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APUSH FINAL
2nd Sem FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spanish American War: territories | Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam, (CUBA) |
| Open Door Policy | Due to spheres of influence in China by Eur, US wanted this so they can trade freely with China |
| Jamestown: tobacco, motivations | Southern colonies = Tobacco = BIG CASH CROP; Started because young, single men wanted GOLD |
| Pilgrims | Northern colonies settlers; Escape from Anglican Church; God #1, Hard work, Education, Bible, Belief in Jesus for salvation, COMMUNITY, allotted acreage for each family based on need; TO VOTE: member of church |
| Mayflower Compact | government of the North, written on the Mayflower; Plymouth Colony |
| Mercantilism | economic system; export over import; raw materials from colonies for cheap then manufactured in the mother country and sold back to colonies |
| New England vs Middle vs Southern colonies | |
| Containment | Cold War policy by the US after Truman; STOP SPREAD OF COMMUNISM WITH MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ACTIONS |
| Reasons for Korean War | Korea is divided into North and South at the 38th parallel b/c N = communism and S = US & UN; N Korea invades S Korea to take over all of Korea; Counterattack by US |
| Stamp Act | 1765; tax RAISE on everyone on any paper goods; led to Stamp Act Congress and committees of correspondence |
| French and Indian War CAUSES | Mercantilism & Navigation Acts are enforced; salutary neglect ends; land fight with French and Indians |
| Reaganomics | Trickle-down economics; supply side economics; gov’t will decrease taxes on businesses; deregulation of businesses |
| Common Sense | Thomas Paine; AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE GAINS CONFIDENCE |
| Kent State | Richard Nixon; protest over Vietnam & bombing in Ho Chi Minh trail; student burned down building & threw rocks; Natl Guard opens fire; 4 students killed; SILENT MAJORITY |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | ENDS REV WAR; Separate meeting with Br; lands given to US until Mississippi River up to Great Lakes down to North of Florida; Some promises made but were not fulfilled: GB troops don’t leave; Patriots don’t pay Loyalists; Patriots don’t pay Br creditors |
| Articles of Confederation | FIRST GOV OF US; Weak Fed gov’t; STATES POWER; |
| Shay’s Rebellion | Farmer revolt b/c high property tax; Marched to court house; NO ONE STOPPED THEM; End of Articles |
| Great Society | Lyndon B Johnson’s plan; Increased fed gov power; |
| Arab oil embargo | Richard Nixon; OPEC cuts back on oil exports to intimidate US & Israel; Create scarcity; LED TO INFLATION IN US |
| Constitutional Convention | 1787; INITIALLY, revise Articles; CREATED CONSTITUTION; James Madison: Father; Virginia Plan; New Jersey Plan |
| Iran-Contra Affair | Ronald Reagan; SECRET deal behind Congress back to supply Contras to fight Communism in Nicaragua; WEAPONS TO IRAN FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES |
| Social Darwinism | |
| Waves of immigration | |
| Collective bargaining | |
| AFL and Knights of Labor | |
| Haymarket Riot | |
| Laissez faire | Federal government will not involve itself in the country’s economy; Industrial era |
| Sherman Anti-Trust | Act to bust trusts/monopolies; FAILURE; went after unions |
| Jefferson and the Bank | |
| Washington’s foreign policy | Isolationism and Neutrality |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | John Adams; CONTROVERSIAL; Set the naturalization to 14 years instead of 5; Prevented anyone (Dem-Reps mostly) from talking badly about the fed gov |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | Thomas Jefferson |
| Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| Federalists vs Democratic Republicans (BELIEFS) | |
| Progressive movement and industrialization | |
| Middle Class Progressive Movement | |
| Monroe Doctrine | |
| Clay’s American System | |
| Nullification | Andrew Jackson |
| Muckrakers | |
| Seneca Falls Convention | |
| Anthracite Coal Strike 1902 | |
| Manifest Destiny | |
| Gadsden Purchase | |
| Era of Good Feelings | |
| The Jungle | |
| Trustbusting | |
| Jackson on nullification | |
| Common Man politics | |
| Election of 1912: The split | |
| Missouri Compromise | |
| Popular sovereignty | |
| Radical Republicans and reconstruction | |
| Plessy vs Ferguson | Supreme court case; Segregation = LEGAL; SEPARATE BUT EQUAL |
| Spanish American War: The Philippines | |
| Big Stick Policy | |
| Roosevelt Corollary | |
| Dollar Diplomacy | |
| Moral Diplomacy | |
| Zimmerman telegram | |
| US Entry into WWI | |
| Sedition and Espionage Acts (1918) | |
| League of Nations | |
| Appeasement | |
| Isolationism | |
| Japan’s invasion of Manchuria | |
| Japanese internment | |
| End of Great Depression | |
| Women post-WWII | |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | |
| Treaty of Versailles | |
| Republican Formula | |
| Leisure time of the 1930s | |
| Red Scare | Fear communism was in the US |
| Farmers in the 1920s | |
| Stock Market Crash of 1929 | |
| Hoover and the Depression | |
| Bonus Army | |
| FDR winning in 1932 | |
| CCC and CWA: POINT | |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | |
| National Recovery Administration | |
| Huey Long’s Share the Wealth | |
| Court Packing Controversy | |
| New Deal | |
| Social Security Act | |
| Watergate (DATE & PRES) | Richard Nixon; 1970s |
| McCarthyism (DATE & PRES) | Dwight D Eisenhower; 1950s |
| Flappers (DATE & PRES) | Harding, Coolidge, Hoover; 1920s |
| Dust Bowl (DATE & PRES) | FDR; 1930s |
| Persian Gulf War (DATE & PRES) | George H.W. Bush; 1988-1992 |
| Atomic Bombs (DATE & PRES) | Truman; 1940s |
| Impeachment of Clinton (DATE & PRES) | Bill Clinton; 1992-2000 |
| JFK Assassination (DATE & PRES) | JFK; 1963 |
| Pearl Harbor (DATE & PRES) | FDR; 1940s |
| Emancipation Proclamation (DATE & PRES) | Lincoln; 1860s |
| War of 1812 (DATE & PRES) | Madison; 1812 |
| XYZ Affair (DATE & PRES) | John Adams; 1797 |
| Iran Contra (DATE & PRES) | Reagan; 1980s |
| 14 Points (DATE & PRES) | Woodrow Wilson; Post-WWI; 1918 |
| Star Wars (DATE & PRES) | Ronald Reagan; 1980s |
| Vietnamization (DATE & PRES) | Richard Nixon; 1960s |
| Mexican War (DATE & PRES) | James K. Polk; 1846-1848 |
| 3 R’s (DATE & PRES) | Antebellum Reforms; 1820s-1861 |
| Whiskey Rebellion (DATE & PRES) | George Washington; 1790s |
| Indian Removal (DATE & PRES) | Andrew Jackson & Martin Van Buren; 1830s |
| Cuban Missile Crisis (DATE & PRES) | JFK; 1960s |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (DATE & PRES) | Lyndon B Johnson; 1960s |
| Spoils system (DATE & PRES) | Andrew Jackson; 1828-1836 |
| CREEP (DATE & PRES) | Richard Nixon; 1970s |
| Hartford Convention (DATE & PRES) | James Madison; 1810s |
| Oregon Treaty (DATE & PRES) | James K. Polk; 1840s |
| Bank Holiday (DATE & PRES) | FDR; 1930s |
| Jay’s Treaty (DATE & PRES) | George Washington; 1790s |