AP Basics
How many multiple choice questions are on the APUSH exam?
55
The American South has traditionally been aligned with what political party, going all the way back to the time of Jefferson?
Democratic Party
What invention, intended to end the need of slavery, actually propelled it to dominate the South's economy?
The cotton gin
Define Nativism
The fear, anger, and discrimination against minority groups, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe.
Isolationists
How many periods are in the APUSH curriculum?
9
The "Corrupt Bargain" occurred in the 1824 election when who was elected?
John Quincy Adams
Promontory Point in Utah is significant to what major transportation system?
Railroads
Give the collective name for race-based laws that segregated many parts of society after Reconstruction ended in 1877.
Jim Crow laws
What treaty was signed by the US at the end of the Revolutionary War, which largely ignored French allies and involvement?
Treaty of Paris
What is the most important thing to include in your introductory paragraph of any AP essay?
Thesis statement
What political party was created as a coalition backing Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election?
The Republican Party
The Bessemer Process was used to cultivate what material that made it easier to build bigger and better things like skyscrapers, cars, and airplanes?
Steel
Sam Adams was a major part of what radical independence group in the 1770s?
The Sons of Liberty
Impressment, funding Native insurgents, and blocking European trade were the main causes of what war?
War of 1812
How much time do you get to write your TWO essays?
What term, coined by Mark Twain, is given to the era of politics that had many cities dominated by small groups of rich and powerful political machines?
The Gilded Age
What were the 3 parts of Henry Clay's American System?
Which president proposed many social improvements in the 1960s, and called it "The Great Society"?
Lyndon Johnson
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? (HAPI)
Historical Situation, Intended Audience, Purpose, Author's Identity or POV,
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?
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?
The encomienda system
Wm. H. Harrison's campaign used what now-famous phrase, aimed at the "common man" at the time to discredit Martin Van Buren as a rich snob?
"Log Cabins and Hard Cider"
After WW2, what structure was built in Germany that became the international symbol of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall