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Period 1/2/3 - AP US History Flashcards

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6032757991Columbian Exchangeexchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life0
6032757992John SmithEnglish explorer, soldier and writer; best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World (Jamestown)1
6032757993Jamestownfirst permanent English settlement in North America2
6032757994Joint-Stock companiesbusiness entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders3
6032757995Conquistadorleader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century4
6032757996Encomiendadependency relation system that started in Spain during the Roman Empire; the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service5
6032757997Great Awakeningseries of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries6
6032757998Jonathan Edwardsrevivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian7
6032757999French and Indian WarWar between colonists of Britian and colonists of France & Native Americans during 1754 to 1760. The purpose was to get North American lands for farming crops and securing a place to live well.8
6032758000Proclamation of 1793statement that declared the war had ended following the British victory over France in the French and Indian War9
6032758001King George IIIEngland's longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria10
6032758002Sugar ActBritish law enacted in 1764 that put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies; this law effected the manufacture of rum in New England11
6032758003Samuel Adamsan American statesman and founding father of the United States who opposed British taxation and helped organize the Boston Tea Party12
6032758004Boston MassacreIn 1770, some colonists threw snowballs at a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired their guns, killing 5 colonists.13
6032758005Boston Tea PartyIn 1773, a group of colonists protested the tea tax by dressing up as Native American and climbing on British ships in the Boston Harbor. They threw all the tea into the water to show they wouldn't buy tea from England.14
6032758006Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson wrote a document stating that the 13 colonies wanted to be independent. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress accepted it.15
6032758007SaratogaIt was the turning point of the war for independence. After this battle, the American colonists were in an advantageous place. There were heavy British casualties.16
6032758008Marquis de Lafayettea French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War17
6032758009Charles Cornwallisa British Army officer and colonial administrator (1753-1762)18
6032758010Yorktown1781 battle which led to a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops; General George Washington led this defeat against Cornwallis' troops19
6032758011Treaty of Parisdocument that ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonies20
6032758012Articles of Confederationagreement among the thirteen colonies that served as its first constitution21
6032758013Bill of RightsThe first 10 amendments to the Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights22

US AP History Period 1 Flashcards

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7457225346How did early Americans reach North and South America?They crossed a land bridge from Asia0
7457225347When was the land bridge formed? What was it made of?During the ice age, ice/land1
7457225348What were the Indians doing when they crossed the land bridge?Following food or herds2
7457225349What were the most complex Indian communities?Mayan, Inca and Aztecs3
7457225350What did the cultivation of maize do?Transform nomadic hunter-gather societies into settled farming communities4
7457225351What kinds of items did Europeans desire from Persia and China?Silk, Spices, Oils/Perfumes5
7457225352What were the Spanish 3 motives for exploration?1. God 2. Gold 3. Glory6
7457225353Which direction did Portugal head to reach Asia and India?South along the West coast of Africa.7
7457225354Who married to make Spain whole?Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille8
7457225355Where did Columbus land?Hispainola9
7457225356Columbus died thinking what?That he had found a trade route to Asia and that he had landed on the outskirts of India10
7457225357When Spain and Portugal went to the pope to see how to divide the world, the pope made what?The Treaty of Tordesillas11
7457225358What did the Treaty of Tordesillas say?Divided the trade routes to Asia: Spain gets the route across the Atlantic and Portugal gets the route around Africa. Also, Spain got a lot of land in the New World and Portugal got present-day Brazil.12
7457225359Who came to the New World once it was discovered?Spanish conquistadors13
7457225360Who conquered the Aztecs? Who conquered the Incas?Cortes-Aztecs Pizzaro- Incas14
7457225361What are the 2 things the Spanish give the Indians in exchange for their work (in the Encomienda System)1. Provide food, shelter, and good treatment to the Indians 2. Convert them to Christians15
7457225362What was the Encomienda System basically?Slavery16
7457225363Who worked for Indian's rights?Bartolome de las Casas17
7457225364What happened when the Spanish ran out of Indians to do work?They went and got Africans18
7457225365Who was the explorer sent by England to the New World? Where did he explore?John Cabot- coastline of North America19
7457225366Who was an explorer sent by Spain to the New World? (not Columbus) Where did he explore?Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Pacific Ocean20
7457225367What is Ferdinand Magellan credited with?The 1st circumnavigation of the earth21
7457225368When the Spanish moved north, what did they establish? Where?A fort (outpost) in St. Augustine, Fl22
7457225369What is the Biological (Columbian) Exchange?Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.23
7457225370What 3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?1. Corn 2. Beans 3. Potatoes24
7457225371What was the "big" animal brought to the Americas that changed Indian life?Horses25
7457225372What diseases were from the Old World and went to the New World?Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza26
7457225373What disease did the Indians give Europeans?Syphillis27
7457225374Columbian ExchangeAn exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.28
7457225375EncomiendaA grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it29
7457225376Atlantic slave tradeLasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. 98% of Africans were sent to the Caribbean, South and Central America.30
7457225377Bartolome de las CasasFirst bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor; however his suggestion to replace Natives with Africans was won he would regret.31
7457225378MaizeAn early form of corn grown by Native Americans32
7457225379AnasaziA Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings33
7457225380IroquoisA later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests34
7457225381CherokeeAre a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian-language family. In the 19th century, historians and ethnographers recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were located.35
7457225382InuitA member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)36
7457225383MayaMesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.37
7457225384Aztec(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor.38
7457225385IncaTheir empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun.39
7457225386TenochtitlanCapital 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.40
7457225387Aztec calendar365 days, divided into 18 months each with 20 days.41
7457225388Terrace farmingThe cutting out of flat areas (terraces) into near vertical slopes to allow farming. Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. This adaptation allowed both the early Chinese, and the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.42
7457225389NomadEarly, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge.43
7457225390Causes for European interest in exploration?The Holy Crusades, Renaissance and The Protestant Reformation.44
7457225391Martin LutherBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church.45
7457225392King Henry VIIIBroke away from the Catholic Church because of his disagreement with his inability to get divorced; which eventually led to civil unrest in his country.46
7457225393New FranceEstablished in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade.47

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 23 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 23 The Modern Era of the 1920s

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5115096624Warren HardingIn November 1920, he was elected the 29th president of the United States. He was a Republican whose slogan was: "Return to Normalcy". His term was marked by scandals and corruption, although he was never implicated in any of the scandals. In August 1923, he died while traveling in the West. (p. 475-476)0
5115096625Charles Evans HughesA former presidential candidate and Supreme Court justice who was appointed secretary of state by President Warren G. Harding. (p. 476)1
5115096626Andrew MellonA Pittsburgh industrialist and millionaire who was appointed secretary of the treasury by President Harding in 1921 and served under Coolidge and Hoover. (p. 476)2
5115096627Harry DaughertyAttorney General under President Harding who accepted bribes for agreeing not to prosecute certain criminal suspects. (p. 476)3
5115096628Albert FallSecretary of the Interior during Harding's administration. He was convicted of accepting bribes for granting oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wyoming. (p. 476)4
5115096629Teapot DomeA government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. (p. 476)5
5115096630Fordney-McCumber Tariff ActThis tariff passed in 1922, raised tariffs on foreign manufactured goods by 25 percent. It helped domestic manufacturers, but limited foreign trade, and was one cause of the Great Depression of 1929. (p. 476, 488)6
5115096631Bureau of the BudgetFormed in 1921, this bureau created procedures for all government expenditures to be placed in a single budget for Congress to annually review and vote on. (p. 476)7
5115096632Calvin CoolidgeAs vice president, he became president when Warren Harding died in August 1923. He won the presidential election of 1924, but declined to run in 1928. He was a Republican who believed in limited government. He summarized his presidency and his era with the phrase: "The business of America is business". (p. 477)8
5115096633Herbert HooverWhen Calvin Coolidge decide not to run for president in 1928, he was the Republican presidential nominee. He promised to extend "Coolidge Prosperity", and won the election. (p. 477)9
5115096634Alfred E. SmithHe was the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1928 presidential election. He was the former governor of New York and his opponent in the presidential race was Republican Herbert Hoover. As a Roman Catholic and opponent of Prohibition, he appealed to immigrant urban voters. (p. 477)10
5115096635business prosperityFrom 1919 to 1929, manufacturing output rose a spectacular 64 percent due to increased productivity, energy technologies, and governmental policy which favored the growth of big business. (p. 478)11
5115096636standard of livingDuring the 1920s, the standard of living (physical things that make life more enjoyable) improved significantly for most Americans. Indoor plumbing and central heating became commonplace. By 1930, two-thirds of all homes had electricity. (p. 477)12
5115096637scientific managementA system of industrial management created and promoted in the early twentieth century by Frederick W. Taylor. It emphasized time-and-motion studies to improve factory performance. (p. 478)13
5115096638Henry FordBy 1914, he had perfected a system for manufacturing automobiles using an assembly line. (p. 478)14
5115096639assembly lineIn a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product. (p. 478)15
5115096640open shopA company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment. (p. 479)16
5115096641welfare capitalismAn approach to labor relations in which companies voluntarily offer their employees improved benefits and higher wages in order to reduce their interest in joining unions. (p. 479)17
5115096642consumerismIn the 1920s, consumerism was fueled by: homes with electricity, electrical appliances, affordable automobiles, increased advertising, and purchasing on credit. (p. 478)18
5115096643electric appliancesIn the 1920s, refrigerators, stoves, vacuum cleaners, and washing machines became very popular as prices dropped due to reduced production costs and as electrical power to run them became more available. (p. 478)19
5115096644impact of the automobileIn the 1920s, this product had the largest impact on society. It caused a growth of cities and suburbs, and workers no longer needed to live near their factories. It provided job opportunities and was a much more efficient way of transportation. (p. 479)20
5115096645jazz ageName for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz, a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime. (p. 480)21
5115096646radio, phonographsAllowed mostly young people to listen to recorded music. The first radio station went on the air in 1920. Previously, newspapers had been the only form of mass communications. (p. 480)22
5115096647national networksNationwide radio networks enabled people all over the country to listen to the same news, sports, soap operas, quiz shows and comedies. (p. 480)23
5115096648HollywoodThe movie industry was centered here. The industry grew rapidly in the 1920s. Sound was introduced to movies in 1927. By 1929 over 80 million movie tickets were sold each week. (p. 480)24
5538771521movie starsIn the 1920s, sexy and glamorous movie stars such as Greta Garbo and Rudolf Valentino we idolized by millions. (p. 480)25
5115096649popular heroesAmericans shifted role models from politicians to sports heroes and movie stars. Sports heros included Jack Dempsey, Jim Thorpe, Babe Ruth, and Bobby Jones. However, the most celebrated was Charles Lindbergh who flew from Long Island to Paris in 1927. (p. 480)26
5115096650movie palacesOrnate, lavish single-screen movie theaters that emerged in the 1910s in the United States. (p. 480)27
5115096651role of womenIn the 1920s, the traditional separation of labor between men and women continued. Most middle-class women expected to spend their lives as homemakers and mothers. (p. 480)28
5115096652Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist who originated psychoanalysis. (p. 481)29
5538779521morals and fashionsIn the 1920s, movies, novels, automobiles, and new dances encouraged greater promiscuity. Young women shocked their elders by wearing dresses hemmed at the knee (flapper look), cutting their hair short, smoking cigarettes, and driving cars. (p. 481)30
5115096653Margaret SangerShe founded American Birth Control League; which became Planned Parenthood in the 1940s. She advocated birth control awareness. (p. 481)31
5538808778high school educationIn the 1920s, universal high school education became a new American goal. By 1930, the number of high school graduates had doubled to over 25 percent of school-age adults. (p. 481)32
5115096654consumer cultureIn the 1920s, many writers were disillusioned with the materialism of the business oriented culture. (p. 481)33
5115096655Frederick Lewis AllenIn 1931, he wrote "Only Yesterday", a popular history book that portrayed the 1920s as a period of narrow-minded materialism. (p. 489)34
5115096656Only YesterdayA 1931 history book that portrayed the 1920s as a period of narrow-minded materialism in which the middle class abandoned Progressive reforms, embraced conservative Republican policies, and either supported or condoned nativism, racism, and fundamentalism. (p. 489)35
5115096657Gertrude SteinAmerican writer of experimental novels, poetry, essays, operas, and plays. She called the disillusioned writers of the 1920s, a "lost generation". (p. 481)36
5115096658Lost GenerationGroup of writers in 1920s, who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy and materialistic world that lacked moral values. Many of them moved to Europe. (p. 481)37
5115096659F. Scott FitzgeraldA novelist and chronicler of the jazz age. His wife, Zelda and he were the "couple" of the decade. His novel, "The Great Gatsby" is considered a masterpiece about a gangster's pursuit of an unattainable rich girl. (p. 481)38
5115096660Ernest HemingwayOne of the most popular writers of the 1920s, he wrote "A Farewell to Arms". (p. 481)39
5115096661Sinclair LewisAmerican writer of the 1920s. He became the first American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature. (p. 481)40
5115096662Ezra PoundExpatriate American poet and critic of the 1920s. (p. 481)41
5115096663T. S. EliotThomas Stearns Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and one of the twentieth century's major poets. (p. 481)42
5115096664Eugene O'NeillAn American playwright of the 1920s. (p. 481)43
5115096665industrial designThe fusion of art and technology during the 1920s and 1930s created the new profession of industrial design. (p. 482)44
5115096666Art DecoThe 1920's modernistic art style that captured modernistic simplification of forms, while using machine age materials. (p. 482)45
5115096667Edward HopperA twentieth-century American painter, whose stark realistic paintings often convey a mood of solitude and isolation in common urban settings. (p. 482)46
5115096668regional artistsThomas Benton and Grant Wood celebrated the rural people and scenes of the American heartland. (p. 482)47
5115096669Grant WoodAn American Regional artist who focused on rural scenes in Iowa. He is best known for his painting "American Gothic". (p. 482)48
5115096670George GershwinHe was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. He blended jazz and classical music to produce "Rhapsody in Blue" and folk opera "Porgy and Bess". (p. 482)49
5115096671northern migrationBy 1930, almost 20 percent of African Americans out of the Southern United States to the North. (p. 482)50
5115096672Harlem RenaissanceThe largest African American community of almost 200,000 developed in the Harlem section of New York City. It became famous in the 1920s for its talented actors, artists, musicians, and writers. This term describes this period. (p. 483)51
5115096673Countee CullenA leading 1920s African American poet from Harlem. (p. 483)52
5115096674Langston HughesA leading 1920s African American poet from Harlem. (p. 483)53
5115096675James Weldon JohnsonA leading 1920s African American author from Harlem. (p. 483)54
5115096676Claude McKayA leading 1920s African American poet from Harlem. (p. 483)55
5115096677Duke EllingtonA leading 1920s African American jazz great from Harlem. (p. 483)56
5115096678Louis ArmstrongA leading 1920s African American jazz trumpeter from Harlem. (p. 483)57
5115096679Bessie SmithA leading 1920s African American blues singer from Harlem. (p. 483)58
5115096680Paul RobesonA leading 1920s African American singer from Harlem. (p. 483)59
5115096681Back to Africa movementEncouraged those of African descent to return to Africa. (p. 483)60
5115096682Marcus GarveyAfrican American leader during the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. He was deported to Jamaica and his movement collapsed. (p. 483)61
5115096683black prideMany African American leaders agreed with Marcus Garvey's ideas on racial pride and self-respect. This influenced another generation in the 1960s. (p. 483)62
5115096684modernismThey took a historical and critical view of certain Bible passages and believed that they could accept Darwin's theory of evolution without abandoning their religion. (p. 483)63
5115096685fundamentalismA Protestant Christian movement emphasizing the literal truth of the Bible and opposing religious modernism (p. 483)64
5115096686revivalists: Billy Sunday, Aimee Semple McPhersonLeading radio evangelists such as Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson preached a fundamentalist message. (p 484)65
5115096687Scopes trialA 1925 Tennessee court case in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued the issue of teaching evolution in public schools. (p. 484)66
5115096688Clarence DarrowA famed criminal defense lawyer, he defended John Scopes, a teacher who taught evolution in his Tennessee classroom. (p. 484)67
5115096689Volstead ActThe federal law of 1919 that established criminal penalties for manufacturing, transporting, or possessing alcohol. (p. 484)68
5115096690rural vs. urbanIn the 1920s, in the urban areas it was common to ignore the law and drink liquor in clubs or bars known as speakeasies. (p 484)69
5115096691organized crimeIn the 1920s, organized crime became big business, as bootleggers transported and sold liquor to many customers. (p. 484)70
5115096692Al CaponeA famous Chicago gangster who fought for control of the lucrative bootlegging (liquor) trade. (p. 484)71
511509669321st AmendmentThe amendment which ended the prohibition of alcohol in the United States, it repealed the 18th amendment. (p. 485)72
5231067750quota laws of 1921 and 1924Laws passed to limit immigration. (p. 485)73
5115096695Sacco and Vanzetti CaseA criminal case of two Italian men who were convicted of murder in 1921. They were prosecuted because they were Italians, atheists, and anarchists. After 6 years of appeals they were executed in 1927. (p. 485)74
5115096696Ku Klux KlanA secret society created by white southerners in 1866. They used terror and violence to keep African Americans from exercising their civil rights. (p. 486)75
5115096697Birth of a NationA popular silent film, which portrayed the KKK during Reconstruction as heros. (p. 486)76
5231076119blacks, Catholics and JewsThe KKK directed hostility toward these groups in the North. (p. 486)77
5231071993foreigners and CommunistsDuring the 1920s, widespread disillusionment with World War I, communism in the Soviet Union, and Europe's post war problems made Americans fearful of being pulled into another foreign war. (p. 486)78
5115096698disarmamentRepublican presidents of the 1920s tried to promote peace and also to scale back defense expenditures by arranging disarmament treaties (reduction in military equipment). (p. 486)79
5115096699Washington ConferenceA 1921 conference that placed limits on naval powers, respect of territory in the Pacific, and continued the Open Door policy in China. (p. 487)80
5115096700Five-Power Naval TreatyA 1922 treaty resulting from the Washington Armaments Conference that limited to a specific ratio the carrier and battleship tonnage of each nation. The five countries involved were: United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. (p. 487)81
5115096701Nine-Power China TreatyA 1922 treaty affirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China as previously stated in the Open Door Policy. (p. 487)82
5115096702Kellogg-Briand TreatyThis treaty of 1928 renounced the use of force to achieve national ends. It was signed by Frank Kellogg of the United States and Aristide Briand of France, and most other nations. The international agreement proved ineffective. (p. 487)83
5538826478Latin America policyIn 1927, the United States signed an agreement with Mexico protecting U.S. interests in Mexico. (p. 487)84
5115096703war debtsDuring World War I the United States had loaned more than $10 billion to the Allies. After the war, the United States insisted that they pay back all the debt. Great Britain and France objected because they suffered much greater losses during the war than the United States. (p. 488)85
5115096704reparationsAs part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay $30 billion in reparations to the Allies. (p. 488)86
5115096705Dawes PlanA 1924 plan, created by Charles Dawes in which the United States banks would lend large sums to Germany. Germany would use the money to rebuild its economy and pay reparations to Great Britain and France. Then Great Britain and France would pay their war debts to the United States. After the 1929 stock market crash, the loans to Germany stopped. (p. 488)87

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 5 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 5 The American Revolution and Confederation, 1774-1787

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6652724799Intolerable ActsIn 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, which intensified the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain. (p. 85)0
6652724800Patrick HenryRadical delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Radical delegates were those demanding the greatest concessions from Great Britain. (p. 85)1
6652724801Samuel AdamsRadical delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress. He started Committees of Correspondence. (p. 85)2
6652724802John AdamsRadical delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress. He had acted as a lawyer for British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. (p. 85)3
6652724803John DickinsonModerate delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania". (p. 85)4
6652724804John JayConservative delegate from New York to the Continental Congress, favored a mild statement of protest. (p. 85)5
6652724805First Continental CongressIn September 1774, all of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates to a convention in Philadelphia. The purpose was to determine how the colonies should react to the threat to their rights and liberties caused by Intolerable Acts. (p. 85)6
6652724806Joseph GallowayConservative delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He proposed a plan that would have reordered relations with Parliament, but the plan lost by one vote. (p. 86)7
6652724807Suffolk ResolvesThe First Continental Congress adopted this statement. It rejected the Intolerable Acts and called for their repeal. It also urged the colonies to make military preparations and organize boycotts against British goods. (p. 86)8
6652724808Declaration for Rights and GrievancesThe First Continental Congress passed this resolutions urging the king to make right colonial grievances and restore colonial rights. (p. 86)9
6652724809economic sanctionsIn September 1774, the First Continental Congress created the Continental Association, a network of committees to enforce the economic sanctions of the Suffolk Resolves. (p. 86)10
6652724810Second Continental CongressIn May 1775, representatives met in Philadelphia. They adopted the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms. In July 1775 they sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III. (p. 87)11
6652724811Olive Branch PetitionIn July 1775, the Second Continental Congress tried a last effort for peace. Colonists pledged their loyalty and asked the king to go to Parliament to secure peace and protect their colonial rights. (p. 87)12
6652724812Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up ArmsIn May 1775, in Philadelphia, delegates to the Sencond Continental Congress met. This declaration called on all colonies to provide troops to the central government. (p. 87, 128)13
6652724813Thomas JeffersonIn 1776, he was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. (p. 88)14
6652724814Declaration of IndependenceThis declaration, written by Thomas Jefferson, declared independence and expressed the basic principles of the American revolution. It was ratified on July 4, 1776. (p. 88)15
6652724815George WashingtonModerate delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. In 1775, at the Second Continental Congress he was appointed commander-in chief of a new colonial army and sent to Boston to lead the Massachusetts militia and volunteer units from other colonies. He later became the first president of the United States. (p. 88-89)16
6652724816Land Ordinance of 1785A policy that established surveying and selling of western lands. It was part of the Articles of Confederation. (p. 93)17
6652724817Northwest Ordinance of 1787Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for creating new states. Granted limited self-government and prohibited slavery in the region. (p. 93)18
6652724818Paul RevereHe warned the militia that the British were coming along with William Dawes at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. (p. 86)19
6652724819William DawesWarned the militia that the British were coming along with Paul Revere at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. (p. 86)20
6652724820LexingtonOn April 18, 1775 British soldiers in Boston marched to this town to seize colonial military supplies. This is where the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired. (p. 86)21
6652724821ConcordAfter the British had marched to Lexington, they marched on to this town to destroy colonial military supplies. (p. 86)22
6652724822Battle of Bunker HillOn June 17, 1775 a colonial militia lost this battle to British on the outskirts of Boston. However, the British suffered heavy casualties in this first true battle of the Revolutionary War. (p. 87)23
6652724823Battle of SaratogaIn October 1777, General John Burgoyne's British forces were defeated by American Generals Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnolds army. This was a turning point of the war because it led to the French joining the war against Great Britain. (p. 90)24
6652724824George Rogers ClarkIn 1778-1789, he led the capture of series of British forts in the Illinois country. (p. 90)25
6652724825Battle of YorktownIn 1781, the last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. Supported by French naval and military forces, Washington's army forced the surrender of a large British army commanded by General Charles Cornwallis. (p. 90)26
6652724826Articles of ConfederationAdopted by Congress in 1777, it created a central government with limited powers. In 1788, it was was replaced by the Constitution. (p. 91)27
6652724827unicameral LegislatureThe Articles of Confederation established a central government that consisted of just one body, a Congress. In this unicameral (one-house) legislature, each state was given one vote, with at least 9 of 13 votes required to pass important laws. (p. 92)28
6652724828absolute monarchAlthough France had this kind of government, King Louis XVI decided to help the colonies succeed in their rebellion in order to weaken Great Britain. (p. 90)29
6652724829Prohibitory ActIn August 1775, Britain's King George III agreed to this act passed by Parliament, and declared the colonies were in rebellion. (p. 87)30
6652724830Treaty of ParisIn 1783, this treaty between Britain and the United States brought an end to the Revolutionary War. It stated that: 1. Britain would recognize the existence of the US. 2. The Mississippi River would be the western border of the US. 3. Americans would have fishing rights off the coast of Canada. 4. Americans would pay debts owed to British merchants and honor Loyalist claims for property confiscated during the war. (p. 91)31
6652724831Thomas Paine; Common SenseIn January 1776, Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet that argued in clear and forceful language that the colonies should break with Britain. (p. 88)32
6652724832PatriotsMost of these soldiers came from New England or Virginia and wanted freedom for the colonies. (p. 88)33
6652724833Loyalists (Tories)The pro-British Loyalists, the majority of this group tended to be wealthy and conservative and many were clergy and government officials. (p. 89)34
6652724834MinutemenThe colonial militia. (p. 86)35
6652724835ContinentalsPaper money issued by Congress which became almost worthless due to inflation. (p. 90)36
6652724836Abigail AdamsShe was the wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create. (p. 94)37
6652724837Deborah SampsonAt the age of 21, she dressed up as a man in order to fight in the Revolutionary War. (p. 94)38
6652724838Valley ForgeWashington's troops spent the harsh winter of 1777-1778 here after losing Philadelphia to the British. (p. 89)39
6652724839Mary McCauley (Molly Pitcher)Also know as Molly Pitcher, she carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat. (p. 94)40
6652724840Shay's RebellionDaniel Shays led other farmers in this uprising against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money. (p. 93)41

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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5446728863Era of Good FeelingsTerm to describe James Monroe's period as president (1817-1825). The Democratic-Republicans party dominated politics. On the surface everything looked fine, however there were conflicts over tariffs, the national bank, internal improvements, and public land sales.0
5446728864sectionalismIdentifying more with a certain section of the country rather than the entire country1
5446728866cultural nationalismpride and love of one's country and the characteristics that define it; i.e. art, music, literature2
5446728867economic nationalismPolitical movement to subsidize internal improvements such as roads and canals. Also the protecting of US industries from European competition.3
5446728868Tariff of 1816The first protective tariff in the US, it helped protect American industry from competition by raising the prices of British manufactured goods.4
5446728869protective tariffA tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition.5
5446728870Henry 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 for such use of federal funds.6
5446728872Panic of 1819The first major financial panic since the Constitution was ratified; marked the end of economic expansion and featured deflation (value of US money going down), depression, bank failures, foreclosures on western farms, unemployment, a slump in agriculture and manufacturing, and overcrowded debtor's prisons. (p. 153)7
5446728874National (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)8
5446728875Erie CanalA canal built in 1825 in New York that linked economies of western and eastern cities. It lead to more canal building, lower food prices, and stronger economies. (p. 161)9
5446728876Robert Fulton; steamboatsIn 1807 he built a boat powered by a steam engine. It made shipping easier and cheaper. (p. 161)10
5446728877railroadsA major economic development of the 1820s. A method for carrying passengers and freight. They made the Midwest a major power. (p. 161)11
5446728888John MarshallChief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. A Federalist who favored the central government and the rights of property against advocates of state's rights. Even when he was outnumbered in the Supreme Court, Republican justices sided with him. (p. 153)12
5446728894Tallmadge 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 southerns. (p. 156)13
5446728895Missouri CompromiseAn 1820 compromise that Missouri joined the Union as a slave state, and Maine joined as a free state. Congress also established a line across the southern border of Missouri (36°,30') saying except for the state of Missouri, all states north of that line must be free states or states without slavery. (p. 157)14
5446728897Rush-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 Canada border fortifications. (p. 157)15
5446728898Treaty 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)16
5446728899Andrew JacksonIn 1817, this general lead a militia force to Florida where he destroyed Seminole villages and hung Seminole sympathizers. (p. 158)17
5446728900Florida Purchase TreatyAn 1819 treaty, in which Spain turned over Florida and the Oregon Territory to the U.S. The U.S. agree to assume $5 million debt and give up any claims in Texas. (p. 158)18
5446728901Monroe 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)19

AP US History Period 8 (1945-1980) Flashcards

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6697171313Lend LeaseLegislation proposed by FDR and adopted by congress, stating that the U.S could either sell or lease arms and other equipment to any country whose security was vital to America's interest -> military equipment to help Britain war effort was shipped from U.S0
6697171314Cash and Carry Policy1939. Law passed by Congress which allowed a nation at war to purchase goods and arms in US as long as they paid cash and carried merchandise on their own ships. This benefited the Allies, because Britain was dominant naval power.1
6697171315Neutrality Act4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. Originally designed to avoid American involvement in World War II by preventing loans to those countries taking part in the conflict; they were later modified in 1939 to allow aid to Great Britain and other Allied nations.2
6697171316Pearl Harbor7:50-10:00 AM, December 7, 1941 - Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft. American losses were 3000, Japanese losses less than 100. In response, the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany, entering World War II.3
6697171317Midway1942, An important battle in the Asian part of the war, the Americans sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers4
6697171318MobilizationAct of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"5
6697171319Victory GardensBackyard gardens; Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort6
6697171320RationingA system of allocating scarce goods and services using criteria other than price7
6697171321D-Day(FDR) , June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory." More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy.8
6697171322Battle of the BulgeDecember, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses.9
6697171323Manhattan ProjectCode name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by refugee physicists in the United States.10
6697171324HiroshimaCity in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.11
6697171325Island HoppingA military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others12
6697171326Iwo Jimaa bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)13
6697171327United NationsAn international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. It was founded in 1945 at the signing of the United Nations Charter by 50 countries, replacing the League of Nations, founded in 1919.14
6697171328Yalta ConferenceFDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War15
6697171329Potsdam ConferenceJuly 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.16
6697171330Rosie the RiveterA propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.17
6697171331LevittownIn 1947, William Levitt used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in surburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. Levittown became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII.18
6697171332Iron CurtainA political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region19
6697171333Truman Doctrine1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey20
6697171334Marshall PlanA United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)21
6697171335Berlin BlockadeThe blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.22
6697171336Korean WarThe conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.23
6697171337McCarthyismThe term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee.24
6697171338Brown v Board of Education, 19541954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.25
6697171339Montgomery Bus BoycottIn 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.26
6697171340Interstate Highway Act1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway27
6697171341Little Rock ArkansasIncident where President Eisenhower sent federal troops to allow black students into the high school.28
6697171342SputnikFirst artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race. Led the US to focus on Math & Science in American schools.29
6697171343Sit insProtests by black college students, 1960-1961, who took seats at "whites only" lunch counters and refused to leave until served; in 1960 over 50,000 participated in sit-ins across the South. Their success prompted the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.30
6697171344NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.31
6697171345Berlin WallA fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, Germany, built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the West. Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War. This wall was both a deterrent to individuals trying to escape and a symbol of repression to the free world.32
6697171346Bay of PigsIn April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.33
6697171347Freedom Rides1961 event organized by CORE and SNCC in which an interracial group of civil rights activists tested southern states' compliance to the Supreme Court ban of segregation on interstate buses34
6697171348Cuban Missile CrisisAn international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later, on condition that US doesn't invade Cuba35
6697171349Rachel CarsonUnited States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) in her book Silent Spring. Considered the birth of environmentalism36
6697171350March on WashingtonHeld in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. 250,000 people attended the rally37
6697171351JFK AssassinatedNovember 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.38
6697171352Civil Rights Act of 19641964; 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 goal39
6697171353Voting Rights Act of 19651965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap40
6697171354Gulf of Tonkin Resolution1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit US troops to south vietnam and fight a war against north Vietnam41
6697171355Cesar Chavez1927-1993. Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.42
6697171356Malcolm X1952; renamed himself X to signify the loss of his African heritage; converted to Nation of Islam in jail in the 50s, became Black Muslims' most dynamic street orator and recruiter; his beliefs were the basis of a lot of the Black Power movement built on seperationist and nationalist impulses to achieve true independence and equality. Assassinated in 1965 by the Nation of Islam.43
6697171357Stonewall RiotIn New York City, 1969 - Triggered activist protests among gays and lesbians - police raided gay bar - people fought back - became symbol of oppression of gays, began the gay pride movement44
6697171358WoodstockA free music festival that attracted more than 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 196945
6697171359Earth DayA holiday conceived of by environmental activist and Senator Gaylord Nelson to encourage support for and increase awareness of environmental concerns; first celebrated on March 22, 197046
6697171360Kent State MassacreProtests to the war that lead to National Guard being called in and shot students because they burned the ROTC building. Three students were killed, 1970.47
6697171361Nixon in ChinaFebruary 21, 1972 - Nixon visited for a week to meet with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung for improved relations with China, Called "ping-pong diplomacy" because Nixon played ping pong with Mao during his visit. Nixon agreed to support China's admission to the United Nations.48
6697171362SALT I TreatyA five-year agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, sighned in 1972, that limited the nations' numbers of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles.49
6697171363Roe v WadeEstablished national abortion guidelines; trimester guidelines; no state The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect the fetus during the third trimester.50
6697171364Watergate1972; Nixon feared loss so he approved the Commission to Re-Elect the President to spy on and espionage the Democrats. A security gaurd foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committe Headquarters, exposing the scandal. Seemingly contained, after the election Nixon was impeached and stepped down51
6697171365Jimmy Carter(1977-1981), Created the Department of Energy and the Depatment of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Regan in the next election.52
6697171366Camp David Accords(1978) were negotiated at the presidential retreat of Camp David by Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel Menachem Begin; they were brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. They led to a peace treaty the next year that returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, guaranteed Israeli access to the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and more-or-less normalized diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries. This isolated Egypt from the other Arab countries and led to Sadat's assassination in 1981.53
6697171367Iran Hostage CrisisIn November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.54
6697171368Salt II TreatyThis treaty was a controversial experiment of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev from 1977 to 1979 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, which sought to curtail the manufacture of strategic nuclear weapons.55
6697181308War Production BoardGovernment organization that controlled what and how much of anything was made during WWII. Stopped production of nonessential goods56
6697188614Office of Price AdminGov't organization that regulated prices, fought inflation, and managed rationing during WWII57
6697199315Code TalkersNavajos who were employed during WWII to make and relay coded messages58
6697202827Bracero ProgramProgram established by agreement with the Mexican government to recruit temporary Mexican agricultural workers to the United States to make up for wartime labor shortages in the Far West. The program persisted until 1964, by when it had sponsored 4.5 million border crossings.59
6697212165Executive Order 8802Passed by FDR in 1941 prohibited discriminatory employment practices by fed agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related work. It established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.60
6697219712Tehran Conference (1943)Meeting between the Big Three; decided that a second front would attack Germany through France; implication was that Russia would be responsible for liberating Eastern Europe; Churchill was not in favor of it, but it made sense militarily61
6697223957Casablanca Conference (1943)(Jan 1943), Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met and agreed on the terms of "unconditional surrender."62
6697235938NagasakiJapanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945).63
6697240423MacArthurBrilliant American commander in the Philippines and mastermind of the "leapfrogging" strategy for bypassing strongly defended Japanese islands during WWII he would go on to command American troops in the Korean War until he was relieved of his duties by President Truman for insubordination in 195164
6697255844Nuremberg TrialSeries of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.65
6697286713Executive Order 9066FDR passed this to create Japanese Interment camps during WWII66

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 22 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 22 World War I and its Aftermath, 1914-1920

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6760800460Allied PowersIn World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were known by this name. (p. 455)0
6760800461Central PowersIn World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire were known by this name. (p. 455)1
6760800462neutralityA declaration of a country that it will not choose sides in a war. The Unites States was a neutral country at the beginning of World War I. (p. 455)2
6760800463submarine warfareGermany's greatest hope against British sea power was this new type of warfare. (p. 455)3
6760800464LusitaniaOn May 7, 1915 a British passenger ship was sunk by German torpedoes and 128 American passengers died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, and moved the country towards war. (p. 455).4
6760800465Sussex PledgeIn March 1916 an unarmed merchant ship, the Sussex, was sunk by the Germans. Germany made a pledge that they would not sink anymore merchant ships without warning. This kept the U.S. out of the war for a little while longer. (p. 456)5
6760800466propagandaBritain controlled the daily war news that was cabled to the United States. They supplied the American press with many stories of German soldier committing atrocities. (p. 457)6
6760800467ethnic supportIn the early part of World War I Americans supported neutrality. However, 30 per-cent were first or second generation immigrants and their support was usually based on their ancestry. (p. 456)7
6760800468preparednessThe United States was not prepared to fight a war and initial President Wilson resisted action. However, in late 1915 he pushed for an expansion of the armed forces. (p. 458)8
6760800469election of 1916Election between Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) and Charles Evans Hughes (Republican). Wilson won the election, his slogan was: "He kept us out of war". (p. 458)9
6760800470Robert LaFolletteThis Congressman was one of the few who voted against the World War I declaration of war. (p. 460)10
6760800471Jeanette RankinThe first woman to serve in Congress. She one of the few in Congress who voted against the World War I declaration of war. (p. 460)11
6760800472Edward HouseIn 1915, he was President Wilson chief foreign policy adviser. He traveled to London, Paris, and Berlin to negotiate a peace settlement, but was unsuccessful. (p. 459)12
6760800473Zimmermann telegramIn March 1917, the U.S. newspapers carried the story that Britain had intercepted a telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German support if Mexico declared war against the U.S. (p. 459)13
6760800474Russian RevolutionThe revolution against the autocratic tsarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a republic in March 1917. (p. 459)14
6760800475declaration of warIn April 1917, President Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. (p. 460)15
6760800476war industry boardsDuring World War I, they set production priorities and established centralized control over raw materials and prices. (P. 460)16
6760800477Food AdministrationDuring World War I, this government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food for overseas shipment to the troops. (p. 460)17
6760800478Railroad AdministrationDuring World War I, this agency took public control of the railroads to coordinate traffic and promote standard equipment. (p. 460)18
6760800479National War Labor BoardDuring World War I, former president William Howard Taft led this organization, which arbitrated disputes between workers and employers. (p. 461)19
6760800480taxes and bondsPresident Wilson raised $33 million in two years by increasing taxes and selling Liberty Bonds. (p. 461)20
6760800481Selective Service ActIn 1917, this law provided for the registration of all American men between the ages of 21 and 30 for a military draft. Men were chosen by lottery. Eventually, 2.8 million were called by lottery, in addition to the nearly 2 million who volunteered. (p. 462)21
6760800482service of African AmericansIn World War I, nearly 400,000 African Americans served in segregated military units. (p 462)22
6760800483Committee on Public InformationA propaganda organization that created numerous posters, short films, and pamphlets explaining the war to Americans and encouraging them to purchase war bonds to gain support for World War I. (p. 461)23
6760800484George CreelHead of the Committee on Public Information. He persuaded the nation's artists and advertising agencies to create thousands of paintings, posters, cartoons, and sculptures promoting the war. (p. 461)24
6760800485anti-German hysteriaDuring World War I, Germans were labeled as the cause of the war and targeted with negative ads and comments. (p. 461)25
6760800486Espionage ActIn 1917, this law imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. (p. 461)26
6760800487Sedition ActIn 1918, this law made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment. About 1000 people were jailed because of the law, one of them was Eugene Debs. (p. 461)27
6760800488Eugene DebsHe was one of the founders of the Socialist party that was dedicated to the welfare of the working class. Starting in 1900, he was the Socialist party's presidential nominee in five elections. Around 1920, he was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for speaking out against World War I. (p. 440, 461)28
6760800489Schenck v. United StatesA 1919 Supreme Court case, in which the constitutionality of the Espionage Act was upheld in the case of a man who was imprisoned for distributing pamphlets against the draft. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said the right to free speech could be limited when it represented a "clear and present danger" to public safety. (p. 461)29
6760800490wartime jobs for womenAs men joined the military many of their former jobs were taken by women. (p. 462)30
6760800491attitudes toward suffrageWomen's contribution to the war effort prompted President Wilson and Congress to support the 19th amendment. (p. 462)31
6760800492migration of blacks and HispanicsDuring World War I, many Mexicans crossed the border to take jobs in agriculture and mining. African Americans moved to the North for new job opportunities. (p. 462)32
6760800493Bolsheviks withdrawA second revolution in Russia by Bolsheviks (Communists) took it out of World War I. (p. 463)33
6760800494American Expeditionary ForceIn the summer of 1918, hundreds of thousands of American troops went to France as members of this force under General John J. Pershing. (p. 463)34
6760800495John J. PershingU.S. general who led the American Expeditionary Force into France in World War I. (p. 463)35
6760800496Western frontIn World War I, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers battled each other. (p. 463)36
6760800497November 11, 1918On this date, Germany signed a World War I armistice in which they agreed to surrender their arms, give up much of their navy, and evacuate occupied territory. (p. 463)37
6760800498peace without victoryIn January 1917, before the U.S. had entered the war, Woodrow Wilson said the the United States would insist on this. (p. 464)38
6760800499Fourteen PointsAfter the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace. It called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms, and a general association of nations. (p. 464)39
6760800500Wilson in ParisIn January 1919, President Wilson traveled to the World War I peace conference held at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. (p. 464)40
6760800501Big FourThe term for the the four most important leaders (on the Allied side) during Word War I and at the Paris Peace Conference. They were Woodrow Wilson - United States, David Lloyd George - Great Britain, George Clemenceau - France, and Vittorio Orlando - Italy. (p. 465)41
6760800502Treaty of VersaillesThe World War I peace conference which included the victorious Allied Powers (United States, Great Britain, and France). The defeated Germany agreed to the following terms: 1) Germany had to disarm. 2) Germany had to pay war reparations. 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing the war. 4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons. 5) Germany had to accept French occupation of the Rhineland for 15 years. 6) Territories taken from Germany: Austria-Hungary, and Russia were given their independence (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia) 7) Signers joined the League of Nations which includes Article X; that each member nation would stand ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of the other nations. (p. 465)42
6760800503self determinationIn World War I, territories one controlled by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were taken by the Allies. Applying the principle of self-determination, independence was granted to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland; and the new nations of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were established. (p. 465)43
6760800504League of NationsInternational organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation. However, it was greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. (p. 466)44
6760800505Article XThe Treaty of Versailles required signers join the League of Nations. The League of Nations charter, Article X, called on each member nation to be ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of the other nations. (p. 465)45
6760800506election of 1918In this mid-term congressional election Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress. This was a problem for Democrat President Woodrow Wilson because he need Republican votes to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. (p. 466)46
6760800507Henry Cabot LodgeIn 1919, after World War I, he led a group of senators known as the "reservationists", who would accept the U.S. joining the League of Nations if certain reservations were added to the agreement. The United States never ratified the Treaty of Versailles nor joined the League of Nations. (p. 466)47
6760800508IrreconcilablesIn 1919, senators who voted against the Treaty of Versailles because it required the United States to join the League of Nations. (p. 466)48
6760800509ReservationistsIn 1919, senators who pledged to vote in favor of the Treaty of Versailles if certain changes were made. They were led by Henry Cabot Lodge. (p. 466)49
6760800510Wilson's strokePresident Woodrow Wilson went on a speaking tour to rally public support for the Treaty of Versailles which required joining the League of Nations. In September 1919, he collapsed after delivering a speech in Colorado. He returned to Washington and a few days later suffered a massive stroke from which he never recovered. (p. 466)50
6760800511rejection of treatyThe Treaty of Versailles required the U.S. to join the League of Nations. It was never ratified by Congress. (p. 466)51
6760800512recession, loss of jobsIn 1921, the U.S. plunged into recession and 10 percent of the workforce was unemployed. (p. 467)52
6760800513falling farm pricesAfter World War I, European farm product came back on the market, farm prices fell, which hurt farmers in the United States. (p. 466)53
6760800514Red ScareAfter World War I, anti-communist hysteria caused this phenomenon. (p. 467)54
6760800515anti-radical hysteriaAfter World War I, xenophobia, (intense or irrational dislike of foreign people) increased. This lead to restrictions of immigration in the 1920s. (p. 467)55
6760800516Palmer raidsPrompted by a series of unexplained bombings, in 1920, this operation was coordinated by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. Federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organizations in many cities. (p. 467)56
6760800517xenophobiaIntense or irrational dislike of foreign peoples. (p. 467)57
6760800518strikes of 1919Major strike in Seattle where 60,000 unionists held a peaceful strike for higher pay. Boston police went on strike to protest firing of police officers who tried to unionize and Governor Calvin Coolidge sent in National Guard. U.S. Steel Corporation had a strike, after considerable violence, the strike was broken by state and federal troops. (p. 467)58
6760800519Boston police strikeOfficers went on strike to protest the firing of a few officers because they tried to unionize. (p. 467)59
6760800520race riotsThe migration of African Americans to the north led to rioting in East St. Louis and Chicago, where 40 people were killed. (p. 467)60

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