AP U.S. History Exam Review - Thematic

War

100

Heavy casualties in battles for control of these islands during WWII was a factor in the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

Iwo Jima & Okinawa

200

This battle is considered to be the key turning point in the Revolutionary War

Battle of Saratoga

300

While Gettysburg is considered the key turning point in the Civil War, this battle was also important to the Union's cause because it provided Lincoln with the momentum needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Antietam

400

The outcome of this war angered the colonists since Britain now sought to prohibit westward expansion

French & Indian War (Seven Years War)

500

This "splendid little war" gave the U.S. a claim to the Philippines

Spanish American War

Foreign Policy

100

In this statement the U.S. declared that European powers should refrain from interfering in the affairs of countries in the western hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine

200

In his farewell address, this president set the precedent for the United States' policy of neutrality when he warned against foreign entanglements

George Washington

300

This policy guaranteed equal trading rights with China and stipulated that all countries must respect China's territorial integrity

Open Door Policy

400

This policy allowed the U.S. to take a more active role in aiding Britain during WWII than had formerly been allowed under the neutrality acts

Lend-Lease

500

This 1853 agreement gave the U.S. an additional piece of Mexican land for the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad.

Gadsden Purchase

Political Development

100

This was the first permanent English colony in the New World

Jamestown

200

This amendment granted women the right to vote

19th Amendment

300

The first party system was composed of these two parties

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (Republicans)

400

This theory asserted that states did not need to follow federal laws if they believed them to be unconstitutional (double points if you know the name of the documents by Jefferson and Madison that asserted this doctrine)

Nullification (Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions)

500

This is often considered to be the first institution of representative self-government in the colonies

Virginia House of Burgesses

Economic Development

100

These are the two entrepreneurs (or robber barons?) who controlled the oil and steel industries

J.D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie

200

This invention aided in the mass production of cotton

Cotton gin

300

This was the first effective national labor union in the United States (double points if you can also list the other 2 of the big 3)

Knights of Labor (AFL and IWW)

400

This New Deal agency helped put people to work on environmental projects

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

500

This term refers to Britain's policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws in the colonies throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries

Salutary Neglect

Social Development & Reform

100

This religious revival movement in the 1730s and 1740s helped to establish a precedent in the colonies of challenging authority

The Great Awakening

200

This group of artists is known for capturing the rapidly disappearing American landscape in their paintings

Hudson River School

300

This abolitionist is associated with the Pottawatomie Massacre and the attack on Harpers Ferry

John Brown

400

This counterculture group was largely composed of young people and outlined its vision for a better society in the Port Huron Statement

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

500

This progressive muckraker exposed the corruption Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell