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AP US History - US Presidents Flashcards

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10208325245George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Farewell Address0
10208325246John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
10208325247Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
10208325248James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
10208325249James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
10208325250John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
10208325251Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
10208325252Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
10208325253William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
10208325254John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
10208325255James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
10208325256Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
10208325257Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
10208325258Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
10208325259James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
10208325260Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
10208325261Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
10208325262Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
10208325263Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
10208325264James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
10208325265Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
10208325266Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
10208325267Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
10208325268William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
10208325269Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
10208325270William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
10208325271Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
10208325272Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
10208325273Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
10208325274Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
10208325275Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
10208325276Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
10208325277Dwight 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
10208325278John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
10208325279Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
10208325280Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
10208325281Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
10208325282Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
10208325283Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
10208325284George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
10208325285Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
10208325286George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
10208325287Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
10208325288Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

AP US History Period 9 Flashcards

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5892081459Proposition 13·It was result of a tax cut revolt in 1979 which slashed the property taxes resulting in large reductions in government services ·This was closely aligned with the conservative politics ·Wrk exc tech ·California ·Conservative politics0
5892081460Arthur Laffer·An economic philosophy that believes in the action of sharply cutting taxes which will then increase the incentive people have to work, save, and invest. · He then believed that greater investments will lead to more jobs, a more productive economy, and more tax revenues for the government. ·Peo ·Economics ·Tax Cuts1
5892081461Religious Fundamentalism· A Religious movement where the followers are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy where every word of the bible is interpreted literally. ·This was a new uprising in the way of worship and lead to new takings on religious aspects ·Ideas belifs and cul ·William J Bryan2
5892081462Televangelists·Baptist Billy Graham, and Oral Roberts, and Roman Catholic Fulton J. Sheen took to the television airwaves to spread Christianity. ·Was a new surge in the popularity in choosing to spread the gospel through forms of media ·Ideas belfs cul ·Billy Graham Oral Roberts3
5892081463Moral Majority·A religious en devour that moved to have a faith based political agenda in lobbying. ·Was comprised of mostly conservatives who believed in the idea of mortal law and wished to implement it into politics ·They went against the idea of abortion and the legalization of same sex marriage ·Pol Pow ·Conservative agenda4
5892081464Roe v. Wade·A supreme court case in which it was to be the ruling on the legality of abortion ·The court case made try ed to overturn the ruling on the states banning the right to ban abortion ·This was a pro abortion court case ·Pol and Pow ·Abortions Conservatism5
5892081465Reverse Discrimination·Reverse discrimination is the discrimination of whites due to their skin color also their social status ·this played a large role in the idea of affirmative action and the legality of it ·ideas belf cul ·Conservative beliefs ·Affirmative Action6
5892081466Regents of the University of California v. Bakke·Was a supreme court case which covered the topic of affirmative action and the acceptance of people into colleges due to racial quotas. ·a 1978 Supreme Court ruling that narrowly upheld affirmative action, declaring that race may be one factor, but not the sole criterion in school admissions ·pol and pow ·Supreme court ruling ·Affirmative Action7
5892081468Supply side economics·The idea that the American Economy was weak because of the too many rules and taxes on U.S Businesses. ·The solution would be to lower taxes and rules so that these businesses got more profitable and made more jobs. ·This was a way to fix the many problems of the economy of the united states ·wrk exc tech ·Lowering taxes8
5892081470Economy Recovery Tax Act (1981)·Passed by Congress, it included a 25 percent decrease in personal income taxes over three years. There were also cuts in corporate income tax, capital gains tax, and gift and inheritance taxes ·Wrk exc Tech ·FDR First hundred days, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)9
5892081471Business Deregulation·Reagan's belief that the American government should allow businesses to operate in a free-market system, with minimal governmental oversight ·Was a philosophy that many politicians lived by ·Wrk Exc Tech ·Reaganomics10
5892081473Sandra Day O'Connor·First woman supreme court justice appointed by Pres Ronald reagan ·Was an important step for equality between the sexes ·Peo ·Supreme Court11
5892081478Expand Military· A movement which sought to expand the power of the united states military to protect the nation. ·Pol Pow ·Sphere of influance12
5892081479Star Wars·A program to protect the United States against attack by enemy missiles, proposed in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan, but never implemented- formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. ·Wrk Exc Tech ·Ronald Reagan13
5892081480Nicaragua; Sandinistas·Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy ·The United States financed armed opposition by the Contras. They lost national elections in 1990 ·pol pow ·election 199014
5892081482Iran- Contra·This involved high officials in the Reagan administration secretly selling arms to Iran (in return for the release of Western hostages in the Middle East) and illegally using the proceeds to finance the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. ·Pol Pow ·Boland Amendment15
5892081484PLO·Palestinian Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel ·Wrk Exc Tech ·Reagen Revloution16
5892081486"Evil Empire"·Ronald Reagan's description of Soviet Union because of his fierce anti-communist views and the USSR's history of violation of human rights and aggression. ·Ideas belifs and Culture ·Soviet Union17
5892081487Mikhail Gorbachev·Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe. ·Peo ·Soviet Union18
5892081488"tear down this wall"·Ronald Reagan said this referring to the Berlin wall while his speech, wanting for Mikhail Gorbachev to hear it. ·Wanting the stop of communism ·Idea belif cult ·Berlin Wall19
5892081489INF Agreement·Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to destroy all intermediate range missiles, eventually Soviets began to pull troops from Afghanistan ·Agreement that stopped all tensions ·Wrk Exc Tech ·Soviet Union united States20
5892081491Soviet Satellites·Eastern European States (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) · The effected countries around the soviet union ·Pol Pow ·Soviet union ·Communism21
5892081493Fall of Berlin Wall·This event in 1989 marked the symbolic end of the Cold War and was the beginning of the collapse of communism in eastern Europe. ·Ideas belifs culture ·Fall of Communism22
5892081494Soviet Union Breakup·Boris Yeltsin turns Russia into a Republic and the country is out of turmoil. Many republics declared independence; the Soviet government was clearly powerless to stop the fragmentation. ·The Communist Party and Soviet government became powerless and ceased to exist. ·Pol Pow ·Soviet Union ·Fall of Communistic23
5892081496Boris Yeltsin·President of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Gorbachev to resign. ·Pol Pow ·Russian Republic24
5892081497START 1 and 2·Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1993-94 between USA and Russia to reduce the active deployment of ICBMs ·Nuclear Warfare25
5892081500Panama invasion·Bush ordered this to remove the autocratic General Manuel Noriega; the alleged purpose of this was to stop Noriega from using his country as a drug pipeline to the US ·War on Drugs26
5892081502Saddam Hussein·President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Waged war on Iran in 1980-1988. In 1990 he ordered an invasion of Kuwait but was defeated by United States and its allies in the Gulf War (1991). Defeated by US led invasion in 2003. ·Peo ·Terrorism27
5892081503Persian golf war·Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. ·A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious. ·Pol Pow ·Saddam Hussein28
5892081504Operation Desert storm·Military operations that started on January 16, 1991, with a bombing campaign, followed by a ground invasion of February 23 and 24, 1991. The ground war lasted 100 hours and resulted in a spectacularly one-sided military victory for the Coalition. ·Pol Pow ·Persian golf war29
5892081505Clarence Thomas·African American nominated by George H. W. Bush to be on the Supreme Court; against Affirmative Action; was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill; became the second African American to hold a seat in the Supreme Court30
5892081506"No New Taxes"·Bush's 1988 campaign pledge that needed to be abandoned because of the sharp recession ·George H.W Bush31
5892081507Americans with Disabilities Act·1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment, transportation, building accessibility, transportation, etc. ·Equality32
5892081512" Dont ask Dont tell"·the policy in the US military for homosexuals who served. No one would ask your sexuality but if you were outwardly homosexual and engaging in homosexual activities you would be discharged ·Ideas belifs culture ·Homosexuality33
5892081513NAFTA·A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries. ·Wrk exc Tech ·Free trade34
5892081515NRA·National Recovery Administration: established and administered a system of industrial codes to control production, prices, labor relations, and trade practices ·Economic activites35
5892081519Newt Gingrich·Gingrich was the Republican speaker in the House. He pushed for more conservative legislation during Clinton's presidency. ·Conservative Agenda36
5892081520Contract with America-President can delete specific items passed by the Congress, proposed constitutional amendment to limit the term of office was ignore, imposed federal mandates on states without providing the money ·Newt Gingrich37
5892081523Welfare Reform·Clinton takes a moderate approach. He wants to scale back on welfare by cutting funding for programs like food stamps and put limits on how long you can rely on it without getting a job. ·This fulfilled his campaign promise to "end welfare as we know it.38
5892081524Balanced Budgets·state and local governments can not deficit spend unlike the federal government, they can only spend the money that they take in39
5892081526Clinton impeachment·Impeached on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998. Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power, failed in the House. The charges arose from the Lewinsky scandal and the Paula Jones lawsuit. ·Bill Clinton ·Lewinsky Scandal40
5892081529Northern Ireland accords·A peace agreement that was estiblished by the us between north and south ireland ·america in the world ·a world police man41
5892081530Yugoslavia break up·Was a break up of the nation of Yugoslavia because they had different religions and cultures- ethnic tensions ·America in the world ·USSR42
5892081531Balkan Wars·A series of wars fought between Austria Hungry and Russia over the Balkan territories during the decline of the Turkish empire, caused tension between the great Power of Europe ·America in the world43
5892081534West Bank, Gaza Strip·The land of Jerusalem located the the middle east ·Jerusalem44
5892081535Globalization·A set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heightening interdependence without regard to country borders.45
5892081537World Trade Organization·An international agency which encourages trade between member nations, administers global trade agreements and resolves disputes when they arise. ·America in the world ·European union46
5892081538World Bank·A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. ·America in the world ·United nations47
5892081544Immigration act of 1986·Also known as the Johnson-Reed Act. Federal law limiting the number of immigrants that could be admitted from any country to 2% of the amount of people from that country who were already living in the U.S. as of the census of 1890.48
5892081556Bush v. Gore·this case ruled in favor of Bush by saying that recounting the votes in certain counties of Florida was unconstitutional because of equal protection of the law; Gore's wish to make the process as simple and painless as possible backfired49
5892081558No Child left Behind·Holds states, schools, and school districts more accountable for their standardized tests scores. The wanted outcome was better tests scores all around and overall a smarter and better population of young people that would positively contribute to a growing America. ·Geroge w. Bush50
5892081562Housing Bubble·Unstable increase in housing prices, to the extent of which, a sudden drop or "bursting" of the bubble could result in a widespread loss of equity.51
5892081572Al-Qaeda·A radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy: founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988. ·America in the world ·Osama bin laden52
5892081573Osama Bin Laden·Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957). Planned attack of 9-11. ·peo ·Al-Qaeda53
5892081575Bombing of U.S Embassies·The bombing of the us embassies is a series of terrorist attacks against the nation of the united states.54
5892081577World Trade Center·Once an icon for the global economy in New York, became a target for terrorism in 1993 and 2001; al Queda was solely responsible for the 9-11 attacks ·america in the world ·9/1155
58920815789/11/2001·The terrorist attack on the world trade center in NYC ·america in the world ·World Trade Center56
5892081579Afghanistan, Taliban·War on Terror ·A terrorist group in Afghanistan who use terror as a tacit and wants complete control over the people ·America in the world ·War on Terror57
5892081580Hamid Karzai·President of Afghanistan, helped overthrow Taliban, sought international aid for Afghanistan. ·America in the world ·Afghanistan58
5892081581Homeland Security Department·newst executive department set up to combat issues of terrorism, border control, and intelligence: immigration services. FEMA, and the coast guard ·wrk exc tech ·FEMA59
5892081584Kyota Accord·International treaty to limit the greenhouse gas emissions. 1997 to enact in 2005. Bush thought too costly.60
5892081585Bush Doctrine·Foreign Policy based on the idea that the US should take preemptive action against threats to its national security ·wrk exc tech ·War on Terror61
5892081587"Axis of Evil"·Iraq, Iran, and North Korea- named by President Bush in 2002 as significant threats to the security ·ideas belif cul ·Nations against the us62
5892081588WMDs·Generally nuclear weapons with tremendous capability to destroy a population and the planet. WMD warfare refers to the application of force between countries using biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. ·wrk exc Tech ·Nuclear Warfare63
5892081590Operation Iraq Freedom·An Act to remove Saddam Hussein from power and to help the Iraq people build a stable and free government ·Wrk Exc Tech ·Iraq64
5892081593Sunni v. Shiite·Sunni and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. With most Shias belonging to the Twelver tradition and the rest divided between several other groups. ·An ongoing division between the two ·ideas belifs cul · Islamic war65
58920815952007 Troop Surge·In 2007 there was a surge in the amount of us troops being put into action overseas. ·This strengthened the Us military ·peo ·Iraq war66
5892081597Liquidity crisis·A cash flow emergency situation where a business does not have enough cash to pay its current liabilities (short-term debts). ·wrk exc tech ·Business debt67
5892081598Fannie May, Freddi Mac·reassured investors who were worried about homeowners defaulting on mortgages by selling bonds to investors and using the funds to purchase mortgages from banks.68
5892081600TARP·controversial, purchased failing assets that included mortgages + mortgage-related securities from financial institutions. Conservatives called TARP socialism, and liberals called it a bailout of the people who had caused the problems in the first place69
58920816072009 Stimulus·The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 added significant funding for IDEA activities. A priority for these funds has been children ages three to five having early access to a free appropriate public education. ·pol pow ·Goverment help70
5892081608Dodd-Frank·Law that calls for fundamental changes in executive compensation disclosure, compensation committee independence, shareholder voting rights, and clawback provisions in publicly traded companies.71
5892081609Auto bailout·The bailout of the auto industry in Detroit Michigan putting the companies Chrysler and Gm back on their feet ·Barrack Obama72
5892081610Affordable Care act·An expansion of medicaid, most of employers must provide health insurance, have insurance or face surtax, prevents rejection based on pre-existing condition. Also referred to as "Obamacare", signed into law in 2010.73
5892081611Bowles- Simpson·would have eliminated the deficit by 2035 through $2 of spending cuts for every $1 increase in revenues, compromise widely praised but rejected by Democrats for its cuts to social services and by Republicans for its tax increases74
5892081612Tea Party·A national social movement, primarily attracting fiscal and social conservatives, that seeks to limit government spending and cut taxes75
58920816172013 Goverment Shutdown·In 2013, the government shutdown because legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014 wasn't enacted in time.76
5892081620Withdrawal from Iraq·After the assassination of Osama bin Laden there was a withdrawal of troops by Barack Obama77
5892081622Death of Osama bin Laden·Former head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, killed in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011 by US Navy Seals. Ordered by President Obama ,78
5892081623Arab Spring·A revolutionary wave of protests and demonstrations overtaking dictators in the Middle East (2011). ·America in the world ·Middle east79
5892081629Repeal of "dont ask dont tell"The repealment of the dont ask dont tell overturns the legality of homosexuals in the us military and their openness about their preference. ·pol pow ·Dont ask dont tell80
5892081630Same-Sex marriage·controversial issue in contemporary Western culture focusing on whether homosexual couples should be legally allowed to marry ·pol pow ·Homosexuality81
5892081633Citizens United·a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibits government from censoring political broadcasts in candidate elections when those broadcasts are funded by corporations or unions82

AP US History Chapter 11 Flashcards

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5011978375IndividualismGiving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications.0
5011990256UnitariansBelieve in a unitary deity, reject the divinity of Christ, and emphasize the inherent goodness of mankind. Unitarianism, inspired in part by Deism, first caught on in New England at the end of the eighteenth century.1
5011996312Lyceum MovementDeveloped in the 1800's in response to growing interest in higher education. Associations were formed in nearly every state to give lectures, concerts, debates, scientific demonstrations, and entertainment. This movement was directly responsible for the increase in the number of institutions of higher learning.2
5012044092Brook FarmA transcendentalist Utopian experiment, put into practice by transcendentalist former Unitarian minister George Ripley at a farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, at that time nine miles from Boston. The community, in operation from 1841 to 1847, was inspired by the socialist concepts of Charles Fourier. Fourierism was the belief that there could be a Utopian society where people could share together to have a better lifestyle.3
5043548988UtopiaAn ideal society, but no one can agree on how a society should be.4
5043563659Shakers1770's by "Mother" Ann Lee; Utopian group that splintered from the Quakers; believed that they & all other churches had grown too interested in this world & neglectful of their afterlives; prohibited marriage and sexual relationships; practiced celibacy5
5043565687Fourierism & SocialismA utopian community which was based upon a socialistic economy. This would free individuals from the menial and slavish system that was hired labor. This also put men and women on the same employment status, creating gender equality. It attracted many farmers and craftsmen who sought economic stability during the Panic of 1837, but fell apart before 1840 over disputes about work responsibilites and social policies6
5043570705OneidaA group of socio-religious perfectionists who lived in New York. Practiced polygamy, communal property, and communal raising of children.7
5043575998Joseph SmithFounded Mormonism in New York in 1830 with the guidance of an angel. 1843, Smith's announcement that God sanctioned polygamy split the Mormons and let to an uprising against Mormons in 1844; translated the Book of Mormon and died a martyr.8
5043579234Brigham YoungA Mormon leader who urged the Mormons to move farther west. They settled at the edge of the lonely desert near the Great Salt Lake.9
5043586145DeseretThe Mormons settled here. It was in the midst of the desert of Utah and this is where they set up communities. They worked hard to make it flourish. Important because this was the first settlement in Utah.10
5043588722Minstrel ShowsConsisted of white actors in blackface. Consisted of comedy routines, dances, and instrumental solos. While today this is seen as racist, it does speak to the profound effect African American music had on American music.11
5043598079AbolitionismMilitant effort to do away with slavery; becoming a major issue in the 1830's, it dominated politics by the 1840's; Congress became a battleground between the pro and anti slavery forces.12
5043604858An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)David Walker published this pamphlet. He was a free black from North Carolina who had moved to Boston.13
5043614298Nat Turner's RebellionRebellion in which Nat Turner led a group of slaves through Virginia in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families.14
5043617865Evangelical AbolitionismIt was a moral crusade launched to abolish slavery. These crusades were led by Christians in the North and Midwest. In 1831, radical Christian abolitionists demanded that southerners free their slaves.15
5043620319William Lloyd Garrison1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.16
5043623851LiberatorAnti-slavery (abolitionist) newspaper founded by New Englander William Lloyd Garrison/Liberator was outspoken and controversial because of their unwavering stand on slavery.17
5043631873Anti-Slavery Societyfinanced by the Tappans, two prominent NYC evangelical merchants; created a national network of newspapers, offices, chapters, and activists, mostly affiliated with local Christian churches. Argued for emancipation and equal civil and religious rights and privileges. Flooded the south with anti-slavery literature.18
5043636736Theodore WeldAmerican abolitionist whose pamphlet Slavery As It Is (1839) inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.19
5043639833The Grimke SistersAngelina and Sarah Grimke wrote and lectured vigorously on reform causes such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and the abolitionist movement.20
5043648075Frederick DouglassAmerican abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star.21
5043651756Harriet TubmanAmerican abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.22
5043655671Gag rule1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress.23
5043658313Liberty PartyA former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848.24
5043662142Dorothea 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. She served as the Superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.25
5043664628Horace MannSecretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education; "Father of the public school system"; a prominent proponent of public school reform, & set the standard for public schools throughout the nation; lengthened academic year; pro training & higher salaries to teachers.26
5043670939Harriet Beecher StoweAmerican author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.27
5043674194Elizabeth Cady StantonA suffragette who, with Lucretia Mott, organized the first convention on women's rights, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Issued the Declaration of Sentiments which declared men and women to be equal and demanded the right to vote for women. Co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony in 1869.28
5043678234Lucretia MottA Quaker who attended an anti-slavery convention in 1840 and her party of women was not recognized. She and Stanton called the first women's right convention in New York in 1848.29
5043680262Seneca Falls ConventionThe first national women's rights convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written, in 1848.30
5043684145Declaration of SentimentsRevision of the Declaration of Independence to include women and men (equal). It was the grand basis of attaining civil, social, political, and religious rights for women.31
5043687220Susan B. AnthonyA social reformer who campaigned for women's rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association.32

AP US History: Reconstruction Flashcards

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6430132693Black CodesLaws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War0
6430132694Black ReconstructionBlacks could vote and had rights, but black codes kept them virtually enslaved. They did get more political power, however.1
6430132695John Wilkes BoothWas 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
6430132696CarpetbaggersA 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
6430132697Civil 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
6430132698Compromise 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
6430132699CopperheadsA group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.6
6430132700Jefferson DavisAn American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865.7
6430132701Election 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
6430132702Election of 1876Ended reconstruction because neither canidate had an electorial majority. Hayes was elected, and then ended reconstruction as he secretly promised9
6430132703Force Acts of 1870-71Restricted Ku Klux Klan. Banned and sometimes arrested KKK members.10
643013270413th AmendmentAbolish slavery11
643013270514th 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
643013270615th AmendmentAmendment that extended suffrage to all races.13
6430132707Freedmen1865 - 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
6430132708Freedmen's BureauOrganization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War15
6430132709ImpeachmentA formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official, famously used against Andrew Johnson after he disobeyed the Tenure of Office Act.16
6430132710Andrew Johnson17th President of the United States17
6430132711Ku 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
6430132712Military 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
6430132713Radical 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
6430132715SharecropperA 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.21
6430132717Thaddeus StevensA Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress.22
6430132718Charles 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 vote23
6430132719Tenure 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 actions24

AP US History Chapter 13 Flashcards

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5777654632Manifest DestinyA term coined by John L. O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.0
5777654633CaliforniosThe elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.1
5777654634"Fifty-four forty or fight"Democratic candidate James K. Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for the opening up of lands for American settlement in Texas and sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country.2
5777654635conscience WhigsWhig politicians who opposed the Mexican War (1846-1848) on moral grounds, maintaining the the purpose of the war was to expand and perpetuate slavery. They feared that the addition of more slave states would ensure the South's control of the national government.3
5777654636Wilmot Proviso1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico4
5777654637free-soil movementA political movement that opposed the expansion of slavery. In 1848 the free-soilers organized the Free-Soil Party, which depicted slavery as a threat to republicanism and to the Jeffersonian ideal of a freeholder society, arguments that won broad support among aspiring white farmers.5
5777654638squatter sovereigntyA plan promoted by Democratic candidate Senator Lewis Cass under which Congress would allow settlers in each territory to determine its status as free or slave.6
5777654639forty-ninersThe more than 80,000 settlers who arrived in California in 1849 as part of that territory's gold rush.7
5777654640"slavery follows the flag"The assertion by John C. Calhoun that planters could by right take their slave property into new territories.8
5777654641Compromise of 1850Laws passed in 1850 that were meant to resolve the dispute over the status of slavery in the territories. Key elements include the admission of California as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act.9
5777654642personal-liberty lawsLaws enacted in many northern states that guaranteed to all residents, including alleged fugitives, the right to a jury trial.10
5777654643Gadsden PurchaseA small slice of land (now part of Arizona and New Mexico) purchased by President Franklin Pierce in 1853 for the purpose of building a transcontinental rail line from New Orleans to Los Angeles.11
5777654644Kansas-Nebraska Act1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.12
5777654645American, or Know-Nothing PartyA political party formed in 1851 that drew on the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic movements of the 1840s. In 1854, the party gained control of the state governments of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.13
5777654646"Bleeding Kansas"Term for the bloody struggle between proslavery and antislavery factions in Kansas following its organization as a territory in the fall of 1854.14
5777654647Dred Scott v. SandfordThe 1857 Supreme Court Decision that ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The Court ruled against salve Dred Scott who claimed that travels with his master into free states and territories made him and his family free. The decision also denied the federal government the right to exclude slavery from the territories and declared that African Americans were not citizens.15
5777654648Freeport DoctrineDoctrine developed by Stephen Douglas that said the exclusion of slavery in a territory could be determined by the refusal of the voters to enact any laws that would protect slave property.16
5777654649James K PolkGovernor of Tennessee, slave owner, President, "Young Hickory", supported "re-occupation of Oregon and re-annexation of Texas"17
5777654650Frederick DouglassOne of the most prominent African American figures in the abolitionist movement; escaped from slavery; advocated freedom from slavery & full citizenship rights for all blacks.18
5777654651Zachary Taylor"Old Rough and Ready", (1849-1850), Whig president who was a Southern slave holder, and war hero (Mexican-American War). Won the 1848 election. Surprisingly did not address the issue of slavery at all on his platform. He died during his term and his Vice President was Millard Fillmore.19
5777654652Lewis CassDemocratic senator who proposed popular sovereignty to settle the slavery question in the territories; he lost the presidential election in 1848 against Zachary Taylor but continued to advocate his solution to the slavery issue throughout the 1850s.20
5777654653Stephen DouglasA moderate, who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 and popularized the idea of popular sovereignty.21
5777654654Harriet Beecher Stowe(1811-1896) American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.22
5777654655John BrownWell-known abolitionist who led the Pottawatamie Massacre (Bleeding Kansas) and the raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry where he was captured, tried and hanged.23
5777654656Abraham Lincoln16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.24
5777654657John O'Sullivancoined the term "manifest destiny"25
5777654658Ostend ManifestoAn 1854 manifesto that urged President Franklin Pierce to seize the slave-owning province of Cuba from Spain. Northern Democrats denounced this aggressive initiative, and the plan was scuttled.26
5777654659Winfield ScottUS general in the Mexican War; led the capture of Mexico City27
5777654660John Sloatnaval commander who landed in California28
5777654661John C. Fremontan American military officer, explorer29
5777654662John Tyler10th president; proslavery; called for the annexation of Texas30
5777654663Thomas Oliver LarkinMerchant in. Monterey, CA, did NOT assimilate into Mexican culture white working with Mexican politicians and landowners.31
5777654664Ulysses S. Grantyoung officer under General Zachary Taylor during the War with Mexico32
5777654665John SutterOwner of the mill where gold was discovered that helped start the California Gold Rush33

AP US History, Chapter 28 Flashcards

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8512732699Social GospelDate: turn of the 20th century Description: a reform movement led by Protestant ministers who used religious doctrine to demand better housing and living conditions for the urban poor Significance: It was closely linked to the settlement-house movement, which brought middle-class, Anglo-American service volunteers into contact with immigrants and working people.0
8512732700MuckrakersDate: turn of the 20th century Description: bright young reporters who won this unfavorable moniker from Theodore Roosevelt but boosted the circulations of their magazines by writing exposés of widespread corruption in American society Significance: Their subjects included business manipulation of government, white slaves, child labor, and the illegal deeds of the trusts and helped spur the passage of reform legislation.1
8512732701InitiativeDate: late 19th century Description: a progressive reform measure allowing voters to petition to have a law placed on the general ballot Significance: Like the referendum and recall, it brought democracy directly "to the people" and helped foster a shift toward interest group politics and away from old political "machines."2
8512732702ReferendumDate: late 19th century Description: a progressive reform procedure allowing voters to place a bill on the ballot for final approval, even after being passed by the legislature. Significance: It brought democracy directly "to the people" and helped foster a shift toward interest group politics and away from old political "machines."3
8512732703RecallDate: late 19th century Description: a progressive ballot procedure allowing voters to remove elected officials from office Significance: It brought democracy directly "to the people" and helped foster a shift toward interest group politics and away from old political "machines."4
8512732704Australian BallotDate: 1850s in Australia, late 19th century in America Description: a system that allows voters privacy in marking their ballot choices Significance: It was introduced to the United States during the progressive era to help counteract boss rule.5
8512732705Muller v. OregonDate: 1908 Description: a landmark Supreme Court case in which crusading attorney (and future Supreme Court justice) Louis D. Brandeis persuaded the Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of limiting the hours of women workers Significance: Coming on the heels of Lochner v. New York, it established a different standard for male and female workers.6
8512732706Lochner v. New YorkDate: 1905 Description: a setback for labor reformers, this Supreme Court decision invalidated a state law establishing a ten-hour day for bakers Significance: It held that the "right to free contract" was implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.7
8512732707Elkins ActDate: 1903 Description: law passed by Congress to impose penalties on railroads that offered rebates and customers who accepted them Significance: The law strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Hepburn Act of 1906 added free passes to the list of railroad no-no's.8
8512732708Meat Inspection ActDate: 1906 Description: a law passed by Congress to subject meat shipped over state lines to federal inspection Significance: The publication of Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle earlier that year so disgusted American consumers with its description of conditions in slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants that it mobilized public support for government action.9
8512732709Pure Food and Drug ActDate: 1906 Description: a law passed by Congress to inspect and regulate the labeling of all foods and pharmaceuticals intended for human consumption Significance: This legislation, and additional provisions passed in 1911 to strengthen it, aimed particularly at the patent medicine industry. The more comprehensive Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 largely replaced this legislation.10
8512732710Hetch Hetchy ValleyDate: 1913 Description: the federal government allowed the city of San Francisco to build a dam here Significance: This was a blow to preservationists, who wished to protect the Yosemite National Park, where the dam was located.11
8512732711Dollar DiplomacyDate: first applied after 1909 Description: name applied by President Taft's critics to the policy of supporting U.S. investments and political interests abroad; first applied to the financing of railways in China after 1909, the policy then spread to Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua Significance: President Woodrow Wilson disavowed the practice, but his administration undertook comparable acts of intervention in support of U.S. business interests, especially in Latin America.12
8512732712Payne-Aldrich BillDate: 1909 Description: while intended to lower tariff rates, this bill was eventually revised beyond all recognition, retaining high rates on most imports Significance: President Taft angered the progressive wing of his party when he declared it "the best bill that the Republican party ever passed."13
8512732713New FreedomDate: 1912 Description: platform of reforms advocated by Woodrow Wilson in his first presidential campaign, including stronger antitrust legislation to protect small business enterprises from monopolies, banking reform, and tariff reductions Significance: Wilson's strategy involved taking action to increase opportunities for capitalist competition rather than increasing government regulation of large trusts.14
8512732714New NationalismDate: 1912 Description: state-interventionist reform program devised by journalist Herbert Croly and advocated by Theodore Roosevelt during his Bull Moose presidential campaign Significance: Roosevelt did not object to continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions. Rather, he sought to create stronger regulatory agencies to ensure that they operated to serve the public interest, not just private gain.15
8512732715Ida TarbellDate: 1904 Description: a muckraker who wrote in the McClure's magazine Significance: She made her reputation by publishing the history of the Standard Oil Company, the "Mother of Trusts." She exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her work. Dozens of Dams were put up across almost every river16
8512732716Henry Demarest LloydDate: late 19th century Description: Significance: He attacked the Standard Oil Company with his book Wealth Against Commonwealth.17
8512732717Thorstein VeblenDate: late 19th century Description: famous sociologist/economist Significance: He wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class.18
8512732718Jacob A. RiisDate: 1890 Description: a muckraker and photographer; his account was an indictment of the dirt, disease, vice, and misery of the rat-gnawed human rookeries known as New York slums Significance: He used photography to document the incredibly poor conditions of many impoverished communities and wrote How the Other Half Lives.19
8512732719Robert M. ("Fighting Bob") La FolletteDate: early 20th century Description: progressive Republican governor of Wisconsin Significance: He wrested control from corporations and gave it back to the people.20
8512732720Hiram W. JohnsonDate: early 20th century Description: Republican governor of California in 1910 Significance: A dynamic prosecutor of grafters, he helped break the dominant grip of the Southern Pacific Railroad on California politics and then, like La Follette, set up a political machine of his own.21
8512732721Florence KelleyDate: 1899 Description: a former Hull House resident who became Illinois's first chief factory inspector Significance: In 1899 she took control of the National Consumers League.22
8512732722Frances E. WillardDate: early 20th century Description: founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Significance: She would fall on her knees in prayer on saloon floors to make her points.23
8512732723Gifford PinchotDate: early 20th century Description: a notable conservationist Significance: He headed the federal Division of Forestry.24
8512732724John MuirDate: early 20th century Description: a rather eccentric man Significance: He is notable for his push for conservationism on a national level.25
8512732725Herbert CrolyDate: late 19th century/early 20th century Description: progressive thinker that wrote The Promise of American Life; devised New Nationalism Significance: The book agreed with Theodore Roosevelt's old policy of leaving good trusts alone but controlling bad trusts.26

AP US History Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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5063501383JamestownThe first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610 supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. The settlement became part of the Virginia Company of London in 1620. The population remained low due to lack of supplies until agriculture was solidly established. Jamestown grew to be a prosperous shipping port when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop.0
5063501384John SmithHelped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter1
5063501385Starving timeThe winter of 1609 to 1610 was known as the "starving time" to the colonists of Virginia. Only sixty members of the original four-hundred colonists survived. The rest died of starvation because they did not possess the skills that were necessary to obtain food in the new world.2
5063501386John 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.3
5063501387House of BurgessVA 1619 formed representative government; assemblage form step to miniature parliament to flourish in america4
5063501388Indentured servantA migrant to British colonies in the Americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years.5
5063501389Headright 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.6
5063501390Nathaniel Bacona planter who led a rebellion with one thousand other Virginians in 1676; the rebels were mostly frontiersmen forced toward the backcountry in search of fertile land7
5063501391Bacon's Rebellionan uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year. The uprising was a protest against the governor of Virginia, William Berkeley.8
5063501392William BerkleyHe was the governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I. Berkley enacted friendly policies toward the Native Americans that led to the revolt by some planters in 1676 which became known as Bacon's Rebellion.9
5063501393Navigation ActsLaws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.10
5063501394MercantilismAn 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 bought11
5063501396Salutary neglectidea that the colonies benefited by being left alone, without too much British interference12
5063501397PuritansA religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay. Wanted to Purify the Church of England.13
5063501398John 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.14
5063501399Salem Witch TrialsSeveral accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts at which Cotton Mather presided as the chief judge. 18 people were hanged as witches. Afterwards, most of the people involved admitted that the trials and executions had been a terrible mistake.15
5063501400Triangular tradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa16
5063501401Anne HutchinsonShe preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639.17
5063501402Roger WilliamsHe founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.18
5063501403Pilgrims"Separatist" group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.19
5063501404Mayflower 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.20
5063501406Great AwakeningReligious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.21
5063501407George WhitfieldHe was an Anglican minister with great oratorical skills. His emotion-charged sermons were a centerpiece of the Great Awakening in the American colonies in the 1740s.22
5063501408Jonathon Edwardspowerful preacher during Great Awakening, his message was of hell and an angry God. 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."23
5063501409Half way 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.24
5063501410Visible saintsin Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expected to lead godly lives.25
5063501411Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutThis document was the first written constitution in the American colonies. It was prepared as the covenant for the new Puritan community in Connecticut, established in the 1630s. This document described a system of government for the new community.26
5063501412Thomas HookerA Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government.27
5063501413William PennA Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.28
5063501414Quakers..., English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania29
5063501415Stono RebellionThe most serious slave rebellion in the the colonial period which occurred in 1739 in South Carolina. 100 African Americans rose up, got weapons and killed several whites then tried to escape to S. Florida. The uprising was crushed and the participants executed. The main form of rebellion was running away, though there was no where to go.30
5063501416American EnlightenmentInfluenced by the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, this event emphasized the power of reason gained and applied it to human nature and society. The new intellectual culture in the Colonies stressed the importance of humanism and reason, removing the power of Church and placing more power in the hands of the individual, a mark of the modern age.31
5063501417DeismThe religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.32
5063501418French and Indian War 1754-1763was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them. The conflict, the fourth such colonial war between the kingdoms of France and Great Britain, resulted in the British conquest of all of New France east of the Mississippi River, as well as Spanish Florida. The outcome was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict. To compensate its ally, Spain, for its loss of Florida, France ceded its control of French Louisiana west of the Mississippi. France's colonial presence north of the Caribbean was reduced to the tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.33
5063501419Pontiac's Rebellion1763 - An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area. The attacks ended when Pontiac was killed.34
5063501420Proclamation of 1763A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.35
5063501447John LockeEnglish philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.36
5063522866Acts of Toleration(1649) [Act] in Maryland mandating religious tolerance for Christians only. Maryland was a safe-haven for Catholics.37

AP US History Chapter 27 Flashcards

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5847498432McKinley Tariff(BH) , 1890 tariff that raised protective tariff levels by nearly 50%, making them the highest tariffs on imports in the United States history, first time farmer products on productive list0
5847498433InsurrectosCuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule. Their destructive tactics threatened American economic interests in Cuban plantations and railroads1
5847498434MaineA ship stationed near Cuba which exploded on February 15, 1898. The explosion was blamed on the Spanish, and provided a reason for starting the Spanish-American War. Evidence to the contrary was ignored in the rush to War2
5847498435Teller AmendmentLegislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war3
5847498436Rough RidersVolunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War4
5847498437Anti-Imperialist LeagueA group of anti imperialists that advocated for isolationism5
5847498438Foraker ActThis act established Puerto Rico as an unorganized U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans were not given U.S. citizenship, but the U.S. president appointed the island's governor and governing council6
5847498439Insular CasesDetermined that inhabitants of U.S. territories had some, but not all, of the rights of U.S. citizens7
5847498440Platt AmendmentLegislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble8
5847498441Open Door NoteMessage send by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan asking the countries not to interfere with US trading rights in China.9
5847498442Boxer Rebellion1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops10
5847498443Hay-Pauncefote Treaty1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal11
5847498444Roosevelt CorollaryAddition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs12
5847498445Root-Takahira AgreementAgreement between US and Japan officially recognizing the territorial sovereignty of each nation13
5847498446Josiah StrongA Congregationalist minister who added the sanction of religion to theories of racial and national superiority with his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis (1885)14
5847498447Alfred Thayer MahanNavy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy15
5847498448James G. Blainea U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breeds. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post Civil War period, obtaining the 1884 Republican nomination, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland16
5847498449Richard OlneyAttorney General of the U.S., he obtained an active injunction that state union members couldn't stop the movement of trains. He moved troops in to stop the Pullman strike17
5847498450LiliuokalaniHawaiian Queen who tried to eliminate white control in the Hawaiian government. The white population revolted and seized power. Under McKinley Hawaii was annexed18
5847498451"Butcher" WeylerSpanish general Valeriano Weyler called "Butcher Weyler" because hundreds of thousands of people died in his concentration camps19
5847498452Depuy de LomeSpanish Minister who wrote a letter to a friend in Havana, referring to President McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd."20
5847498453George DeweyA United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War, U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines21
5847498454Emilio AguinaldoFilipino General - helped US take Philipines during Spanish-American war - helped Philippines gain freedom from US22
5847498455William H. Taft27th US president, took over presidency after theodore Roosevelt, strengthened ICC, trust buster23
5847498456John HaySecretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal24
5847498457Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt26th president of the US, Republican, had leadership in the progressive movement. In office 1901-190925

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