AP Basics
How many multiple choice questions are on the APUSH exam?
55
Andrew Jackson spearheaded the creation of this political party.
Democratic Party
What invention, intended to end the need of slavery, actually propelled it to dominate the South's economy?
The cotton gin
The development of fear, anger, and discrimination against minority groups, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe during the 1830's.
What is Nativism?
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
This invention prompted the growth of slave labor in the early 1800s.
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 of 1783
What is the most important thing to include in your introductory paragraph of any AP essay?
Thesis statement
This 1980s president switch political parties in 1962, due to his view on conservative economics.
Ronald Regan
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 many documents need to be used in a DBQ essay?
6 of a possible 7
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?
Purpose, Author's POV, Intended Audience, Historical Context
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
Willam Henry Harrison's campaign slogan.
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
After WW2, what structure was built in Germany that became the international symbol of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall