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AP US History 1 Chapter 17 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

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7533649664"Fifty-four forty or fight"Slogan adopted by mid-nineteenth century expansionists who advocated the occupation of Oregon territory, jointly held by Britain and the United States.0
7533649665Aroostook WarSeries of clashes between American and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine, resolved when a permanent boundary was agreed upon in 1842.1
7533649666Battle of Buena VistaKey American victory against Mexican forces in the Mexican-American War. Elevated General Zachary Taylor to national prominence and helped secure his success in the 1848 presidential election.2
7533649667California Bear Flag RepublicShort-lived republic, established by local American settlers who revolted against Mexico. Once news of the war with Mexico reached the Americans, they abandoned the republic in favor of joining the United States.3
7533649668CarolineAmerican ship set fire by the British as it was carrying supplies across the Niagara River to Canadian insurgents, during Canada's short-lived insurrection.4
7533649669Conscience WhigsNortherners who opposed slavery on moral grounds. They sought to prevent the annexation of Texas as a slave state, fearing that the new slave territory would only serve to buttress the Southern "slave power."5
7533649670CreoleAmerican ship captured by a group of rebelling Virginia slaves. The slaves successfully sought asylum in the Bahamas, raising fears among Southern planters that the British West Indies would become a safe haven for runaway slaves.6
7533649671Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoEnded the war with Mexico. Mexico agreed to cede territory reaching northwest from Texas to Oregon in exchange for $18.25 million in cash and assumed debts.7
7533649672Liberty PartyAntislavery party that ran candidates in the 1840 and 1844 elections before merging with the Free Soil party. Supporters sought the eventual abolition of slavery, but in the short term hoped to halt the expansion of slavery into the territories and abolish the domestic slave trade.8
7533649673spot resolutionsMeasures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, questioning President James K. Polk's justification for war with Mexico. Lincoln requested that Polk clarify precisely where Mexican forces had attacked American troops.9
7533649674Tariff of 1842Protective measure passed by Congressional Whigs, raising tariffs to pre-Compromise of 1833 rates.10
7533649675Walker TariffRevenue-enhancing measure that lowered tariffs from 1842 levels thereby fueling trade and increasing Treasury receipts.11
7533649676Wilmot ProvisoAmendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. Introduced by Pennsylvania congressman David Wilmot, the failed amendment ratcheted up tensions between North and South over the issue of slavery.12
7533710624Webster-Ashburton TreatyThis was a compromise over the Maine boundary. America received more land in the deal but England got the Halifax-Quebec route.13

AP US History 1 Chapter 3 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

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6978601089SeparatistsSmall group of Puritans who sought to break away entirely from the Church of England; after initially settling in Holland, a number of English Separatists made their way to Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts in 1620.0
6978601090CalvinismDominant theological credo of the New England Puritans based on the teachings of John Calvin. Calvinists believed in predestination—that only "the elect" were destined for salvation.1
6978601091conversionIntense religious experience that confirmed an individual's place among the "elect," or the "visible saints." Calvinists who experienced conversion were then expected to lead sanctified lives to demonstrate their salvation.2
6978601095blue lawsAlso known as sumptuary laws, they are designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. Blue laws were passed across the colonies, particularly in Puritan New England and Quaker Pennsylvania.3
6978601098QuakersReligious group known for their tolerance, emphasis on peace, and idealistic Indian policy, who settled heavily in Pennsylvania in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries4
6979762709predestinationThe Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned.5
6979770993electIn Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation.6
6979775644visible saintsIn Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expected to lead godly lives.7
6979779501callingIn Protestantism, the belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work.8
6979787526heresyDeparture from correct or officially defined belief.9
6979795588seditiousConcerning resistance to or rebellion against the government.10
6979796771commonwealthAn organized civil government or social order united for a shared purpose.11
6979803595autocraticAbsolute or dictatorial rule.12
6979806041passive resistanceNonviolent action or opposition to authority, often in accord with religious or moral beliefs.13
6979809540asylumA place of refuge and security, especially for the persecuted or unfortunate.14
6979812317proprietaryConcerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarch.15
6979817777naturalizationThe granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants.16
6979820159ethnicConcerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Angelo-Saxon background.17
7056963805Fundamental OrdersIn 1639 the Connecticut River colony settlers had an open meeting and they established a constitution. It was the first constitution in the colonies and was a beginning for the other states' charters and constitutions.18
7056966398General CourtA Puritan representative assembly elected by the freemen; they assisted the governor; this was the early form of Puritan democracy in the 1600's19
7056967359PilgrimsSeparatists; worried by "Dutchification" of their children they left Holland on the Mayflower in 1620.20

AP US History Chapter 6 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition Chapter 6

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7509436149James Madison1. "Father of the Constitution". 2. solved the questions of sovereignty and limiting power with the separation of power and checks and balances. 3. Contributed to the Federalist papers.0
7509436150Alexander HamiltonOne of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a strong central government. He was appointed by washington as secretary of the treasury. He also desird the creation of a national bank.1
7509436151FederalistsGroup that supported ratification of the Constitution, later became a political party. Alexander Hamilton was a well known leader feared disorder, anarchy, chaos, unchecked power of the masses2
7509436152Anti-Federalistthose who opposed ratification of the constitution. They believed the constitution violated the principles of the revolution. They were concerned that the constitution lacked a bill of rights and gave government too much power feared the dangers of concentrated power and that the gov would abuse the citizens' rights like england3
7509436153Bill of RightsThe first ten amendments (changes to the Constitution) were added to protect the rights of individual citizens. Nine dealt with basic rights. The tenth reserved state power for anything not specifically withheld from or delegated to the federal government.4
7509436154Kentucky and Virginia ResolutionsTwo states passed resolutions that argued states had the right to nullify laws passed at the federal level. it was unsuccessful.5
7509436155Checks and balancesDesigned to keep one branch of government from dominating the other6
7509436156Great CompromiseA compromise made at the constitutional convention of 1787. Stated that their would be a 2 house legislature with one house represented by population and each slave would count as 3/5ths of a person in both taxation and representation. The upper house would have 2 representatives per state regardless of population.7
7509436157House of RepresentativesRepresentation would be based on population of each state8
7509436158SenateRepresentation would be two per state, regardless of state size9
75094361593/5ths Compromisefor every five slaves, three would be counted for representation and direct taxation10
7509436160Legislative branchThe branch of government that makes laws11
7509436161CongressLegislative branch; House and Senate12
7509436162CabinetTerm for chiefs of departments appointed by President constitution does not specify how many there should/should not be. first 3 were state (jefferson), treasury (Hamilton), and war (knox)13
7509436163Judiciary Act of 1801reduced the number of Supreme Court Justices by one but increased number of federal judgeships. Adams stayed until midnight on his last day in office appointing judges before his term ended, known as "midnight appointments"14
7509436164Supreme CourtUltimate court in the US had the power to make final decisions in cases involving constitutionality of state laws15
7509436165Democratic-Republican PartyRival to Federalists; opposed strong central government; led by Jefferson16
7509436166John AdamsIn 1796 he was a Federalist who was elected as the second president.17
7509436167Revolution of 1800Election in which Democratic-Republicans peacefully took power from the Federalists. Close election ended in a tie between two Republican candidates which had to be decided by the current Congress (Federalist majority). Thomas Jefferson was elected on the 36th ballot18
7509436168French RevolutionDivided Federalists and Republicans. Republicans applauded democratic, anti-aristocratic spirit they believed the FR embodied, Federalists were horrified at attacks on organized religion, the overthrow and eventual execution of the king and queen19
7509436169Proclamation of NeutralityIn 1793 Washington announced US as neutral in the war between England and France20
7509436170Jay's Treatyestablish American Sovereignty over the entire Northwest Territory and produced a satisfactory commercial relationship with britain.21
7509436171Pinckney TreatySpain agreed to open lower Mississippi River and New Orleans to US trade & conceded to prevent indian attacks across the border of FL.22
7509436172Articles of ConfederationAmerica's original governing document. - Established a very weak central government and strong state governments. This government was favored by those terrified of tyrannical central government.23
7509436173The Virginia PlanA plan for new government with three branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. According to this plan the legislative branch would have 2 houses. The lower house would represent the states based on population, the upper house would be appointed by the lower house. Favored by large states, disliked by small states.24
7509436174The New Jersey PlanA plan proposing a "federal" not "national" government. This plan would have a one house legislature with equal representation for each house but with more ability to tax and regulate commerce. Favored by small states, disliked by large states.25
7509436175Federalist PapersSeries of widely published essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pseudonym Publius. They defended the constitution to the public attempting to get them to want to ratify the constitution26
7509436176First national elections in 1789George Washington elected to the presidency unanimously. John Adams became Vice-President. April 30, 1789 Inauguration.27
7509436177Judiciary Act of 1789An act that provided a Supreme Court with six justices, thirteen district courts and three circuit courts of appeals. The act also gave the Supreme Court final decision in cases involving the constitutionality of state laws.28
7509436178National BankHamilton proposed this to stabilize and unify the American banking system. controversial bcz constitution did not assign it so some people argued that it was not legal. Hamilton argued that it was necessary and that the constitution did not specifically prohibit it29
7509436179RepublicansBecause of the rise of the Federalist party headed by Hamilton, it's opposition formed the (Democratic) Republican party. Key figures were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.30
7509436180Whiskey Rebellion of 1794Farmers in western PA refused to pay the excise tax on whiskey, directly breaking federal law. They also terrorized tax collectors. Washington organized an army of 15,000 and personally led the troops to PA....rebellion quickly ceased. Helped secure the frontier by intimidating the whiskey rebels into allegiance and gaining loyalty of other frontier people by accepting their territories as new states (NC, RI, VT, KT, TN)31
7509436181Indians in the ConstitutionVague/conflicting mentions - excludes those "not taxed" from being counted in population totals to determine House of Rep seats. Seems to make clear that tribes are not "foreign Nations" but recognizes existence of tribes as legal entities32
7509436182Election of 1796Washington did not run for presidency. The Republican party had Thomas Jefferson. The Federalist party was split between John Adams and Thomas Pinckney. Adams won by three electoral votes.33
7509436183The Alien ActThis act put new obstacles in the way of foreigners who wished to become American citizens and strengthened the president's hand in dealing with foreigners.34
7509436184The Sedition ActThis act allowed the government to prosecute anyone who committed "libelous or treasonous acts" against the government. Different people thought different things treasonous so the government could basically prosecute anyone who did not agree with them.35
7509436185federalismpower divided between states and federal government36
7509436186separation of powersdivided power among the branches so that one branch would not be more powerful than the other37
7509436187citizen genetfrench diplomatic representative who went to charleston and tried to convince shipwconers to aid the french when us was trying to remain neutral38
7509436188quasi warstarted by the XYZ affair, was an undeclared war with France. US created a navy to fight french ships forming an ally with britain in the war with france. came to a reasonably peaceful end in 1800 after Adams sent another commission to Paris and the new French govt (headed by Napoleon) agreed to a treaty39
7509436189XYZ AffairRevolutionary France and America had unstable relations, so President Adams appointed a commission to negotiate with France. When the Americans arrived, the french demanded a loan and a bribe before any negotiations began. Adams reported this to Congress and replaced the names of the French agents with X, Y, and Z.40

AP US History 1 Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

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6979853673Congregational ChurchSelf-governing Puritan congregations without the hierarchical establishment of the Anglican Church.0
6979853674headright systemThe right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of laborer1
6979853681jeremiadA sermon or prophecy recounting wrongdoing, warning of doom, and calling for repentance.2
6979853683Middle PassageThat portion of a slave ship's journey to which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas.3
6979883580disfranchiseTo take away the right to vote.4
6979889023civil warAny conflict between the citizens or inhabitants of the same country.5
6979891991tidewaterThe territory adjoining water affected by tides---that is, near the seacoast or coastal rivers.6
6979896565fertilityThe ability to mate and produce abundant young.7
6979898640menialFit for servants, humble or low8
6979899396militiaAn armed force of citizens called out only in emergencies.9
6979900831hierarchyA social group arranged in ranks or classes.10
6979902131corporationA group or institutional granted legal rights to carry on certain specified activities.11
6979904220lynchingThe illegal execution of an accused person by mob action, without due process of law.12
6979907707hinterlandAn inland region set back from a port, river, or seacoast13
6979911917social structureThe basic pattern of the distribution of status and wealth in a society.14
6979914814blue bloodOf noble or upper-class descent.15

AP US History Chapter 20 Flashcards

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6014125488Progressive IssueThe opponents of Medicare and Medicaid rejected such national health assistance.0
6014125489Jane Addams & Hull HouseLeader in women's suffrage and world peace one of the most prominent reformers of the Progressive Era; a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams.1
6014125490Settlement house movementCreation of places that offered social services to urban poor - often food, shelter, and basic higher education - Hull House was most famous.2
6014125491Social GospelMovement led by Washington Gladden - taught religion and human dignity would help the middle class over come problems of industrialization.3
6014125492"Fighting" Bob La FolletteThis guy did not mean to smash corporations, but merely drive them out of politics and then to treat them exactly the same as other people are treated4
6014125493PragmatismA philosophy which focuses only on the outcomes and effects of processes and situations.5
6014125494Oliver Wendell HolmesHis reasoning was known as Legal Realism, it rested on his conviction that the "life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."6
6014125495MuckrakersA group of investigative reporters who pointed out the abuses of big business and the corruption of urban politics; included Frank Norris (The Octopus) Ida Tarbell (A history of the standard oil company) Lincoln Steffens (the shame of the cities) and Upton Sinclair (The Jungle).7
6014125496Florence KellyActive in the settlement house movement and led progressive labor reforms for women and children.8
6014125497Muller v Oregon 1908First case to use the "Brandeis brief"; recognized a 10-hour work day for women laundry workers on the grounds of health and community concerns.9
6014125498National American Women's Suffrage AssociationPro-suffrage organization formed by the joining of the national woman suffrage association and the american woman suffrage association. Organization established in 1890 to promote woman suffrage; stressed that women's special virtue made them indispensable to politics.10
6014125499Urban liberalismThe idea that unions and politicians would work together to improve conditions for workers.11
6014125500Triangle Shirtwaist factory fireMarch 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; nearly 50 ended up jumping to their death; while 100 died inside the factory; led to the establishment of many factory reforms, including increasing safety precautions for workers.12
6014125501Socialist PartyPolitical Party in the United States which supports socialism - working people own and control the means of production and distribution through democratically- controlled public agencies, cooperatives, or other collective groups.13
6014125502Eugene V. DebsLeader of the American Railway Union, he voted to aid workers in the Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the strike was over.14
6014125503Anti-Saloon leagueOrganization founded in 1893 that increased public awareness of the social effects of alcohol on society; supported politicians who favored prohibition and promoted statewide referendums in Western and Southern states to ban alcohol.15
6014125504VolunteerismDuring World War II, many on the home front were called upon to volunteer and assist the war effort. This included buying of war bonds, conserving raw materials, and planting Victory gardens.16
6014125505Direct primaryDirect primary:The direct primary expressed La Follett's democratic idealism, but it also suited his particular political talents.17
6014125506Initiative RecallThe initiative enabled citizens to have issues placed on the ballot; the recall empowered them to remove officeholders who had lost the public's confidence.18
6014125507Booker T. WashingtonAfrican American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.19
6014125508Atlanta CompromiseArgument put forward by Booker T. Washington that African-Americans should not focus on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on economic self-improvement20
6014125509WEB DuBoisOpposed Booker T. Washington. Wanted social and political integration as well as higher education for 10% of African Americans-what he called a "Talented Tenth". Founder of the Niagara Movement which led to the creation of the NAACP.21
6014125510Niagara MovementW.E.B. Du Bois and other young activists, who did not believe in accommodation, came together at Niagara Falls in 1905 to demand full black equality. Demanded that African Americans get right to vote in states where it had been taken away, segregation be abolished, and many discriminatory barriers be removed. Declared commitment for freedom of speech, brotherhood of all peoples, and respect for workingman.22
6014125511NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional.23
6014125512The CrisisA pamphlet written by Tom Paine during the darkest days of the Revolution for the Patriots that spurred them to keep fighting. "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot...".24
6014125513National Urban LeagueTried to improve job opportunities and housing for African Americans especially for migrants moving north from the southern states; worked closely with NAACP to achieve its goals; "Not Alms But Opportunity".25
6014125514Teddy Roosevelt26th President, from 1901-1909, passed two acts that purified meat, took over in 1901 when McKinley was shot, Went after trusts, formed the "Bull Moose Party", wanted to build the Panama canal, and make our Navy stronger.26
6014125515McKinley's assassinationAfter winning the election of 1900 he was killed by an anarchist while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He died a week later, and Vice President Roosevelt was sworn in as president.27
6014125516Leon CzolgoszThis anarchist, who assassinated President William McKinley, worked for a time at a nail factory in Charleston.28
6014125517Sherman Anti-Trust ActFirst federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions.29
6014125518Elkins Act 1903Sponsored by President Theodore Roosevelt, provided for the regulation of interstate railroads. The act forbade rebates or other rate reductions to shipping companies. Railroads were not allowed to offer rates different from the published rates.30
6014125519Hepburn Railway ActA 1906 United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction. It empowered the ICC to set maximum shipping rates and prescribe uniform methods of bookkeeping.31
6014125520ConservationismTeddy Roosevelt did not object to using the country's natural resources for human production. He did want to protect the environment to insure resources would be replenished and not get depleted. This is his view of the environment.32
6014125521Public Lands Commission 1902In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed the commission to propose rules for land development and management.33
6014125522Upton Sinclair, The JungleThe author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906, the bad quality of meat and the dangerous working conditions.34
6014125523Roosevelt's Square DealRoosevelt ran for president in his own rights in 1904. During the campaign, he promised Americans this. By this, he meant that everyone from farmers to consumers to workers to owners would have the same opportunity to succeed. That promise helped Roosevelt conquer a huge victory.35
6014125524William Howard TaftHe was endorsed by Roosevelt because he pledged to carry on progressive program, then he didn't appoint any Progressives to the Cabinet, actively pursued anti-trust law suits, appoints Richard Ballinger as Secretary of the Interior, Ballinger opposed conservation and favored business interests, Taft fires Gifford Pinchot (head of U.S. forestry), ran for re-election in 1912 but lost to Wilson.36
6014125525Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act 1909Lowered tariff rates but enacted a corporation tax.37
6014125526Bull Moose PartyNickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912.38
6014125527Woodrow Wilson28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize.39
6014125528Underwood Tariff Act 1913Law that lowered tariff rates, most importantly made/ enacted 16th amendment by instituting law for the first regular federal income tax.40
6014125529Federal Reserve Act 1913This act created a central banking system, consisting of twelve regional banks governed by the Federal Reserve Board. It was an attempt to provide the United States with a sound yet flexible currency. The Board it created still plays a vital role in the American economy today.41
6014125530Clayton Anti-Trust Act 1914New antitrust legislation constructed to remedy deficiencies of the Sherman Antitrust Act, namely, it's effectiveness against labor unions.42
6014125531Ludlow MassacreThe violent deaths of 20 people, 11 of them children, during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado in the on April 20, 1914.43
6014125532US Commission on Industrial RelationsWas a commission created by the U.S. Congress on August 23, 1912 to scrutinize US labor law. The commission studied work conditions throughout the industrial United States between 1913 and 1915. The final report of the Commission, published in eleven volumes in 1916, contain tens of thousands of pages of testimony from a wide range of witnesses.44

AP US History, Chapter 15 Flashcards

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8512852399The Age of Reason(1794) Thomas Paine's anticlerical treatise that accused churches of seeking to acquire "power and profit" and to "enslave mankind".0
8512852400DeismEighteenth-centuyr religious doctrine that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Most Deists rejected biblical inheritance and the divinity of Christ, but they did not believe that a Supreme Being created the universe.1
8512852401Second Great Awakening(early nineteenth century) Religious revival characterized by emotional mass "camp meetings" and widespread conversion. Brought about a democratization of religion as a multiplicity of denominations vied for members.2
8512852402Burned-Over DistrictPopular name for western New York, a region particularly swept up in the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening.3
8512852403MormonsReligious followers of Joseph Smith, who founded a communal, oligarchic religious order in the 1830s, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormons, facing deep hostility from their non-Mormon neighbors, eventually migrated west and established a flourishing settlement in the Utah desert.4
8512852404Lyceum(From the Greek name for the ancient Athenian school where Aristotle taught) Public lecture hall that hosted speakers on topics ranging from science to moral philosophy. Part of a broader flourishing of higher education in the mid-nineteenth century.5
8512852405American Temperance SocietyFounded in Boston in 1826 as part of a growing effort of nineteenth-century reformers to limit alcohol consumption.6
8512852406Maine Law of 1851Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. A dozen other states followed Maine's lead, though most statutes proved ineffective and were repealed within a decade.7
8512852407Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls(1848) Gathering of feminist activists in Seneca Falls, New York where Elizabeth Lady Stanton read her "Declaration of Sentiments," stating that "all men and women are created equal".8
8512852408New Harmony(1825-1827) Communal society of around one thousand members, established in New Harmony, Indiana, by Robert Owen. The community attracted a hodgepodge of individuals, from scholars to crooks, and fell apart due to infighting and confusion after just two years.9
8512852409Brook Farm(1841-1846) Transcendental commune founded by a group of intellectuals, who emphasized living plainly while pursuing the life of the mind. The community fell into debt and dissolved when their communal home burned to the ground in 1846.10
8512852410Oneida CommunityOne of the more radical utopian communities established in the nineteenth century, it advocated "free love", birth control, and eugenics. Utopian communities reflected the reformist spirit of the age.11
8512852411Shakers(established ca. 1770s) Called this for their lively dance worship, they emphasized simple, communal living and were all expected to practice celibacy. First transplanted to America from England by Mother Ann Lee, they counted six thousand members by 1840, though by the 1940s the movement had largely died out.12
8512852412Federal StyleEarly national style of architecture that borrowed from neoclassical models and emphasized symmetry, balance, and restraint. Famous builders associated with this style included Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin Latrobe.13
8512852413Greek RevivalInspired by the contemporary Greek independence movement, this building style, popular between 1820 and 1850, imitated Ancient Greek structural forms in search of a democratic architectural vernacular.14
8512852414Hudson River School(mid-nineteenth century) American artistic movement that produced romantic renditions of local landscapes.15
8512852415Minstrel showsVariety shows performed by white actors in blackface. First popularized in the mid-nineteenth century.16
8512852416RomanticismEarly nineteenth-century movement in European and American literature and the arts that, in reaction to the hyper-rational Enlightenment, emphasized imagination over reason, nature over civilization, intuition over calculation, and the self over society.17
8512852417Transcendentalism(mid-nineteenth century) Literacy and intellectual movement that emphasized individualism and self-reliance, predicted upon a belief that each person possesses an "inner light" that can point the way to truth and direct contact with God.18
8512852418The American Scholar(1837) Ralph Waldo Emerson's address at Harvard College, in which he declared an intellectual independence from Europe, urging American scholars to develop their own traditions.19
8512852419Peter CartwrightMethodist revivalist who traversed the frontier from Tennessee to Illinois in the first decades of the nineteenth century, preaching against slavery and alcohol, and calling on sinners to repent.20
8512852420Charles Grandison FinneyOne of the leading revival preachers during the Second Great Awakening, he presided over mass camp meetings throughout New York state, championing temperance and abolition, and urging women to play a greater role in religious life.21
8512852421Joseph SmithFounder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), he gained a following after an angel directed him to a set of golden plates which, when deciphered, became the Book of Mormon. His communal, authoritarian church and his advocacy of plural marriage antagonized his neighbors in Ohio, Missouri and finally Illinois, where he was murdered by a mob in 1844.22
8512852422Brigham YoungSecond president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he led his Mormon followers to Salt Lake City, Utah after Joseph Smith's death. Under his discipline and guidance, the Utah settlement prospered, and the church expanded to include over 100,000 members by his death in 1877.23
8512852423Horace MannSecretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education and a champion of public education, advocating more and better school houses, longer terms, better pay for teachers and an expanded curriculum.24
8512852424Dorothea DixNew England teacher-author and champion of mental health reform, she assembled damning reports on insane asylums and petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to improve conditions.25
8512852425Neal S. DowNineteenth century temperance activist, dubbed the "Father of Prohibition" for his sponsorship of the Main Law of 1851, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the state.26
8512852426Lucretia MottProminent Quaker and abolitionist, she became a champion for women's rights after she and her fellow female delegates were not seated at the London antislavery convention of 1840. She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, held the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls in 1848.27
8512852427Elizabeth Cady StantonAbolitionist and woman suffragist, she organized the first Woman's Rights Convention near her home in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. After the Civil War, she urged Congress to include women in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, despite urgings from Frederick Douglass to let freedmen have their hour. In 1869, she, along with Susan B. Anthony, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to lobby for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote.28
8512852428Susan B. AnthonyReformer and woman suffragist, who, with long-time friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton, advocated for temperance and women's rights in New York State, established the abolitionist Women's Loyal League during the Civil War, and founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 to lobby for a constitutional amendment giving women the vote.29
8512852429Lucy StoneAbolitionist and women's rights activist, who kept her maiden name after marriage, inspiring other women to follow her example. Though she campaigned to include women in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, she did not join Stanton and Anthony in denouncing the amendments when it became clear the changes would not be made. In 1869 she founded the American Woman Suffrage Association, which lobbied for suffrage primarily at the state level.30
8512852430Amelia BloomerReformer and women's rights activist, who championed dress reform for women, wearing short skirts with Turkish trousers or "_____s," as a healthier and more comfortable alternative to the tight corsets and voluminous skirts popular with women of her day.31
8512852431Robert OwenScottish-born textile manufacturer and founder of New Harmony, a short-lived communal society of about a thousand people in Indiana.32
8512852432John J. AudobonFrench-born naturalist and author of the beautifully illustrated Birds of America.33
8512852433Stephen C. FosterPopular American folk composer who popularized minstrel songs, which fused African rhythms with nostalgic melodies.34
8512852434James Fenimore CooperAmerican novelist and a member of New York's Knickerbocker Group, he wrote adventure tales, including The Last of the Mohicans, which won acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.35
8512852435Ralph Waldo EmersonBoston-born scholar and leading American transcendentalist, whose essays, most notably "Self- Reliance" stressed individualism, self-improvement, optimism and freedom.36
8512852436Henry David ThoreauAmerican transcendentalist and author of Walden: Or Life in the Woods. A committed idealist and abolitionist, he advocated civil disobedience, spending a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax to a government that supported slave37
8512852437Walt WhitmanBrooklyn-born poet and author of Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems, written largely in free verse, which exuberantly celebrated America's democratic spirit.38
8512852438Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHarvard Professor of modern languages and popular mid-nineteenth century poet, who won broad acclaim in Europe for his poetry.39
8512852439Louisa May AlcottNew England born author of popular novels for adolescents, most notably Little Women.40
8512852440Emily DickinsonMassachusetts born poet who, despite spending her life as a recluse, created a vivid inner world through her poetry, exploring themes of nature, love, death and immortality. Refusing to publish during her lifetime, she left behind nearly two thousand poems, which were published after her death.41
8512852441Edgar Allan PoeAmerican poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic who is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.42
8512852442Nathaniel HawthorneNovelist and author of The Scarlet Letter, a tale exploring the psychological effects of sin in seventeenth century Puritan Boston.43
8512852443Herman MelvilleNew York author who spent his youth as a whaler on the high seas, an experience which no doubt inspired his epic novel, Moby Dick.44
8512852444Francis ParkmanEarly American historian who wrote a series of volumes on the imperial struggle between Britain and France in North America.45

AP US History CH1 - The Collision of Cultures Flashcards

Brinkley - American History 14th Ed.
Newman/Schmalbach - United States History: Preparing For The Advanced Placement Examination 10th Ed.

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4751938947land bridgeProbable method of arrival for the first people to arrive in the Americas. Connected Siberia & Alaska around 40,000 years ago. Now submerged under the Bering Sea.0
4751938948Siouxa member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a common language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains, An American tribe most common of the great plains of the American west1
4751938949PawneeNative American tribe of present day Kansas and Nebraska first visited by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541. Nothing much is mentioned of them until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when successive incursions of Spanish, French and English settlers attempted to enlarge their possessions. The tribes however tended to make alliances as and when it suited them. Believed to have numbered over 10,000 in 1780, by 1900 only 600 remained due to war, smallpox and cholera.2
4751938950Pueblo uprisingPueblos were Native American tribe in the Southwest, lived in multistoried apartment like houses. They started a revolt against Spanish (led by Popé), because he was fed up with the way Spanish treated them. Caused by: - Spanish kept them from doing tribal rituals - Instability from a drought and attacks from Apaches3
4751938951AdenaPre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 BC to 200 BC, in a time known as the early Woodland Period. It refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system. They lived in a variety of locations, including: Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania and New York.4
4751938952HopewellNative American culture which centered in the Ohio valley from 200 to 500 C.E.; known for earthen burial and defensive mounds. (snake mound in Illinois)5
4751938953MississippianThe last and most complex of the mound builder societies, inhabiting the Ohio and the Mississippi River valleys from about AD 700 into the 1500s.6
4751938954MayaAfter the decline of the Olmecs, the Maya settled in the rain forests of Guatemala and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Mayan civilization reached its peak between A.D. 300 and 900.7
4751938955IncasCentered in Peru. They ruled a large empire and had many cultural and scientific achievements including an elaborate road system. The arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores (Francisco Pizarro) ended their empire in the 15th century.8
4751938956Aztecalso known as MEXICA who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes (a Spanish Conquistador) in 1519, - built their capital city at Tenochtitlan; - militaristic society; - Grew corn. - Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. Practiced human sacrifices.9
4751938957Christopher ColumbusAn Italian who had been sailing for Portugal but was sponsored by SPAIN to leadexpeditions across the Atlantic, reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.10
4751938958New Worldthe name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas11
4751938959Amerigo VespucciItalian cartographer that sailed under the Spanish flag repeated Columbus' initial attemp to sail west to Asia; he explored the coast of Africa thinking that it was Asia; he made his next voyage commissioned by Portugal and sailed along the coast of S. America concluding that it could not be Asia; his discoveries were published and the new continent was named after him12
4751938960Vasco Nunez de BalboaA Spaniard who, in 1513, crossed (walked) the Isthmus of Panama and reached an ocean (the Pacific).13
4751938961Ferdinand Magellan- Portuguese mariner in the service of Spain - Sailed around southern tip of SA (Strait of Magellan) - killed in the Philippines but one of his ships returned to Spain (1522), thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.,14
4751938962Hernan Cortesled expedition of 600 to coast of Mexico in 1519. conquistador responsible for defeat of the Aztec Empire. captured Tenochtitlan. He had heard rumors of a great kingdom in the interior so he began to stroke inland. With the help of the Indian allies, he and his followers won. Although the Aztec confederacy put up a stiff resistance, disease, starvation, and battle brought the city down in 1521. Tenochtitlan is now Mexico City.15
4751938963Francisco Pizzaroa Spainish explorer and conquistador who conquered the Incas in the 1520s and claimed all the land from Panama to Peru for Spain16
4751938964conquistadoresSpanish explorers who established Spain's initial supremacy in the New World. They sent ships loaded with gold & silver back to Spain from the New World. They increased the gold supply by over 500%, making Spain the richest & most powerful nation in Europe.17
4751938965encomiendaA grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians.18
4751938966asiento systemSystem in which the Spaniards brought captured African slaves to the New World to work; required the Spanish to pay a tax to their king on each slave they imported to the Americas.19
4751938967John CabotItalian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)20
4751938968Giovanni VerrazanoItalian navigator, who was commissioned by France to find a Northwest Passage leading through the Americas to Asia; explored part of North America's eastern coast, including New York harbor (France)21
4751938969Jaques CartierThe French monarchy sent him to North America to find northwest passage before the English. He claimed the St Lawrence River and eastern Canada for France. (1534)22
4751938970Samuel de ChamplainFrench explorer in Nova Scotia who established the first permanent Fre settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)23
4751938971Father Jacques MarquetteFrench missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. Along with Louis Jolliet were the first non-native american to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River in 1673.24
4751938972Robert de la Sallewas responsible for naming Louisiana. He was the first European to float down the Mississippi river to the tip from Canada and upon seeing the beautiful river valley named Louisiana after his king Louis XIV in 1682.25
4751938973Henry HudsonEnglish navigator who discovered the Hudson River, An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed present day New York and called it New Netherland. In 1610 he attempted to winter in the Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)26
4751938974joint stock companyA business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.27
4751938975Father Junipero SerraThe Spanish missionary who founded 21 missions in California, in 1769, he founded Mission San Diego, the first of the chain.28
4751938976Virginia CompanyA joint-stock company: based in Virginia in 1607: founded to find gold and a water way to the Indies: confirmed all Englishmen that they would have the same life in the New World, as they had in England, with the same rights: 3 of their ships transported the people that would found Jamestown in 1607.29
4751938977Captain John SmithAdmiral of New England, an English soldier, sailor, and author. This person is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Native American girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.30
4751938978John RolfeHe was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.31
4751938979PocahontasA native Indian of America, daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; about 1595-1617; her brave actions in saving an Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations.32
4751938980royal colonycolony under the direct control of the English Crown33
4751938981PuritansA religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.34
4751938982Plymouth ColonyA colony established by the English Pilgrims, or Seperatists, in 1620. The Seperatists were Puritans who abandoned hope that the Anglican Church could be reformed. The colony became part of Massachusetts in 1691.35
4751938983separatistsPilgrims that started out in Holland in the 1620's who traveled over the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower. These were the purest, most extreme Pilgrims existing, claiming that they were too strong to be discouraged by minor problems as others were.36
4751938984PilgrimsGroup of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.37
4751938985Mayflowerthe ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 162038
4751938986Mayflower CompactThis document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later documents outlining commonwealth rule.39
4751938987Massachusetts Bay Colony1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the area around present day Boston. The colony established political freedom and a representative government.40
4751938988John WinthropAs governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.41
4751938989Great MigrationMany Puritans migrated from England to North America during the 1620s to the 1640s due to belief that the Church of England was beyond reform. Ended in 1642 when King Charles I effectively shut off emigration to the colonies with the start of the English Civil War.42
4751938990Virginia House of Burgesses1619. First elected legilative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia. Served as an early model of elected government in the New World.43
4751938991Clovis People10,000 years ago these peoples migrated from todays Siberia to what is now Alaska; the first actual people in the New world with tools and spears44
4751938992Archaic Period8000-2000 BCE people were forced to rely more on gathering wild plants as their primary sources of food due to the dryer and warmer weather45
4751938993agricultural revolutionThe time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering46
4751938994hunting & gatheringThe process of living that involves traveling frequently in search of food.47
4751938995Olmecs(1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups.48
4751938996Mexica(also known as Aztecs): were a people of central Mexico; spoke Nahuatl language; built powerful Aztec empire that dominated Mesoamerica during the period from the mid-14th through the early 16th centuries.49
4751938997Eskimoa member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)50
4751938998Cahokiaan ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.51
4751938999Algonquina member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking a common language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada52
4751939000Muskogeanthe third largest language group that includes the tribes in the Southernmost region of the eastern Seaboard: the Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and the Seminoles.53
4751939001matrilinealbased on or tracing descent through the female line54
4751939002mercantilisman economic system used to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests, including its colonies, in order to accumulate wealth - primarily gold & silver55
4751939003Henry the Navigator(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.56
4751939004Bartholomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)57
4751939005Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.58
4751939006Pedro CabralPortuguese leader of an expedition to India; blown off course in 1500 and landed in Brazil59
4751939007Ferdinand & IsabellaDuring the late 15th century, they became King and Queen of a united Spain after centuries of Islamic domination. Together, they made Spain a strong Christian nation and also provided funding to overseas exploration, notably Christopher Columbus.60
4751939008TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. (p. 305)61
4751939009smallpoxA Deadly disease that Europeans brought to the New World. It spreads rapidly and killed millions of Native Americans.62
4751939010Spanish Conquestthe conquering of the Native Americans by the Spanish63
4751939011Black LegendConcept that Spanish conquerors merely tortured and murdered Indians, stole gold and infected them with smallpox, leaving nothing of benefit64
4751939012Ordinances of Discoveryan order by the spanish king that banned the most brutal military conquets. this established American presence in the new world through colonization65
4751939013catholic missions-Established by Junipero Serra and Franciscan friars -Viewed Indians as ignorant and undisciplined -Wanted to convert Indians to Catholicism and become useful members of Spanish Empire -Indians bribed by gifts and rituals Indians were baptized as Catholics, taught Spanish, and stripped of their culture66
4751939014St. AugustineFirst spanish settlement on mainland North America in Florida 156567
4751939015Don Juan de Onatewas a Spanish conquistador who explored the areas of Mexico and what is now Texas and New Mexico in 1598. He was infamous for his cruelty to the Pueblo Indians. In the Battle of Acoma in 1599 he severed one foot of each Pueblo survivor.68
4751939016New MexicoMost populous and prosperous Spanish colony north of Mexico; colonists worked effectively with Natives to develop a flourishing agriculture; largest white settlement west of the Mississippi69
4751939017Santa FeServed as capitol of the Spanish colonies in North America70
4751939018Pueblo RevoltThis event, which occurred on August 10, 1680, in modern-day Santa Fe, New Mexico, was the most successful uprising against Spanish authority in the New World. The Native Americans took over the governor's residence as their own and remained there to protect their land. Spain was unable to reclaim its New Mexico colony for nearly 15 years.71
4751939019Enclosure MovementWealthy Farmers converted community land from fields to private pastures (for sheep as their was a high demand for wool) and then fenced it off. Many small farmers were forced into giving up farming and moving to the city for work in the factories.72
4751939020Richard HakluytEnglish promoter of exploration. In 1584 he wrote A Discourse of Western Planting in which he pleaded for colonies to accomplish diverse objectives: to extend the reformed religion, to expand trade, to supply England's needs from her own dominions, and provide work for England's suplus of workers among various other reasons.73
4751939021John CalvinSwiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)74
4751939022Coureurs De Bois(runners of the woods) French fur traders, many of mixed Amerindian heritage, who lived among and often married with Amerindian peoples of North America.75
4751939023SeigneuriesLarge French estates along the bank of the St. Lawrence river which helped to create the boundary line of French settlement before the Seven Years' War.76
4751939024IroquoisA term which designates a confederacy of 5 tribes originally inhabiting the northern part of New York state, consisting of the SENECA, CAYUGA, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA and MOHAWK.77
4751939025Dutch West India Company- 1500s and 1600s. - The joint-stock company that ran the colonies in Fort Orange and in New Amsterdam, which later became New York. - Carried on a profitable fur trade with the Native American Iroquois. - Instituted the patroon system, in which large estates were given to wealthy men who transported at least fifty families to New Netherland to tend the land (few seized the opportunity.)78
4751939026Sir Humphrey GilbertEnglish navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America, but decided to move to a better area and was killed in a storm on his way home79
4751939027Sir Walter RaleighAn English adventurer and writer, who was prominent at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and became an explorer of the Americas. In 1585, he sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina. It failed and is known as " The Lost Colony."80
4751939028London Companya joint-stock company chartered in 1606 and was responsible for founding the first permanent English settlement in America; Jamestown, Virginia in 160781
4751939029Plymouth Companywas an English joint stock company founded in 1606 by James I of England with the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.82
4751939030conquistadorA Spanish conqueror of the Americas83
4751939031Francisco PizarroA Spanish conquistador and explorer. He conquered the Inca Empire in PERU.84
4751939032PresidioA Spanish fort85
4751939033Lief ErikssonNorwegian explorer, son of Erik the Red, was first European to explore the Americas.86
4751939034Location of Spain on a World Map87
4751939035Location of Portugal on World Map88
4751939036Location of Caribbean on World Map89
4751939037serfs...90
4751939038merchant capitalists...91
4751939039Chartered CompaniesGroups of private investors who paid an annual fee to france an england in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the west indies colonies.92
4751939040Mercantilism...93
4751939041PuritanA religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.94
4751939042Plantation ModelFirst Established in Ireland; they were transplations of England Society in a foreign land to retain seperation from the natives95

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 8 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition Chapter 8 Nationalism and Economic Development, 1816-1848

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7904912362Era of Good FeelingsTerm to describe James Monroe's period as president (1817-1825). The Democratic-Republican party dominated politics. On the surface everything looked fine, however there were conflicts over tariffs, the national bank, internal improvements, and public land sales. (p. 150)0
7904912363sectionalismThe Era of Good Feelings was damaged by the sectional controversy of the Missouri Compromise. Sectionalist tension over slavery became apparent during this period (1817-1825). (p. 150, 157)1
7904912364James MonroeThe fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). His administration was marked by the Tariff of 1816, Rush-Bagot Agreement with Britain (1817), acquisition of Florida (1819), the Missouri Compromise (1820), and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823). (p 151)2
7904912365cultural nationalismA new generation was interested in expanding west, had little interest in European politics, and patriotic themes were everywhere in society. (p. 151)3
7904912366economic nationalismPolitical movement to subsidize internal improvements such as roads and canals. Also the protecting of US industries from European competition. (p. 151)4
7904912367Tariff of 1816The first protective tariff in U.S. history. It helped protect American industry from British competition by placing a tax on imported British manufactured goods. (p. 151)5
7904912368protective tariffA tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition. (p. 151)6
7904912369Henry Clay; American SystemHis proposed plan for advancing the nation's economic growth consisted of three parts: 1) protective tariffs, 2) a national bank, and 3) internal improvements. The internal improvements, to be funded by the national government, were not approved because James Monroe felt that the Constitution did not allow it. (p. 152)7
7904912370Second Bank of the United StatesThis institution was chartered in 1816 under President James Madison and became a depository for federal funds and a creditor for (loaning money to) state banks. It became unpopular after being blamed for the Panic of 1819. Suspicion of corruption and mismanagement haunted it, until its charter expired in 1836. (p. 152)8
7904912371Panic of 1819In 1819, this was the first major financial panic since the Constitution had been ratified. Many state banks closed, and unemployment, bankruptcies, and imprisonment for debt increased sharply. the depression was most severe in the West, where many people had speculated on land. (p. 153)9
7904912372Lancaster TurnpikeBuilt in the 1790s, this first highway was developed in response to the ineffectiveness of slow water transportation and uncertain road transportation. It stretched from Philadelphia to Lancaster and inspired many other turnpike projects. (p. 161)10
7904912373National (Cumberland) RoadA paved highway that extended more than a thousand miles from Maryland to Illinois. It was built using state and federal money over many years (1811-1852). One of the few roads crossing state boundaries. (p. 161)11
7904912374Erie CanalA New York canal, completed in 1825, that linked the economies of western and eastern cities. It lead to more canal building, lower food prices in the East, more settlers in the West, and stronger economic ties between the regions. (p. 161)12
7904912375Robert Fulton; steamboatsIn 1807, he built a boat powered by a steam engine. Commercial steamboat lines soon made river shipping faster and cheaper. (p. 161)13
7904912376railroadsA major economic development of the 1820s. By the 1830s they were competing directly competing with canals as a method for carrying passengers and freight. Towns such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Chicago soon became booming commercial centers. (p. 161)14
7904912377Eli Whitney; interchangeable partsIn 1793, he built the first cotton gin, which would have a huge impact on the Southern economy. During the War of 1812 he devised a system to make rifles with mass produced interchangeable parts. (p. 162)15
7904912378corporationsIn 1811, New York state passed a law that made it easier for business to incorporate and raise capital by selling shares of stock. Owners of a corporation only risked the money they had invested in a venture. This allowed large sums of money to be raised to build factories, canals, and railroads. (p. 162)16
7904912379Samuel SlaterBritish-born textile producer and one of the first industrialists in America. In 1791, he helped establish the nation's first factory using cotton spinning machine technology. (p. 162)17
7904912380factory systemIn the 1820s, New England emerged as the country's leading manufacturing center because of abundant water power to drive machinery and seaports to ship goods. (p. 162)18
7904912381Lowell System; textile millsThe system that recruited young farm women to work in textile mills and house them in company dormitories. (p. 163)19
7904912382industrializationCaused a shift from farming economy to using manufacturing machines in a factory economy. (p. 164)20
7904912383specializationFarmers produced food, workers in the cities produced manufactured goods. (p. 164)21
7904912384unionsTrade unions were organized as early as the 1790s when the factory system started to take hold. A prime goal of the early unions was a 10 hour workday. (p. 163)22
7904912385cotton ginIn 1793, this machine was invented by Eli Whitney. It removed seeds from cotton fibers so cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. As a result more cotton was grown in the South and more slaves were needed in the cotton fields. (p. 162)23
7904912386market revolutionThis revolution was a result of specialization on the farm, growth of the cities, industrialization, and the development of modern capitalism. It brought the end of self-sufficient households and a growing interdependence among people. (p. 164)24
7904912387John MarshallChief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. A Federalist, whose decisions favored the central government and the rights of property against advocates of state's rights. Several of his decisions became landmark ruling that defined the relationship between the central government and the states. (p. 153)25
7904912388Fletcher v. PeckAn 1810 Supreme Court case, in which Georgia tried to revoke a land grant on the grounds that it had been obtained by corruption. The Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot arbitrarily interfere with a person's property rights. Since the land grant was a legal contract, it could not be repealed. This was the first time that the Supreme Court declared a state law to be unconstitutional and invalid. (p. 154)26
7904912389McCulloch v. MarylandThis 1819 Supreme Court case, ruled that states could not tax a federal institution, the Bank of the United States. The court ruled that, even though no clause in the Constitution specifically mentions a national bank, the Constitution gives the federal government the implied power to create one. (p. 154)27
7904912390Dartmouth College v. WoodwardAn 1819 Supreme Court case, in which New Hampshire attempted to change Dartmouth College from a private college into a public institution. The court struck down the state law as unconstitutional, arguing that a contract for a private corporation could not be altered by the state. (p. 154)28
7904912391Gibbons v. OgdenThis 1821 Supreme Court case ruled that New York state could not grant a monopoly to a steamboat company. This case established the federal government's control of interstate commerce. (p. 154)29
7904912392implied powersEven though a power is not specifically stated in the Constitution, it may be possible for the federal government to exercise a power. (p. 154)30
7904912393Tallmadge AmendmentProposed solution to Missouri becoming a state. It forbade slavery in Missouri and said that all black children would be free after the age of 25. It did not pass in the Senate and angered the South. (p. 156)31
7904912394Missouri CompromiseAn 1820 compromise, that allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state, and Maine to join as a free state. It also established a line across the southern border of Missouri (36°,30') stating that except for the state of Missouri, all states north of that line must be states without slavery. (p. 157)32
7904912395Stephen DecaturIn 1815, this naval officer led a U.S. fleet to force the leaders of North Africa to allow safe American shipping in the Mediterranean. (p. 157)33
7904912396Rush-Bagot AgreementAn 1817 disarmament pact between U.S. and Britain, it strictly limited Naval armament on the Great Lakes. The agreement was extended to place limits on U.S. and Canadian border fortifications. (p. 157)34
7904912397Treaty of 1818Treaty between U.S. and Britain which 1) shared fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland, 2) joint occupation of the Oregon Territory for ten years, 3) set the northern limits of the Louisiana Territory at the 49th parallel. (p. 157)35
7904912398Andrew JacksonIn 1817, this general lead a militia force to Florida where he destroyed Seminole villages and hung Seminole sympathizers. He would later become president. (p. 158)36
7904912399Florida Purchase TreatyAn 1819 treaty, in which Spain turned over Florida and the Oregon Territory to the United States. The U.S. agree to assume $5 million debt and give up any claims in Texas. (p. 158)37
7904912400Monroe DoctrineAn 1823 doctrine by President James Monroe, warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas. The United States largely lacked the power to back up the pronouncement, which was actually enforced by the British, who sought unfettered access to Latin American markets. (p. 158)38

AP US History Period 2 (1607-1754) Flashcards

Important vocabulary of the colonization of North America in the 17th century.

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6702445910Jamestown1st permanent English settlement in North America in 1607.0
6702445911John SmithA captain famous for world travel. As a young man, he took control in Jamestown. He organized the colony and saved many people from death the next winter and coined the phrase "he who shall not work, shall not eat". He also initiated attacks on Natives.1
6702445912John RolfeHe was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony. Eventually, he was killed in a Pequot attack.2
6702445913PocohontasAn American Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith and helped form more peaceful relations with the Powhatan when she married John Rolfe but died of smallpox in England on a visit to Rolfe's family. Her remains are still there as the English government refuses to send her remains back to North America.3
6702445914Mayflower Compact1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony4
6702445915John WinthropAs governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.5
6702445916PuritansA religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.6
6702445917PilgrimsEnglish Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 16207
6702445918Massachusetts CharterAllowed Puritans to take a charter with them and establish their own government in the New World.8
6702445919Loss of Massachusetts CharterRevoking of Mass. Charter by King George II due to the colonists refusal to obey by the Navigation Acts leading to anti-British feeling in the New England region.9
6702445920New AmsterdamA settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island as a trade port for the Dutch trade empire.10
6702445921New YorkIt was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English Colony in 1664, when the English were determined to end Dutch trade dominance, and took over the colony by invading New Amsterdam without having to fire a shot.11
6702445922Peter StuyvesantThe governor of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, hated by the colonists. They surrendered the colony to the English on Sept. 8, 1664.12
6702445923House of Burgesses1619 - The Virginia House of Burgesses formed, the first legislative body in colonial America. It was made up of two representatives from teach town voted on by men who owned property. Later other colonies would adopt the Houses of Burgesses concept creating self-governing bodies in the colonies.13
6702445924Headright systemHeadrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.14
6702445925Indentured servantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years15
6702445926Bacon's Rebellion1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader, which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.16
6702445927King Phillip's WarUnder the leadership of Metacom, or King Phillip, the Wampanoag destroyed colonial towns, the colonists destroyed native farms, leading to the most deadly of Indian Wars. The war was disastrous for the natives leading to few surviving the war, and those that did left New England.17
6702445928royal colonyA colony ruled by governors appointed by a king18
6702445929proprietary colonyEnglish colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment19
6702445930town meetingsA purely democratic form of government common in the colonies, and the most prevalent form of local government in New England. In general, the town's voting population would meet once a year to elect officers, levy taxes, and pass laws.20
6702445931Salem Witch Trials1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria, and unfounded accusations in courts with Puritan ministers who served as judges. 19 women were executed.21
6702445932Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south.22
6702445933IntolerantNot willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own. The expansion of colonies in New England was a direct result of Puritan intolerance as dissenters were exiled and created new settlements.23
6702445934Anne HutchesonOne of the dissenters in Puritan Massachusetts held bible studies at her house and believed in a personal relationship with god. She moved to New Hampshire where she died along with her children from an Indian attack.24
6702445935Sir William BerkeleyThe royal governor of Virginia. Adopted policies that favored large planters and neglected the needs of recent settlers in the "backcountry." One reason was that he had fur trade deals with the natives in the region. His shortcomings led to Bacon's Rebellion25
6702445936William PennEstablished the colony of Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment". Freemen had the right to vote, provided leadership for self- government based on personal virtues and Quaker religious beliefs. His colony was religiously tolerant leading to diversity in the region.26
6702445937James OglethorpeFounded colony of Georgia as a chance for poor immigrants who were in debt to have a second chance at a comfortable life27
6702445938Lord Baltimore1694- He was the founder of Maryland, a colony which offered religious freedom, and a refuge for the persecuted Roman Catholics.28
6702445939Halfway CovenantA Puritan church document; In 1662, the Halfway Covenant allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members; Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations.29
6702445940Dominion of New England1686 - The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Edmund Andros). The Dominion ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros.30
6702445941Acts of Trade and NavigationThree acts that regulated colonial trade: 1st act: closed the colonies to all trade except that from English ships, and required the colonists to export certain goods, such as tobacco, to only English territories, 2nd act: (1663) demanded that everything being shipped from Europe to the colonies had to pass through England so they could tax the goods. 3rd act: 1673, was a reaction to the general disregard of the first two laws; it forced duties on the coastal trade among the colonies and supplied customs officials to enforce the Navigation Acts.31
6702445942MercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.32
6702445943Triangular Slave TradeA practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.33
6702445944Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies. The conditions on the ships from Africa to the west led to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.34
6702445945Social mobilityMovement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another35
6702445946Ben FranklinA colonial businessman and scientist who was an example of American social mobility and individualism. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania in colonial meetings, and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen the colonies in the French and Indian War. He was a leading figure in the movement toward revolution, and as a diplomat to France to get help during the American Revolution36
6702445947Great Awakening(1730s and 1740s) Religious movement characterized by emotional preaching (Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield). It established American religious precedents such as camp meetings, revivals, and a "born again" philosophy. The first cultural movement to unite the thirteen colonies. It was associated with the democratization of religion, and a challenge to existing authorities and was an influence leading to the American Revolution.37
6702445948Jonathan EdwardsA leading minister during the Great Awakening, he delivered the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" promising that evildoers would pay a price on judgement day.38
6702445949African American CultureSlave communities were rich with music, dance, basket-weaving, and pottery-making. Enslaved Africans brought them the arts and crafts skills of their various tribes.39
6702445950George WhitfieldEnglish preacher who led the Great Awakening by traveling through the colonies40

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9280116354George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Farewell Address0
9280116355John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
9280116356Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
9280116357James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
9280116358James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
9280116359John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
9280116360Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
9280116361Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
9280116362William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
9280116363John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
9280116364James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
9280116365Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
9280116366Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
9280116367Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
9280116368James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
9280116369Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
9280116370Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
9280116371Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
9280116372Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
9280116373James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
9280116374Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
9280116375Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
9280116376Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
9280116377William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
9280116378Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
9280116379William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
9280116380Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
9280116381Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
9280116382Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
9280116383Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
9280116384Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
9280116385Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
9280116386Dwight 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
9280116387John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
9280116388Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
9280116389Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
9280116390Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
9280116391Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
9280116392Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
9280116393George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
9280116394Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
9280116395George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
9280116396Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
9280116397Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

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