APUSH Review

I

100

Generally poor areas where vanquished Indians were eventually confined under federal control.

What are reservations?

200

Indian religious movement, originating out of the sacred Sun Dance, that the federal government attempted to stamp out in 1890.

What is the Ghost Dance?

300

Federal law that attempted to dissolve tribal landholding and establish Indians as individual farmers.

What is the Dawes Act?

400

Supreme Court cases that decided "judicial review."

What is Marbury v. Madison?

500

1st battle of the Civil War.

What is Fort Sumter?

LOVE

100

Federal law that offered generous land opportunities to poorer farmers but also provided the unscrupulous with opportunities for hoaxes and fraud.

What is the Homestead Act?

200

This enabled large scale settlement of the Western United States.

What is the railroad? 

300

Political party that emerged in the 1890s to express rural grievances and mount major attacks on the Democrats and Republicans.

What is the Populist party?

400

This 1898 War featured the first major acquisition of US colonies, taken from Spain. 

What is the Spanish-American War? 

500

Large U.S. naval force sent on a peaceful but highly visible voyage to Japan and else where in 1907.

What is the Great White Fleet?

AP

100

The principle of American foreign policy warning European nations against any intervention in the Western hemisphere.

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

200

American battleship sent on a "friendly" visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war.

What is the Maine?

300

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to fight for independence.

What is Common Sense?

400

Colorful volunteer regiment of the Spanish-American War led by a militarily inexperienced but politically influential colonel.

Who are the Rough Riders?

500

Philanthropist who authored "The Gospel of Wealth"?

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

US

100

Valuable naval base acquired by the United States from the Hawaiian government in 1887. Didn't work out so good in 1941. 

What is Pearl Harbor?

200

Leader of a rebellion in the 1780s that demonstrated the need for a strong federal government including a constitution.

Who is Daniel Shays?

300

Supreme Court case that integrated schools.

What is Brown v. the Board of Education?

400

Supreme Court case that legalized segregation.

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

500

Japanese-Americans were placed in these during World War 2. 

Internment Camps 

HISTORY

100

Term for the sensationalistic and jingoistic pro-war journalism practiced by Hearst and Pulitzer.

What is yellow journalism?

200

Proverbial symbol of Roosevelt's belief that presidents should engage in diplomacy but also maintain a strong military readiness to back up their policy.

What is the "big stick?"

300

An economic philosophy that says you should cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy to help everyone. 

Reaganomics, Supply Side Economics, or Trickle Down Economics 

400

Famous speech delivered by John Winthrop illustrating the significance of Boston as a model of piety.

What is "City on a Hill"?

500

Agency that assisted newly freed slaves with education, clothing, and "protection."

What is the Freedmen's Bureau?