AP Basics
How many multiple choice questions are on the APUSH exam?
55
Andrew Jackson spearheaded the creation of this political party.
What is the Democratic Party?
What invention, intended to end the need of slavery, actually propelled it to dominate the South's economy?
What is the cotton gin?
led to a more emotional and individualized approach to religion; greatly increased the number of Christians both in New England and on the frontier (early 19th century)
What is the Second Great Awakening?
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
What is the Missouri Compromise?
How many periods are in the APUSH curriculum?
9
group led by Thomas Jefferson opposing a strong central government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
transformed transportation during the mid 1800s
What is the steam engine?
early movement to combat the drinking problems of men
What is the Temperance Movement?
What treaty was signed by the US at the end of the Revolutionary War, which largely ignored French allies and involvement?
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the most important thing to include in your introductory paragraph of any AP essay?
Thesis statement
response to the aftermath of the actions of the British; group of delegates (except Georgia) coming together to discuss and address difficulties with the British
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
The Bessemer Process was used to cultivate what material that made it easier to build bigger and better things like skyscrapers, cars, and airplanes?
What is steel?
Sam Adams was a major part of what radical independence group in the 1770s?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Impressment, funding Native insurgents, and blocking European trade were the main causes of what war?
War of 1812
How many documents need to be used in a DBQ essay?
4 of a possible 7
The "Corrupt Bargain" occurred in the 1824 election when who was elected?
Who is John Quincy Adams?
What were the 3 parts of Henry Clay's American System?
What were the National bank, infrastructure, tariffs?
The belief that people could stretch beyond their known capabilities.
What is transcendentalism?
Name the 3 territories gained from Spain after the Spanish-American War?
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico (and Cuba, kinda)
What are the four categories used to analyze documents in a DBQ essay?
Audience, Purpose, Context, Point of View (APCP)
The Federalists and Democratic-Republicans had many differences. Their differences were rooted in how they interpreted the Constitution. How would the Federalists interpret the Constitution?
What is loose construction?
What system saw early Spanish settlers use natives to cultivate their new colonization, and in return, taught them Christianity and other Western norms?
What was the encomienda system?
This actually began during the American Revolution but increased during the reform era of the 1803's and was symbolized by the Seneca Falls Convention
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
outlawed trade with all foreign countries and was another example of Jefferson and the Democrat-Republicans switching their Strict Interpretation of the Constitution to Broad. Also Jefferson did this to attempt to punish Britain for impressing their sailors
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?