AP US History KM Flashcards

9704512471	Kamikaze	Japanese suicide pilots who crashed their planes into US ships, WWII	0
9704512472	Kansas-Nebraska act	states that people of a territory had the right to decide own laws, decided whether or not territory was free or slave, led to Bleeding Kansas	1
9704512473	Kentucky-Virginia Resolutions	1798 by Jefferson and Madison, written to nullify Alien and Sedition Acts, also led to compact theory that gave states more power than fed gov	2
9704512474	knights of labor	Labor Union of unskilled workers, their strikes led to the 8 hour work day, very large and unorganized	3
9704512475	korean war	Began 1950 when North Korea (baked by Soviets) invaded South Korea, US got involved to stop communism, ended in stalemate	4
9704512476	laissez-faire	Capitalist concept of government non-interference in matters of business and economics	5
9704512477	lame duck	nickname for President during his last few weeks in office	6
9704512478	large policy	Bold foreign policy that advocated colonizations of distant land, advocated construction of a canal through central america	7
9704512479	League of Nations	Originally proposed by Wilson, tried to ensure international stability	8
9704512480	Lend-Lease Act	Gave FDR the right to sell, transfer, exchange equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers, sent $31 billion to Britain	9
9704512481	levittown	William Levitt used mass production to build inexpensive homes in suburban NY after WWII	10
9704512482	the liberator	anti-slavery newspaper written by William lloyd Garrison, advocated emancipation	11
9704512483	loose constructionists	believe Constitution should be interpreted loosely, promoted by Hamilton	12
9704512484	lost generation	refers to group of US writers who lived in Paris 20's and 30's, bitter about WWI, included Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald	13
9704512485	louisiana purchase	secured US control of Mississippi River, doubled the size of the nation, Jefferson	14
9704512486	manhattan project	secret project of US to develop atomic bomb	15
9704512487	manifest density	said it was in the right of Americans to expand territory west	16
9704512488	marshall plan	1947, sent money to Europe to rebuild post war society (WWII) and prevent communism	17
9704512489	mayflower compact	1620, First example of self-government in America, provided law and order to plymouth colony	18
9704512490	mcCarthyism	1950's, McCarthy accused many Americans of being communist, term now associated with unsubstantiated claims and paranoia	19
9704512491	mechanization	development of engine driven machines in agriculture, increased the productivity	20
9704512492	mercantilism	nations economy should be coordinated for the good of the whole nation, profitable trading	21
9704512493	mercenaries	profession soldier who serves in an army for pay	22
9704512494	middle passage	journey across Atlantic where Africans were transported to Americas and traded for sugar and tobacco, many died	23
9704512495	minutemen	Revolutionary War, local militiamen who fought against British	24
9704512496	missionary diplomacy	"Moral diplomacy," foreign policy proposed by Wilson to condemn imperialism, spread democracy and promote peace	25
9704512497	missouri compromise	1820, Missouri entered as slave state, Maine entered as free, Congress made line across Mississippi saying all states north must be free	26
9704512498	monopoly	exclusive control over business or industry. Carnegie, Rockefelle	27
9704512499	monroe doctrine	James Monroe to Europe- no new colonies or US would respond aggressively, US wouldn't interfere in Europe's affairs	28
9704512500	muckrakers	nickname for reporters who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public. Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair	29