APUSH BASICS
How many multiple-choice questions?
55
New England
Identify the first two "political parties" and which one fought for the Bill of Rights to be included in the Constitution.
Federalists and Anti-Federalist- AntiFederalists
This system was used by the Spanish to regulate and control Native Americans- splitting up natives as laborers in "exchange" for education and protection from other tribes
Encomienda
Grown for $ instead of surviving off, tobacco and cotton are examples. Led to the increase and long-lasting African slave trade system
Cash Crops
Do you need a thesis statement for the SAQ? What does SAQ stand for?
Attempt to modernize the South’s economy and diversify southern agriculture by adding new industries and trading methods.
Encouraged northern investment and greenlighted the construction of new railroads to tie the south into national and international markets
The New South
Constitutional principle: after separating the powers into branches, this helps control the branches by allowing each to monitor and interact with the processes of the others. An example includes the President nominating a SCOTUS justice and that nominee being confirmed or denied by the Senate
Checks and balances
This argues that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. The key requirements of this came from a nation’s drive to establish colonies quickly and efficiently.
Mercantilism
The route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas (then back to Europe) that exchanged sugar/tobacco/enslaved people/textiles/rum etc.
Triangle Trade (Middle Passage is enslaved people to Americas)
The period of time between 1870 and 1900 in the United States: heavy industrial and economic growth. The period got its nickname from Mark Twain: satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. Wages rose explosively as a result of heavy industrialization and modernization thanks to technological advancements and strong economic policies.
The Gilded Age
Prior to the Civil War, this attempt to resolve disputes allowed California to enter as a free state, Utah and New Mexico territories would use popular sovereignty, the Fugitive Slave Law was strengthened and the slave trade in DC was ended.
Compromise of 1850
An act restricting trade with foreign countries in response to the impressment of Americans. Exports declined by 75% and imports by more than 50%. Low point of Jefferson's presidency
Embargo Act
The physical manifestation of Manifest Destiny. Stretched from San Francisco and Iowa to the Atlantic Ocean. Played a substantial role in developing the rapid modernization and urbanization plus increased trade of the United States during the early-20th century.
Transcontinental Railroad
What is the most important part of the DBQ and LEQ response?
A THESIS STATEMENT THAT HAS A CLAIM AND ESTABLISHES REASONING
They were a group of colonists that were unhappy with the practices of the British Crown. They formed in order to defend the colonists from further injustices at the hands of Great Britain and to combat any further taxation they deemed unfair.
Names you might recognize Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere: Patrick Henry who spoke the words, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Sons of Liberty
The written framework for our federal government, articles that set up each branch as well as the amendment process are included. Features a Bill of Rights and additional changes that have been added over time
The Constitution
when a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials to distribution: one company produces the raw materials, packages them, and distributes them. (not a monopoly) Made famous by Carnegie and steel
Vertical integration
Marked the height of tension during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It arose as the result of the United States’ failed ploy to topple the left-wing government of a Caribbean island, so the island began aid from the Soviet Union. The USSR armed the island-nation with nuclear missiles pointed toward the United States, leading in a 13-day standoff between the US and the island/the USSR
Cuban Missle Crisis
THREE options but you only have to answer ONE
Laws aimed at keeping the Black population in submission and workers in the fields after the passage of the Reconstruction amendments
Black codes (Jim Crow laws come later)
A set of rules for self-governance that was established by Pilgrims and other settlers who had set out on a ship for America in 1620. Originally intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia, but after treacherous storms drove their ship off course, the settlers landed in Massachusetts instead.
Mayflower Compact
Caused by
The Great Depression
This amendment strengthens reserved powers
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