionuprising of Virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants led by planter Nathaniel Bacon; response to Governor Berkeley's refusal to protect them from Indian attacks, eventually grew into broader conflict between poor and planter elite.3
4798407541Royal African CompanyEnglish joint stock company w/ state granted monopoly on colonial slave trade; supply of slaves to N. American colonies rose sharply once company lost its monopoly privileges.4
4798407542The Middle Passagetransatlantic voyage between Africa and colonies; notoriously high mortality rates.5
4798408092Slave Codes1662, set of laws defining racial slavery; established hereditary nature of slavery and limited rights + education of slaves6
4798408093Congregational Churchself-governing Puritan congregations without hierarchical establishment of Anglican Church.7
4798408520The Half-Way Covenantagreement allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children; signified waning of religious zeal among second and third generation Puritans.8
4798408521Salem Witch Trialsseries of trials launched after a group of adolescent girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to have been bewitched by certain older women of the town; put to an end by governor after his wife was accused.9
4798410256Leisler's Rebellionarmed conflict between aspiring merchants led by Jacob Leisler + ruling elite of New York; wealthy colonists attempting to recreate European social structures in New World.10

AP US History Presidents Flashcards

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10409880201George Washington1789-1797 Federalist0
10409880798John Adams1797-1801 Federalist1
10409881796Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican2
10409882681James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican3
10409883243James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican4
10409884966John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican5
10409886822Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat6
10409887465Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat7
10409888749William Henry Harrison1841 Whig8
10409891876John Tyler1841-1845 Whig9
10409892630James Polk1845-1849 Democrat10
10409893915Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig11
10409894278Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig12
10409896938Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat13
10409898010James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat14
10409898656Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican15
10409899820Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat16
10409900773Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican17
10409901801Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican18
10409902080James Garfield1881, Republican19
10409903002Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican20
10409903465Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat21
10409904395Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican22

US Pre-AP History #1 Native Americans Flashcards

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4797345361Olmecadapted to their environment, obtained obsidian for trade, located in Mesoamerica0
4797346950Mayalocated close to the Olmec, good in mathematics and science, developed a calendar1
4797348044Toltecmaster architects, used gold and copper2
4797348624Aztecmilitary power, human sacrifices, irrigation systems3
4797350277Hohokamirrigation canals, 3 sister farming, separate villages connected by canals, declined around Columbus's time4
4797352219Anasazibuilt pueblos, basins and channels for rainwater5
4797354664Adenastarted in Ohio River Valley, mound-building culture, made wood-working tools, dugout canoes, and nets6
4797360276Hopewelladvanced with artistic mound building, had ceremonial centers, observatories, and burial places, huge geometric earthworks, buried the dead with pearls and trinkets7
4797365754Mississippianfull time farmers who lived on the floodplains of MS river, began around 700 A.D., communities of hundreds or 1000s centered around a plaza, large mounds often topped with temples or residences of leaders, religion connected closely with sun as source of agriculture, when leader died entire family killed to accompany him into afterlife, created and traded highly sophisticated pottery and tools made from clay, stone, shell, copper, and wood8
4797382685Olmec (Dates)1500-1200 B.C. - 300 B.C.9
4797383232Maya (Dates)A.D. 200 - A.D. 90010
4797384638Toltec (Dates)A.D. 900 - A.D. 120011
4797385400Aztec (Dates)A.D. 1200 - A.D. 150012
4797386260Hohokam (Dates)A.D. 300 - A.D. 150013
4797388057Anasazi (Dates)A.D. 700 and 900 - A.D. 127014
4797389448Adena (Dates)1000 B.C. - A.D.20015
4797390274Hopewell (Dates)200-100B.C. - A.D. 40016
4797391725Mississippian Culture (Dates)A.D. 700 and 900 - A.D. 130017
4797393353Maya (Demise)the regions soil was exhausted, invaders from the north devastated the region18
4797395031Toltec (Demise)Tula fell to invaders from the north, by the Chichimec19
4797396159Aztec (Demise)conquered by Cortes20
4797396634Hohokam (Demise)1300s - abandoned irrigation systems due to flood, wars and emigration happened due to competition for farmland21
4797399967Anasazi (Demise)A.D. 1130 Chaco Canyon experienced drought, 1270s reason: epidemics or attacks by hunter-gatherers22
4797404430Hopewell (Demise)mysteriously declined23
4797406682Adena (Demise)turned into the Hopewell tribe24
4797410738Olmec (Demise)?25
4797414805Mesoamerica (Native American Tribes)Olmec, Maya, Toltec26
4797415537Southwest (Native American Tribes)Hohokam, Anasazi27
4797416085East (Native American Tribes)Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian culture28

AP US History - US Presidents Flashcards

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9197367621George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Farewell Address0
9197367622John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
9197367623Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
9197367624James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
9197367625James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
9197367626John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
9197367627Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
9197367628Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
9197367629William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
9197367630John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
9197367631James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
9197367632Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
9197367633Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
9197367634Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
9197367635James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
9197367636Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
9197367637Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
9197367638Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
9197367639Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
9197367640James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
9197367641Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
9197367642Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
9197367643Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
9197367644William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
9197367645Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
9197367646William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
9197367647Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
9197367648Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
9197367649Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
9197367650Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
9197367651Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
9197367652Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
9197367653Dwight Eisenhower1953-1961 Republican Brown v. Board of Education; Second Red Scare; Highway Act and suburbanization ("white flight"); Farewell Address warning of the military industrial complex32
9197367654John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
9197367655Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
9197367656Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
9197367657Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
9197367658Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
9197367659Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
9197367660George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
9197367661Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
9197367662George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
9197367663Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
9197367664Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

AP US History Flashcards

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5047377382VirginiaFounded 1607.....Jamestown named after Queen Elizabeth I.....tobacco.....made a royal colony....southern colony.....Anglican church.....constitutional monarchy0
5047397873MarylandSouthern colony....founded 1633 by George Calvert and Lord Baltimore.....named after King Charles I wife....shipbuilding and rice.....religious freedom no specific one....proprietary colony.....1
5047453936PennsylvaniaMiddle colony.....founded in 1682 by William Penn.....religious freedom.....fur and coal....proprietary colony.....bread basket colony2
5047480848Rhode IslandNew England colony....founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson........export of rum....charter colony.....haven for quakers baptists Jews and more.3
5047533067Bacons rebellionIndentured servants served 7 years.......borders and treaties signed with native Americans....VA governor William Berkeley refused to authorize war.....farmers started invading Powhatan lands.......CAUSES-tobacco price falls,lack of available land, high taxes, no gov. help.......Jamestown was burned.....EFFECTS- farmers start war, invasions on NA lands, attack wealthy planters.....HOUSE OF BURGESSES- VA lowers taxes and opens land..... OUTCOME- taxes lowered slavery expands in the colonies.....significant cause African slavery expanded4
5047579420The Pueblo RevoltUprising of the indigenous people VS snappish colonizer.....1680.....instigated by a coalition of tribal leaders acting under the pope......leaders were pope gov. Antonio de Otermin.....caused by forced labors Spanish had a harsh labor system called encomienda, religion- Spanish prevented pueblos from their god......EFFECTS- humiliating set back of Spanish empire, revivalism, and destruction of all Christian churches5
5047624287Great Awakening1730-1740......shared national religion experience.....John Edwards in Mass......REASONS- people felt religion was dry and dull....... preachers felt people needed to be concerned with inner emotions as opposed to add weird religious behavior....... people in new England can read Bible on their own.....George white field was a puritan minister who used raw emotional sermons to reach all classes of colonists....OUTCOMES- birth of deep religious convictions in the colonies....... New church is built with new members........ colleges found for ministers...... encouraged ideas out of equality right to challenge authority.... birth of charity6
5047666824Navigation actsParliament in active England's first national act and 1651 to undercut the Dutch Republic's economic preponderance....... by 1750 a long series of navigation acts were in stores in for major ways....... first the laws limited serial traits of British ships defined as those with British ownerships his cruise we three quarters British ....... The second major way in which the navigation acts affected the colony lay in there bearing the export of certain enumerated goods to four nations unless these items first passed through England or Scotland........ The third impact was to encourage economic diversification in America........ The fourth consequence for the colonies with negativity they forbade Americans from competing with British manufacturers of clothing and steel7
5047715478GeorgiaFounded 1732 by James Oglethorpe.......named after the king.......free religion except Roman Catholics8
5047739547South CarolinaFounded 1633 by 8 English nobles........becomes seperate from north......religious freedom for baptists9
5047767742North CarolinaFounded 1653 by Virginia colonists.......religious freedom from baptists......became a royal colony10
5047789208New YorkFounded 1626 by the duke of York......religious freedom from quakers.....exported to England.......royal colony.......breadbasket colony......11
5047813002New jerseyFounded in 1664 by lord Berkeley......religious freedom from quakers......royal company12
5047823363DelewareFounded 1638 by Peter Miniut13
5047835029MassachusettsFounded 1630 by John Winthrop......inhabited by puritans.....royal providence....Salem witch trials....14
5047837080New hampshireFounded 1638 by John mason and John wheelwright.......inhabited by puritans.....royal colony15
5047837081ConnecticutFounded 1636 by Thomas Hooker......16
5047884341Edmund Morgan Slavery and freedomVirginia made English men Engrossment of tidewater land expansion of tobacco production Planters did not think women were fit in fields Men were armed Bacons rebellion was largest popular rising in the colonies before the American revolution The rights of Englishmen with preserved by destroying the rights of Africans They had been neutered and he can societies and lost their freedom Georgian would be neutered or freedom17
5047933847New England and Indians king PhillipsNew England population fell New England Puritans launched a campaign to convert the Indians to protestantinism Chief pokanokets or king Philip what an attack on Swansea Massachusetts Known as king Phillips war When the world was over power of New England's Indians was broken the regions remain Indians would live in small scatter communities18
5047954382Period 2: 1607-1754Jamestown happened in 1607 Mayflower compact happened in 1619 the French and Indian war happened in 1754 French for good friends with natives the Dutch traded Portugal bang Dutch French and British Empire had imperial goals French and Dutch bro I don't trade alliances and her marriage with American Indians Quired furs and other products not New England Puritans mix economy of the culture and commerce Colonies had a broad range of European migrants greater cultural ethnic and religious diverse city in intolerance The southernmost Atlantic coast depending on the waiver of enslaved Africans Solitary neglect is when someone shows no interest to a lot of interest Interactions with European rivals American Indians roster both accommodations and conflicts French Dutch British and Spanish colonies allied with armed American Indian groups hot alliance with Europeans against other Indian groups British conflicts American Indians overland resources political boundaries military confrontations such as Metacom's or in New England American Indian resistance to Spanish colonization after the Pueblo revolt Spanish accommodation of American Indian culture and selfless American Indian resistance to Spanish colonization after the pueblo about the Spanish accommodation of American Indian culture and selfless This was a good system French and Indian war have to join or die snake picture City upon a hill was to purify from inside purify the church's were Puritans and they want perfect religious society Smallnew England farms used relatively few enslaved labor's19
5048031883Period 1Crash and burn Matriarchal is a woman society Contact among Europeans native Americans and Africans resulted in the Columbian exchange and significant social cultural and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic ocean Was the transfer of plants animals and diseases between old and new The European expansion was God gold and glory The Columbian exchange brought his new crops to Europe from America population growth and new sources of mineral wealth which desolated the European shift from said you will listen to capitalism Joint stock companies helped Drive changes to economies Ecomienda- used African slaves supported by Catholic Church Peninsulares were Spaniards born in Spain creoles were born in new Spain of Spanish parents Mestizos were born of Spanish and Native American Indian parents Enslaved persons brought from Africa in the Caribbean Mulatto to wear white and African or Spanish and African No one truly owns the land20

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